Patents by Inventor Kristof Vandewalle

Kristof Vandewalle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240076704
    Abstract: Described is a method of producing bioproducts by fermentation with a genetically modified cell, as well as to the genetically modified cell used in the method. The cell is genetically modified to produce a bioproduct and is further genetically modified by reducing the expression of at least one endogenous membrane protein encoding gene and/or mutating the expression of the endogenous membrane protein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Joeri Beauprez, Pieter Coussement, Nausicaä Lannoo, Gert Peters, Kristof Vandewalle, Annelies Vercauteren, Sofie Aesaert, Thomas Decoene
  • Publication number: 20240035004
    Abstract: The present invention is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. More particularly, the present invention is in the technical field of fermentation of metabolically engineered cells. The present invention describes new sucrose permease polypeptides, and their applications. The present invention also describes a metabolically engineered cell for the production of a glycosylated product using the novel sucrose permease polypeptides. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for the production of a glycosylated product by a cell using the novel sucrose permease polypeptides as well as the purification of said glycosylated product from the cultivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Joeri Beauprez, Katarzyna Ciesielska, Nausicaä Lannoo, Kristof Vandewalle, Annelies Vercauteren
  • Publication number: 20230416796
    Abstract: The disclosure is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. Described is the use of a new type of galactosyltransferases for the production of a galactosylated di- or oligosaccharide. The disclosure also describes methods for the production of a galactosylated di- or oligosaccharide as well as the purification of the di- or oligosaccharide. Furthermore, the disclosure is in the field of cultivation or fermentation of metabolically engineered cells. The disclosure provides a cell metabolically engineered for production of a galactosylated di- or oligosaccharide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sofie Aesaert, Joeri Beauprez, Pieter Coussement, Thomas Decoene, Nausicaä Lannoo, Gert Peters, Kristof Vandewalle, Annelies Vercauteren
  • Publication number: 20230348944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing 2? fucosyllactose (2?-FL), as well as newly identified fucosyltransferases, more specifically newly identified lactose binding ?-1,2-fucosyltransferase polypeptides, and their applications. Furthermore, the present invention provides methods for producing 2-fucosyllactose (2?FL) using the newly identified ?-1,2-fucosyltransferases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: INBIOSE N.V., INBIOSE N.V.
    Inventors: Joeri Beauprez, Nausicaä Lannoo, Kristof Vandewalle, Annelies Vercauteren
  • Publication number: 20230313253
    Abstract: The disclosure is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. More particularly, the disclosure is in the technical field of cultivation or fermentation of metabolically engineered cells. The disclosure describes a method for the production of a di- or oligosaccharide with an N-acetylglucosamine at the reducing end by a cell as well as the purification of the di- or oligosaccharide from the cultivation. Furthermore, the disclosure provides a cell metabolically engineered for production of a di- or oligosaccharide with an N-acetylglucosamine at the reducing end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sofie Aesaert, Joeri Beauprez, Pieter Coussement, Thomas Decoene, Nausicaä Lannoo, Gert Peters, Kristof Vandewalle, Annelies Vercauteren
  • Publication number: 20230313252
    Abstract: The disclosure is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. More particularly, the disclosure is in the technical field of metabolically engineered cells and use of the cells in a cultivation or fermentation. The disclosure describes a metabolically engineered cell and a method by cultivation or fermentation with the cell for production of a sialylated di- and/or oligosaccharide. The metabolically engineered cell comprises a pathway for production of the sialylated di- and/or oligosaccharide and is modified for expression and/or overexpression of multiple coding DNA sequences encoding one or more isoproteins that catalyze the same chemical reaction. Furthermore, the disclosure provides for purification of the sialylated di- and/or oligosaccharide from the cultivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sofie Aesaert, Joeri Beauprez, Pieter Coussement, Thomas Decoene, Nausicaä Lannoo, Gert Peters, Kristof Vandewalle
  • Publication number: 20230287470
    Abstract: This disclosure is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. More particularly, this disclosure is in the technical field of cultivation or fermentation of metabolically engineered cells. This disclosure provides a method for the production of a mixture of at least two different oligosaccharides by a cell as well as the purification of at least one of the oligosaccharides from the cultivation. In addition, this disclosure provides a method for the production of a mixture of at least two different oligosaccharides by a metabolically engineered cell as well as the purification of at least one of the oligosaccharides from the cultivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sofie Aesaert, Joeri Beauprez, Pieter Coussement, Thomas Decoene, Nausicaä Lannoo, Gert Peters, Kristof Vandewalle, Annelies Vercauteren
  • Publication number: 20230279403
    Abstract: The disclosure is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. More particularly, the disclosure is in the technical field of cultivation or fermentation of metabolically engineered cells. The disclosure describes a cell metabolically engineered for production of an alpha-1,3 glycosylated form of fucose-alpha1,2-galactose-R (Fuc-a1,2-Gal-R). Furthermore, the disclosure provides a method for the production of an alpha-1,3 glycosylated form of Fuc-a1,2-Gal-R by a cell as well as the purification of the alpha-1,3 glycosylated form Fuc-a1,2-Gal-R from the cultivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sofie Aesaert, Joeri Beauprez, Pieter Coussement, Thomas Decoene, Nausicaä Lannoo, Gert Peters, Kristof Vandewalle, Annelies Vercauteren
