Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Camosun College
$83,914.00
Metabolic Engineering for Brewer's Yeast by CRISPR-Cas to Reduce Ethanol Production for the Development of a Non Alcoholic Craft Beer
FY 2019-20
Summary
Camosun College has been actively involved in applied research in the chemical and biochemical sciences over the past four years. The Applied Chemistry and Laboratory Sciences (ACLS) group at Camosun College assists local companies with the product development/refinement phase by providing high quality analytical data using optimized analytical methods tailored to companies' needs. The lab consists of modern instrumentation incorporating automated extraction techniques, detection software and chemical compound libraries. The ACLS group builds on the expertise and strengths offered in Camosun College's Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology (ACBT) and Associate of Science Degree in Biology programs. In the fall of 2015, Camosun was awarded funding from NSERC for a project to partner with Phillips Brewing and Malting Compnay, on ""Short-Circuiting Yeast Metabolism for the Development of a Non-Alcoholic Craft Ale and its Chemical Evaluation by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry"". The success of this project and partnership has led to a further commitment by Phillips Brewing and Malting Company to work with Camosun on the next iteration of this project entitled ""Metabolic Engineering of Brewer's Yeast by CRISPR-Cas to Reduce Ethanol Production for the Development of a Non Alcoholic Craft Beer"". The purpose of this project is an extension of a previously awarded NSERC Engage for Colleges Grant to explore the genetics underpinning yeast physiology during fermentation to manipulate alcohol production and deliver a commercially feasible low alcohol craft lager.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
500795-2016
Name nom
Vandenbossche, Jamie
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
10222
Institution établissement
Camosun College
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
83914
Program id
CARD2
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 2
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
9999
Research subject group en
Not available
Research subject group fr
Non disponible
Research subject en
Not available
Research subject fr
Non disponible
Installment
inst:2 - 2
Partie
2
Nb partie
2
Application title
Metabolic Engineering for Brewer's Yeast by CRISPR-Cas to Reduce Ethanol Production for the Development of a Non Alcoholic Craft Beer
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Camosun College has been actively involved in applied research in the chemical and biochemical sciences over the past four years. The Applied Chemistry and Laboratory Sciences (ACLS) group at Camosun College assists local companies with the product development/refinement phase by providing high quality analytical data using optimized analytical methods tailored to companies' needs. The lab consists of modern instrumentation incorporating automated extraction techniques, detection software and chemical compound libraries. The ACLS group builds on the expertise and strengths offered in Camosun College's Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology (ACBT) and Associate of Science Degree in Biology programs. In the fall of 2015, Camosun was awarded funding from NSERC for a project to partner with Phillips Brewing and Malting Compnay, on ""Short-Circuiting Yeast Metabolism for the Development of a Non-Alcoholic Craft Ale and its Chemical Evaluation by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry"". The success of this project and partnership has led to a further commitment by Phillips Brewing and Malting Company to work with Camosun on the next iteration of this project entitled ""Metabolic Engineering of Brewer's Yeast by CRISPR-Cas to Reduce Ethanol Production for the Development of a Non Alcoholic Craft Beer"". The purpose of this project is an extension of a previously awarded NSERC Engage for Colleges Grant to explore the genetics underpinning yeast physiology during fermentation to manipulate alcohol production and deliver a commercially feasible low alcohol craft lager.
