Patents Assigned to TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
  • Publication number: 20250094763
    Abstract: Disclosed is a brain-on-a-chip intelligence complex control system comprising a basic module and an information interaction and training module. The latter integrates a neural signal decoding unit, reward and punishment control unit, task control model, and mapping relationship model. The neural signal decoding unit transforms neural response data into external device-recognizable control instructions. Employed for controlling the external device, the task control model creates a future target control instruction based on task feedback, retrieving the corresponding neural response. The mapping relationship model establishes connections between the brain-on-a-chip's stimulation sequence and neural responses. Calculating task completion, the reward and punishment control unit generates a reward or punishment signal based on task feedback, applying it to the brain-on-a-chip basic module. This innovative brain-on-a-chip intelligence complex enhances control and training capabilities through integrated modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicants: Tianjin University, Southern Universityof Science and Technology
    Inventors: Xiaohong LI, Jianguo ZHANG, Wenwei SHAO, Quanying LIU, Qi SHAO, Guiping CAO, Zhichao LIANG, Weiwei MENG, Runpeng HOU
  • Publication number: 20250066453
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a preparation method of a yak hide-derived oligopeptide ferrous chelate with a high antioxidant activity. The preparation method includes preparing a yak hide-derived oligomeric collagen peptide and subjecting the yak hide-derived oligomeric collagen peptide as a protein source to chelation with an iron source in water. A pretreated yak hide is subjected to enzymatic hydrolysis under a pH value of 7 at 50° C. for 4 h with an amount of an enzyme added at 2% to obtain a yak skin-derived collagen with a molecular weight of less than 2 kDa; the chelation is conducted in a peptide-to-iron mass ratio of 1:1 to 5:1 with a peptide concentration of 1% to 5% at 30° C. to 70° C. for 20 min to 60 min under a pH value of 3 to 8; and an iron chelating capacity is 42.72 mg/g under optimal preparation conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, TIANJIN JIANLI TECHNOLOGY R & D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao WU, Xiaoman CI, Yongde CHEN, Yashi LI, Mengfan REN, Jinjin YIN, Rui LIU, Min ZHANG, Wenjie SUI
  • Patent number: 12122855
    Abstract: A method for extracting pullulan polysaccharide from high-viscosity fermentation broth includes following steps: (1) removing cells from the fermentation broth; (2) removing proteins; (3) decolorizing by macroporous resin adsorption; (4) removing ions by ultrafiltration; and (5) drying, crushing and packaging. In the extraction method of the present application, by using natural polymer bioflocculant chitosan, the high-viscosity fermentation broth can be processed without dilution and addition of filter aids and organic solvents for alcohol precipitation, which reduces the pressure of subsequent decolorization, properly recycles the cell proteins, and avoids the potential hazard of the organic solvents. The method can obtain high-purity pullulan polysaccharide, improving the product yield and quality, reducing solid waste, reducing the production cost, and achieving a safe, efficient, continuous and automated production process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Changsheng Qiao, Ganggang Cheng, Liang Lu, Tingbin Zhao, Zhenhai Li
  • Patent number: 12065682
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the bioengineering field, and relates to a method for fermentation production of L-theanine by using an Escherichia coli genetically engineered bacterium. The engineered bacterium is obtained by serving a strain as an original strain, wherein the strain is obtained after performing a single copy of T7RNAP, a dual copy of gmas, xylR knockout, and sucCD knockout on an Escherichia coli W3110 genome, and by integrating genes xfp, pta, acs, gltA, and ppc, and knocking out ackA on the genome. The present invention has a high yield, and stable production performance; after 20-25 h, L-theanine has a titer of 75-80 g/L, and the yield is up to 52-55%. The fermentation broth is purified by membrane separation in combination with a cation-anion resin series technique. Moreover, the one-step crystallization yield is 72.3% and the L-theanine final product has a purity of 99%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: Henan Julong Biological Engineering Co., Ltd, Tianjin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Fan, Xiaodong Liu, Jing Li, Ning Chen, Bochao Liu, Shuai Liu, Chaochao Sun, Yongchao Liu, Jiajia Teng, Mengtao Zhang, Yuanqing Ji, Yuhang Zhou, Qingyang Xu
