Patents by Inventor Sarah K. HAMMER

Sarah K. HAMMER 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASED ALCOHOL TOLERANCE AND PRODUCTION IN YEAST
    Publication number: 20220348966
    Abstract: A method for producing metabolites that are heavy alcohols, and particularly branched-chain alcohols is provided, involving contacting a suitable substrate with recombinant microorganisms. The microorganisms contain at least one deletion, disruptions, or mutations from the GLN gene family, VPS gene family, GNP gene family, AVT gene family, GCN gene family, or YDR391C, and combinations thereof, and overproduce the heavy alcohol as compared to a wild-type yeast strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicants: The Trustees of Princeton University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Kyoto University
    Inventors: José L. AVALOS, Sarah K. HAMMER, Kouichi KURODA, Gerald R. FINK, Gregory STEPHANOPOULOS