  • Publication number: 20230265399
    Abstract: The disclosure is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. More particularly, the disclosure is in the technical field of cultivation or fermentation of metabolically engineered cells. The disclosure describes a cell metabolically engineered for production of a mixture of at least four different neutral non-fucosylated oligosaccharides. Furthermore, the disclosure provides a method for the production of a mixture of at least four different neutral non-fucosylated oligosaccharides by a cell as well as the purification of at least one of the oligosaccharides from the cultivation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Sofie Aesaert, Joeri Beauprez, Pieter Coussement, Thomas Decoene, Nausicaä Lannoo, Gert Peters, Kristof Vandewalle, Annelies Vercauteren
  • Publication number: 20230071321
    Abstract: The disclosure relates cells or cellular systems that express both a membrane protein and a binding domain directed to the membrane protein. Also, methods are provided that use such cells or cellular systems to produce higher amounts of the membrane proteins. Further, the cells or cellular systems can be used as tools for the structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins, as well as for screening and drug discovery efforts targeting membrane proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jan Steyaert, Nico L.M. Callewaert, Toon Laeremans, Els Pardon, Kristof Vandewalle, Katrien Claes
  • Publication number: 20220396817
    Abstract: The present disclosure is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. The disclosure provides engineered viable bacteria. In particular, the disclosure provides viable bacteria with reduced cell wall biosynthesis additionally modified for production of glycosylated product. The disclosure further provides methods of generating viable bacteria and uses thereof. Furthermore, the disclosure in the technical field of fermentation of metabolically engineered microorganisms producing glycosylated product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Sofie Aesaert, Joeri Beauprez, Pieter Coussement, Thomas Decoene, Nausicaä Lannoo, Gert Peters, Kristof Vandewalle
  • Patent number: 11479791
    Abstract: The disclosure relates cells or cellular systems that express both a membrane protein and a binding domain directed to the membrane protein. Also, methods are provided that use such cells or cellular systems to produce higher amounts of the membrane proteins. Further, the cells or cellular systems can be used as tools for the structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins, as well as for screening and drug discovery efforts targeting membrane proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Steyaert, Nico L. M. Callewaert, Toon Laeremans, Els Pardon, Kristof Vandewalle, Katrien Claes
  • Publication number: 20220259631
    Abstract: This disclosure is in the technical field of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. More particularly, this disclosure is in the technical field of fermentation of metabolically engineered host cells. The disclosure describes a method of producing fucosyllactose by fermentation with a genetically modified cell, as well as to the genetically modified cell used in the method. The genetically modified cell comprises at least one nucleic acid sequence coding for an enzyme involved in fucosyllactose synthesis; more specifically, the cell comprises a nucleic acid sequence coding for a fucosyltransferase, thereby synthesizing fucosyllactose and at least one nucleic acid expressing a membrane protein, more specifically, a nucleic acid sequence expressing a membrane protein enabling fucosyllactose transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Joeri Beauprez, Nausicaä Lannoo, Kristof Vandewalle, Annelies Vercauteren
  • Publication number: 20220002773
    Abstract: Methods for producing 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL) as well as novel fucosyltransferases, more specifically novel lactose binding alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferase polypeptides, and their applications. Furthermore, methods are provided for producing 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL) using the novel lactose binding alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Joeri Beauprez, Nausicaä Lannoo, Kristof Vandewalle, Annelies Vercauteren
  • Publication number: 20180237530
    Abstract: The disclosure relates cells or cellular systems that express both a membrane protein and a binding domain directed to the membrane protein. Also, methods are provided that use such cells or cellular systems to produce higher amounts of the membrane proteins. Further, the cells or cellular systems can be used as tools for the structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins, as well as for screening and drug discovery efforts targeting membrane proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Jan Steyaert, Nico L.M. Callewaert, Toon Laeremans, Els Pardon, Kristof Vandewalle, Katrien Claes
  • Patent number: 9890217
    Abstract: The disclosure relates cells or cellular systems that express both a membrane protein and a binding domain directed to the membrane protein. Also, methods are provided that use such cells or cellular systems to produce higher amounts of the membrane proteins. Further, the cells or cellular systems can be used as tools for the structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins, as well as for screening and drug discovery efforts targeting membrane proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: VIB VZW, VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL, UNIVERSITEIT GENT
    Inventors: Jan Steyaert, Nico Callewaert, Toon Laeremans, Els Pardon, Kristof Vandewalle, Katrien Claes
  • Publication number: 20140357521
    Abstract: The disclosure relates cells or cellular systems that express both a membrane protein and a binding domain directed to the membrane protein. Also, methods are provided that use such cells or cellular systems to produce higher amounts of the membrane proteins. Further, the cells or cellular systems can be used as tools for the structural and functional characterization of membrane proteins, as well as for screening and drug discovery efforts targeting membrane proteins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Jan Steyaert, Nico Callewaert, Toon Laeremans, Els Pardon, Kristof Vandewalle, Katrien Claes