  • Publication number: 20240247082
    Abstract: A method for extracting pullulan polysaccharide from high-viscosity fermentation broth includes following steps: (1) removing cells from the fermentation broth; (2) removing proteins; (3) decolorizing by macroporous resin adsorption; (4) removing ions by ultrafiltration; and (5) drying, crushing and packaging. In the extraction method of the present application, by using natural polymer bioflocculant chitosan, the high-viscosity fermentation broth can be processed without dilution and addition of filter aids and organic solvents for alcohol precipitation, which reduces the pressure of subsequent decolorization, properly recycles the cell proteins, and avoids the potential hazard of the organic solvents. The method can obtain high-purity pullulan polysaccharide, improving the product yield and quality, reducing solid waste, reducing the production cost, and achieving a safe, efficient, continuous and automated production process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Changsheng QIAO, Ganggang CHENG, Liang LU, Tingbin ZHAO, Zhenhai LI
  • Patent number: 12037316
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an energy-saving method for preparing electronic-grade carbonate, including the following steps that: industrial-grade dimethyl carbonate and anhydrous ethanol enter a reaction process after being preheated by a preheater, and are subjected to an esterification reaction under the action of a catalyst to obtain a mixture containing dimethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate and diethyl carbonate, and an azeotrope of dimethyl carbonate and methanol; the above-mentioned mixture enters a recovery process of dimethyl carbonate to recover unreacted dimethyl carbonate; a mixture of ethyl methyl carbonate and diethyl carbonate then enters a crude separation process to obtain crude ethyl methyl carbonate and crude diethyl carbonate; and the crude ethyl methyl carbonate is subjected to a refining process of ethyl methyl carbonate to obtain electronic-grade ethyl methyl carbonate, and the crude diethyl carbonate is subjected to a refining process of diethyl carbonate to obtain electronic
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hongxing Wang, Haiyong Li, Guangqiang Zheng, Fei Li
  • Publication number: 20240025756
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method for producing ?-calcium sulfate hemihydrate whiskers by using fermentation broth for producing lactic acid with a calcium salt method as a raw material and synchronously recovering a lactic acid monomer. The method comprises the following steps: 1) after fermentation of lactic acid is ended, heating fermentation broth; 2) stirring, and adding sulfuric acid for reaction; 3) after the reaction is ended, filtering and collecting a solid part, namely ?-calcium sulfite hemihydrate whiskers, and collecting a liquid part, namely a free lactic acid solution containing the lactic acid monomer; and 4) washing and drying the obtained ?-calcium sulfate hemihydrate whiskers to obtain a ?-calcium sulfate hemihydrate whisker finished product, filtering and concentrating the obtained free lactic acid solution to obtain a lactic acid crude product, and refining the lactic acid crude product to obtain a high-purity lactic acid monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhengxiang WANG, Dandan NIU, Kangming TIAN, Fuping LU, Chunli SHEN
  • Patent number: 11866737
    Abstract: The invention relates to a 2-isopropyl malate synthase, a genetically engineered bacterium for producing L-leucine and application thereof and belongs to the field of metabolic engineering. The genetically engineered bacterium is obtained by overexpressing an isopropyl malate synthase coding gene leuAM for relieving feedback inhibition by L-leucine, an acetohydroxy acid synthase coding gene ilvBNM for relieving feedback inhibition by L-isoleucine, a 3-isopropyl malate dehydrogenase coding gene leuB and a 3-isopropyl malate dehydratase coding gene leuCD in host cells. The genetically engineered bacterium for producing the L-leucine is free from nutritional deficiency, rapid in growth, short in fermentation period, high in yield and high in conversion rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Tianjin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chenglin Zhang, Qingyang Xu, Yanjun Li, Yu Zhang, Yingzi Li, Fuzhou Zhu, Nan Lu, Shibao Han, Xierong Dong, Zishen Wang, Hao Xu, Ziyi Li
