{"672088":{"#nid":"672088","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"This yeast loves light","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUnlike\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/environment\/which-plants-grow-in-the-dark\/\u0022\u003Esome pretty metal plants\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that thrive in the darkness,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/story\/space\/e-coli-space-extraterrestrial-life\/\u0022\u003Eyeast\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;generally doesn\u2019t function well in the light. This fungi turns carbohydrates into ingredients for beer or bread when left to ferment in the dark. It must be stored in dark dry places, as exposure to light can keep fermentation from happening all together. However, a group of School of Biological Sciences researchers have engineered a strain of yeast that may actually work better with light that could give these fungi an evolutionary boost in a simple way. The findings are described in a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/fulltext\/S0960-9822(23)01744-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098222301744X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudy published January 12 in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECurrent Biology\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. Co-authors are Research Scientist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anthony-burnetti-a75394bb\u0022\u003EAnthony Burnetti\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. Scholar \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/autumn-peterson\u0022\u003EAutumn Peterson\u003C\/a\u003E, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/will-ratcliff\u0022\u003EWilliam Ratcliff\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carina-baskett\u0022\u003ECarina Baskett\u003C\/a\u003E, Head of Grant Writing and Trainee Development for Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/cmdi\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Microbial Dynamics and Infection\u003C\/a\u003E. (This research was also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.technologynetworks.com\/genomics\/news\/engineered-yeast-can-harness-energy-from-light-382751\u0022\u003ETechnology Networks\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/newatlas.com\/biology\/easy-artificial-evolution-solar-powered-yeast\/\u0022\u003ENew Atlas,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2024\/01\/240112114836.htm\u0022\u003EScienceDaily\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/science\/researchers-engineer-worlds-first-yeast-that-harnesses-energy-from-light\u0022\u003EInteresting Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/2024\/01\/15\/georgia-tech-researcher-engineer-yeast-strain-that-prefers-the-lights-on\/\u0022\u003EBiofuels Digest\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/america\/agencias\/2024\/01\/12\/una-nueva-levadura-aprovecha-la-energia-de-la-luz\/\u0022\u003E Infobae\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-01-powered-yeast-insights-evolution-biofuels.html\u0022\u003EPhys.org\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUnlike\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/environment\/which-plants-grow-in-the-dark\/\u0022\u003Esome pretty metal plants\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that thrive in the darkness,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/story\/space\/e-coli-space-extraterrestrial-life\/\u0022\u003Eyeast\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;generally doesn\u2019t function well in the light. This fungi turns carbohydrates into ingredients for beer or bread when left to ferment in the dark. It must be stored in dark dry places, as exposure to light can keep fermentation from happening all together. However, a group of School of Biological Sciences researchers have engineered a strain of yeast that may actually work better with light that could give these fungi an evolutionary boost in a simple way. The findings are described in a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/fulltext\/S0960-9822(23)01744-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098222301744X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estudy published January 12 in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ECurrent Biology\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. Co-authors are Research Scientist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anthony-burnetti-a75394bb\u0022\u003EAnthony Burnetti\u003C\/a\u003E, Ph.D. Scholar \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/autumn-peterson\u0022\u003EAutumn Peterson\u003C\/a\u003E, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Quantitative Biosciences \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/will-ratcliff\u0022\u003EWilliam Ratcliff\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carina-baskett\u0022\u003ECarina Baskett\u003C\/a\u003E, Head of Grant Writing and Trainee Development for Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/cmdi\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Microbial Dynamics and Infection\u003C\/a\u003E. (This research was also covered at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.technologynetworks.com\/genomics\/news\/engineered-yeast-can-harness-energy-from-light-382751\u0022\u003ETechnology Networks\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/newatlas.com\/biology\/easy-artificial-evolution-solar-powered-yeast\/\u0022\u003ENew Atlas,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2024\/01\/240112114836.htm\u0022\u003EScienceDaily\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/science\/researchers-engineer-worlds-first-yeast-that-harnesses-energy-from-light\u0022\u003EInteresting Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/2024\/01\/15\/georgia-tech-researcher-engineer-yeast-strain-that-prefers-the-lights-on\/\u0022\u003EBiofuels Digest\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.infobae.com\/america\/agencias\/2024\/01\/12\/una-nueva-levadura-aprovecha-la-energia-de-la-luz\/\u0022\u003EInfobae\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-01-powered-yeast-insights-evolution-biofuels.html\u0022\u003EPhys.org\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2024-01-12 19:50:56","changed_gmt":"2024-01-22 15:03:58","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Popular Science ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/science\/yeast-light\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-12T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"177585","name":"William Ratcliff"},{"id":"192549","name":"Autumn Peterson"},{"id":"192550","name":"Anthony Burnetti"},{"id":"192005","name":"Carina Baskett"},{"id":"170334","name":"yeast"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}