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Kevin J. Verstrepen

KU Leuven · BE
Area of research
Food Science · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Biology, Yeast, Fermentation, Genetics, Food science, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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citations
7,836
works
86
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Recent publications

Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for co-production of ethanol and 3-methyl-1-butanol from sugarcane molasses
Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts 2025cited by 4position: lastdoi
Predicting and improving complex beer flavor through machine learning
Nature Communications 2024cited by 130position: lastdoi
Combinatorial optimization of gene expression through recombinase-mediated promoter and terminator shuffling in yeast
Nature Communications 2024cited by 39position: lastdoi
Mutagenesis techniques for evolutionary engineering of microbes – exploiting CRISPR-Cas, oligonucleotides, recombinases, and polymerases
Trends in Microbiology 2024cited by 31position: lastdoi
Orthogonal LoxPsym sites allow multiplexed site-specific recombination in prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts
Nature Communications 2024cited by 30position: lastdoi
Mutational robustness and the role of buffer genes in evolvability
The EMBO Journal 2024cited by 14position: lastdoi
Full-electric microfluidic platform to capture, analyze and selectively release single cells
Lab on a Chip 2023cited by 17position: middledoi
Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a Model System for Eukaryotic Cell Biology, from Cell Cycle Control to DNA Damage Response
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022cited by 57position: lastdoi
Do microbes have a memory? History-dependent behavior in the adaptation to variable environments
Frontiers in Microbiology 2022cited by 32position: lastdoi
Clinical Progress in Proton Radiotherapy: Biological Unknowns
Cancers 2021cited by 54position: middledoi
The androgen receptor depends on ligand-binding domain dimerization for transcriptional activation
EMBO Reports 2021cited by 52position: middledoi
Ethanol-Induced Cell Damage Can Result in the Development of Oral Tumors
Cancers 2021cited by 39position: middledoi
The Role of Structural Variation in Adaptation and Evolution of Yeast and Other Fungi
Genes 2021cited by 35position: lastdoi
Gene Loss Predictably Drives Evolutionary Adaptation
Molecular Biology and Evolution 2020cited by 110position: middledoi
A new protocol for single-cell RNA-seq reveals stochastic gene expression during lag phase in budding yeast
eLife 2020cited by 74position: lastdoi
Ethanol exposure increases mutation rate through error-prone polymerases
Nature Communications 2020cited by 64position: lastdoi
Description of the temporal dynamics in microbial community composition and beer chemistry in sour beer production via barrel ageing of finished beers
International Journal of Food Microbiology 2020cited by 44position: middledoi
Variability in yeast invertase activity determines the extent of fructan hydrolysis during wheat dough fermentation and final FODMAP levels in bread
International Journal of Food Microbiology 2020cited by 40position: middledoi
Domestication of Industrial Microbes
Current Biology 2019cited by 211position: lastdoi
Microbial communities of the house fly Musca domestica vary with geographical location and habitat
Microbiome 2019cited by 138position: lastdoi
Interspecific hybridization facilitates niche adaptation in beer yeast
Nature Ecology & Evolution 2019cited by 128position: lastdoi
On the duration of the microbial lag phase
Current Genetics 2019cited by 97position: lastdoi
Reducing phenolic off-flavors through CRISPR-based gene editing of the FDC1 gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae x Saccharomyces eubayanus hybrid lager beer yeasts
PLoS ONE 2019cited by 42position: lastdoi
A Hands‐On Guide to Brewing and Analyzing Beer in the Laboratory
Current Protocols in Microbiology 2019cited by 40position: lastdoi
Enrichment of persisters enabled by a ß-lactam-induced filamentation method reveals their stochastic single-cell awakening
Communications Biology 2019cited by 40position: middledoi
Volatiles of bacteria associated with parasitoid habitats elicit distinct olfactory responses in an aphid parasitoid and its hyperparasitoid
Functional Ecology 2019cited by 39position: middledoi
Sweet Scents: Nectar Specialist Yeasts Enhance Nectar Attraction of a Generalist Aphid Parasitoid Without Affecting Survival
Frontiers in Plant Science 2018cited by 81position: middledoi
The Crabtree Effect Shapes the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Lag Phase during the Switch between Different Carbon Sources
mBio 2018cited by 77position: lastdoi
Kluyveromyces marxianus yeast enables the production of low FODMAP whole wheat breads
Food Microbiology 2018cited by 55position: middledoi
Contribution of Eat1 and Other Alcohol Acyltransferases to Ester Production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Frontiers in Microbiology 2018cited by 51position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Jan Steensels · KU Leuven26 papers (2013–2025)Karin Voordeckers · KU Leuven22 papers (2012–2025)Christophe M. Courtin · KU Leuven13 papers (2012–2020)Bart Lievens · KU Leuven12 papers (2014–2020)Beatriz Herrera‐Malaver · KU Leuven10 papers (2016–2025)Nore Struyf · KU Leuven9 papers (2013–2020)Tom Wenseleers · KU Leuven9 papers (2012–2024)Veerle Saels · KU Leuven9 papers (2013–2019)Brigida Gallone · KU Leuven8 papers (2016–2019)Johan M. Thevelein · Erasmus Hospital7 papers (2013–2017)Jan Michiels · KU Leuven7 papers (2012–2020)Mohammad Naser Rezaei · KU Leuven6 papers (2013–2016)Stijn F. L. Mertens · KU Leuven6 papers (2015–2019)Kathleen Marchal · Ghent University Hospital6 papers (2012–2018)Esther Meersman · KU Leuven5 papers (2013–2015)Rita Gemayel · KU Leuven5 papers (2012–2017)Joran Verspreet · KU Leuven5 papers (2016–2018)Bram Cerulus · KU Leuven5 papers (2014–2020)Elisa van der Zande · KU Leuven5 papers (2012–2020)Lieselotte Vermeersch · KU Leuven4 papers (2018–2022)