  • Patent number: 11802300
    Abstract: A genetically engineered strain having high-yield of L-valine is disclosed. Starting from Escherichia coli W3110, an acetolactate synthase gene alsS of Bacillus subtilis is inserted into a genome thereof and overexpressed; a ppGpp 3?-pyrophosphate hydrolase mutant R290E/K292D gene spoTM of Escherichia coli is inserted into the genome and overexpressed; a lactate dehydrogenase gene ldhA, a pyruvate formate lyase I gene pflB, and genes frdA, frdB, frdC, frdD of four subunits of fumaric acid reductase are deleted from the genome; a leucine dehydrogenase gene bcd of Bacillus subtilis replaces a branched chain amino acid transaminase gene ilvE of Escherichia coli; and an acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase mutant L67E/R68F/K75E gene ilvCM replaces the native acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase gene ilvC of Escherichia coli. Furthermore, the L-valine fermentation method is improved by using a two-stage dissolved oxygen control. The L-valine titer and the sugar-acid conversion rate are increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xixian Xie, Heyun Wu, Jiachu Wang, Faqing Wu, Xiaoqian Liu, Yanan Hao
  • Patent number: 11753615
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the field of bioengineering, and relates to breeding of industrial microorganisms, in particular to a genetically engineered strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, method for constructing the same, and its use for brewing, the genetically engineered strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae heterogeneously overexpresses an acetaldehyde dehydrogenase gene ALD6, an acetyl-CoA synthase gene ACS1 and an alcohol acyltransferase gene AeAT9. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain with high yield of ethyl acetate and low yield of higher alcohols provided by the present disclosure not only maintains excellent ethanol fermentation characteristics, but also reducing the production of higher alcohols which adversely affect the comfort after drinking, which is of great significance for a well-maintained and strengthened flavor characteristics of Chinese Baijiu, an improved and stabilized quality thereof, and even a reform in the fermentation process thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Tianjin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yefu Chen, Wenqi Shi, Guo Zhang, Ruirui Li, Yanfang Chen, Huan Wang, Chunhong Sun, Dongguang Xiao, Xiaole Wu, Xuewu Guo
  • Patent number: 11746353
    Abstract: A Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain with high yield of ethyl butyrate and a construction method and an application thereof are provided. The strain is obtained by over-expressing in the starting strain acetyl coenzyme A acyl transferase gene Erg10, 3-hydroxybutyryl coenzyme A dehydrogenase gene Hbd, 3-hydroxybutyryl coenzyme A dehydratase gene Crt, trans-2-enoyl coenzyme A reductase gene Ter, and alcohol acyl transferase gene AAT. Compared to the starting bacteria not producing ethyl butyrate, the yield of ethyl butyrate of the constructed strain reaches 77.33±3.79 mg/L, the yield of the ethyl butyrate of the strain with double copy expression of gene Ter and gene AAT reaches 99.65±7.32 mg/L, increased by 28.9% compared with the EST strain, and 40.93±3.18 mg/L of ethyl crotonate is unexpectedly produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Tianjin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yefu Chen, Yanrui Ma, Yongjing Du, Sen Jiang, Jinying Ren, Guo Zhang, Xinyue Kang, Peng Zheng, Xiaole Wu, Dongguang Xiao, Xuewu Guo
  • Patent number: 11692178
    Abstract: A genetically engineered bacterium includes a genome of the Eschericia coli and a mutant encoding gene hisG* of a Corynebacterium glutamicum ATP phosphoribosyl transferase HisG on the genome, and the gene hisG* is strongly expressed to enhance activity of a key enzyme HisG for histidine synthesis. The gene hisG* has a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; a copy number of histidine operon genes hisDBCHAFI of the Eschericia coli is further increased on the genome to enhance a terminal synthetic route of histidine; an encoding gene lysE from an arginine/lysine transportprotein of the Corynebacterium glutamicum is further integrated to the genome and strongly expressed to promote the intracellular histidine secrete to the extracellular space; and an encoding gene rocG of glutamate dehydrogenase of Bacillus subtilis is further integrated to the genome and strongly expressed to promote generation of histidine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG ZHENYUAN BIOTECH CO., LTD., Tianjin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Xixian Xie, Weiming Fan, Heyun Wu, Wei Jiang, Daoguang Tian, Yanna Chen, Yue Zhang, Jianqing Tu
