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I am an enthusiastic researcher with 10+ years of experience in the fields of Microbiology, Synthetic Biology, Natural Products, and Fungal Genomics. Passionate about the world of fungi and what they can offer to mankind 🍄
Currently exploring uncharted biosynthetic pathways from wild fungi and building cell factories to produce new medicines and biocatalysts 🧪
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Life sciences, Doctorate, ACV synthetase: a unique member of the nonribosomal peptide synthetases family, University of Groningen
1 Dec 2015 → 26 Feb 2021
Award Date: 26 Feb 2021
Skills and expertise
- Fungi
- Natural products
- Genomics
- Mass spectrometry
- Bioinformatics
- HPLC
- Molecular biology
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Projects
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Establishing new fungal cell factories for the production of terpenoids and terpenoid-based materials
Iacovelli, R. (Manager)
1/08/24 → 30/07/27
Project: Research
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Expanding the Substrate Scope of C−N Lyases by Homologue Discovery
Bothof, L., Iacovelli, R., Tepper, P. G. & Poelarends, G. J., 1 Apr 2025, In: ChemBioChem. 26, 7, e202500068.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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MIBiG 4.0: advancing biosynthetic gene cluster curation through global collaboration
Zdouk, M. M., Blin, K., et al. & Iacovelli, R., 6 Jan 2025, In: Nucleic Acids Research. 53, D1, p. D678-D690 gkae1115.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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MITE: the Minimum Information about a Tailoring Enzyme database for capturing specialized metabolite biosynthesis
Rutz, A., Probst, D., Aguilar, C., Akiyama, D. Y., Alberti, F., Augustijn, H., Avalon, N. E., Beemelmanns, C., Barbieri, H. B., Biermann, F., Bridge, A. J., Girón, E. C., Cox, R., Crüsemann, M., D’Agostino, P. M., Feuermann, M., Gerke, J., García, K. G., Holme, J. E. & Hwang, J.-Y. & 30 others, , 26 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nucleic Acids Research. gkaf969.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Towards engineering agaricomycete fungi for terpenoid production
Iacovelli, R., Mojzita, D., Richard, P. & Nygård, Y., 2025, In: Journal of industrial microbiology and biotechnology. 52, kuaf020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Discovery and Heterologous Expression of Functional 4-O-Dimethylallyl-l-tyrosine Synthases from Lichen-Forming Fungi
Iacovelli, R., He, S., Sokolova, N., Lokhorst, I., Borg, M., Fodran, P. & Haslinger, K., 10 Sept 2024, In: Journal of Natural Products. 87, 9, p. 2243-2254 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)