  • Patent number: 11655464
    Abstract: An alkaline protease mutant, and a gene, engineered strain, a preparation method and application thereof are provided. The method comprises the following steps of extracting genome DNA of Bacillus clausii, performing PCR amplification to obtain a wild-type alkaline protease gene sequence, mutating the wild-type alkaline protease gene obtained by the amplification through an error-prone PCR, performing high-throughput screening to obtain a plurality of highly active alkaline protease genes, performing DNA shuffling on the highly active alkaline protease genes, and performing screening to obtain eight alkaline protease mutant genes with higher activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Shandong Lonct Enzymes Co. LTD
    Inventors: Fuping Lu, Yihan Liu, Yu Li, Xingji Wang, Kefen Wang, Wenlong Liu, Fufeng Liu, Huitu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230107828
    Abstract: A genetically engineered strain having high-yield of L-valine is disclosed. Starting from Escherichia coli W3110, an acetolactate synthase gene alsS of Bacillus subtilis is inserted into a genome thereof and overexpressed; a ppGpp 3?-pyrophosphate hydrolase mutant R290E/K292D gene spoTM of Escherichia coli is inserted into the genome and overexpressed; a lactate dehydrogenase gene ldhA, a pyruvate formate lyase I gene pflB, and genes frdA, frdB, frdC, frdD of four subunits of fumaric acid reductase are deleted from the genome; a leucine dehydrogenase gene bcd of Bacillus subtilis replaces a branched chain amino acid transaminase gene ilvE of Escherichia coli; and an acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase mutant L67E/R68F/K75E gene ilvCM replaces the native acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase gene ilvC of Escherichia coli. Furthermore, the L-valine fermentation method is improved by using a two-stage dissolved oxygen control. The L-valine titer and the sugar-acid conversion rate are increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xixian XIE, Heyun WU, Jiachu WANG, Faqing WU, Xiaoqian LIU, Yanan HAO
  • Publication number: 20230016224
    Abstract: An alkaline protease mutant, and a gene, engineered strain, a preparation method and application thereof are provided. The method comprises the following steps of extracting genome DNA of Bacillus clausii, performing PCR amplification to obtain a wild-type alkaline protease gene sequence, mutating the wild-type alkaline protease gene obtained by the amplification through an error-prone PCR, performing high-throughput screening to obtain a plurality of highly active alkaline protease genes, performing DNA shuffling on the highly active alkaline protease genes, and performing screening to obtain eight alkaline protease mutant genes with higher activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Shandong Lonct Enzymes Co. LTD
    Inventors: Fuping LU, Yihan LIU, Yu LI, Xingji WANG, Kefen WANG, Wenlong LIU, Fufeng LIU, Huitu ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11547130
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a novel nano-composite antibacterial material and a preparation method and an application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of preservative materials. The novel nano-composite antibacterial material disclosed by the present invention is prepared by mixing a dimethylimidazole solution, deionized water and a zinc nitrate solution to prepare a metal-organic framework carrier, compositing with nisin to form a nano antibacterial composite material, separating out from a solution in a precipitate form, centrifuging, removing a supernatant, cleaning and re-suspending with the deionized water. The novel nano-composite antibacterial material prepared by the present invention has an antibacterial effect superior to nisin having a same concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Tianjin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Shiru Jia, Jiandong Cui, Zhilei Tan, Cheng Zhong, Yang Liu, Qiaozhen Luo, Xiaona Li, Yuxiao Feng, Baoting Sun, Le Zhong
  • Patent number: 11535876
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of genetic engineering, especially relates to a xylose-induced genetically engineered bacteria used for producing ectoine as well as a construction method and use thereof. The genetically engineered bacteria is constructed by heterologously expressing the ectABC gene cluster from Halomonas elongata on the E. coli chromosome, using the promoter of xylose transporter coding gene xylF to control the RNA polymerase from T7 bacteriophage, reconstructing a synthesis pathway of ectoine and constructing a plasmid-free system, and enhancing the expression of target genes by a strong promoter T7; the yield of ectoine reached 12-16 g/L after 20-28 h fermentation in shake flask, and reached 35-50 g/L after 24-40 h fermentation in a 5 L fermentor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Tianjin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Xixian Xie, Xuejiao Wu, Ning Chen, Fangqing Yan, Qian Ma, Jie Ma, Hongchao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220403348
    Abstract: A genetically engineered bacterium includes a genome of the Eschericia coli and a mutant encoding gene hisG* of a Corynebacterium glutamicum ATP phosphoribosyl transferase HisG on the genome, and the gene hisG* is strongly expressed to enhance activity of a key enzyme HisG for histidine synthesis. The gene hisG* has a nucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; a copy number of histidine operon genes hisDBCHAFI of the Eschericia coli is further increased on the genome to enhance a terminal synthetic route of histidine; an encoding gene lysE from an arginine/lysine transportprotein of the Corynebacterium glutamicum is further integrated to the genome and strongly expressed to promote the intracellular histidine secrete to the extracellular space; and an encoding gene rocG of glutamate dehydrogenase of Bacillus subtilis is further integrated to the genome and strongly expressed to promote generation of histidine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicants: ZHEJIANG ZHENYUAN BIOTECH CO., LTD., Tianjin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Xixian XIE, Weiming FAN, Heyun WU, Wei JIANG, Daoguang TIAN, Yanna CHEN, Yue ZHANG, Jianqing TU
  • Patent number: 11453898
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the bioengineering field, and relates to a method for fermentation production of L-theanine by using an Escherichia coli genetically engineered bacterium. The engineered bacterium is obtained by serving a strain as an original strain, wherein the strain is obtained after performing a single copy of T7RNAP, a dual copy of gmas, xylR knockout, and sucCD knockout on an Escherichia coli W3110 genome, and by integrating genes xfp, pta, acs, gltA, and ppc, and knocking out ackA on the genome. The present invention has a high yield, and stable production performance; after 20-25 h, L-theanine has a titer of 75-80 g/L, and the yield is up to 52-55%. The fermentation broth is purified by membrane separation in combination with a cation-anion resin series technique. Moreover, the one-step crystallization yield is 72.3% and the L-theanine final product has a purity of 99%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Henan Julong Biological Engineering Co., Ltd, Tianjin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Xiaoguang Fan, Xiaodong Liu, Jing Li, Ning Chen, Bochao Liu, Shuai Liu, Chaochao Sun, Yongchao Liu, Jiajia Teng, Mengtao Zhang, Yuanqing Ji, Yuhang Zhou, Qingyang Xu
  • Patent number: 11447760
    Abstract: A method of using lactase for generating galactooligosaccharide as well as the preparation and an application of the lactase are provided. Lactase (BglD305 derived from Bacillus circulans B2301 and BglD derived from Bacillus circulans ATCC 31382) molecules from two sources are taken as the basis for molecular evolution, so as to obtain new lactase enzyme molecules with high galactooligosaccharide synthesis efficiency and good expression performance. The high-producing strain lactase is further constructed, the lactase can be efficiently synthesized during the submerged fermentation, and the enzyme molecule is secreted into the culture medium, the high-activity enzyme preparation is directly prepared from the fermentation supernatant, and the lactase expression level can achieve 2208 U/mL. As the result, the fermentation manufacturing cost of lactase is reduced, the fermentation manufacturing process is simplified, and the quality of the lactase preparation is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Tianjin University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Zhengxiang Wang, Dandan Niu, Kangming Tian