Karen Saerens

1.2k total citations
13 papers, 925 citations indexed

About

Karen Saerens is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pollution and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Saerens has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 925 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Pollution and 3 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Karen Saerens's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (7 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (7 papers). Karen Saerens is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (8 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (7 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (7 papers). Karen Saerens collaborates with scholars based in Belgium. Karen Saerens's co-authors include Wim Soetaert, Inge Van Bogaert, Erick Vandamme, Dirk Develter, Cassandra De Muynck, Sophie Roelants, Jinxin Zhang, Patrick De Wispelaere, Jo Dewulf and Kristof Demeestere and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioresource Technology, Chemosphere and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Karen Saerens

13 papers receiving 899 citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen Saerens Belgium	12	520	518	147	99	96	13	925
Kyoung Lee South Korea	18	582 1.1×	752 1.5×	115 0.8×	86 0.9×	20 0.2×	53	1.4k
Ivanka Karadžić Serbia	18	306 0.6×	593 1.1×	139 0.9×	50 0.5×	42 0.4×	41	1.1k
Quanfu Wang China	19	184 0.4×	441 0.9×	116 0.8×	110 1.1×	99 1.0×	77	1.1k
Stefan R. Kaschabek Germany	23	901 1.7×	711 1.4×	161 1.1×	58 0.6×	22 0.2×	49	1.4k
John D. Haddock United States	21	558 1.1×	390 0.8×	237 1.6×	68 0.7×	102 1.1×	26	1.2k
Kartik Dhar Bangladesh	11	136 0.3×	429 0.8×	121 0.8×	45 0.5×	39 0.4×	17	781
Bettina Rosche Australia	21	170 0.3×	839 1.6×	307 2.1×	112 1.1×	129 1.3×	35	1.3k
Hirofumi Ichinose Japan	26	258 0.5×	848 1.6×	311 2.1×	63 0.6×	67 0.7×	84	1.7k
Jinlin Zhang China	20	272 0.5×	280 0.5×	99 0.7×	228 2.3×	95 1.0×	69	1.1k
Dirk Develter Belgium	12	463 0.9×	490 0.9×	132 0.9×	81 0.8×	75 0.8×	13	772

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13 of 13 papers shown

Saerens, Karen, Inge Van Bogaert, & Wim Soetaert. (2015). Characterization of sophorolipid biosynthetic enzymes fromStarmerella bombicola. FEMS Yeast Research. 15(7). fov075–fov075. 28 indexed citations

Roelants, Sophie, Karen Saerens, Bing Li, et al.. (2013). Candida bombicola as a platform organism for the production of tailor‐made biomolecules. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 110(9). 2494–2503. 34 indexed citations

Desmet, Tom, Karen Saerens, Hendrik Waegeman, et al.. (2011). Biocatalytic production of novel glycolipids with cellodextrin phosphorylase. Bioresource Technology. 115. 84–87. 18 indexed citations

Zhang, Jinxin, Karen Saerens, Inge Van Bogaert, & Wim Soetaert. (2011). Vegetable oil enhances sophorolipid production by Rhodotorula bogoriensis. Biotechnology Letters. 33(12). 2417–2423. 17 indexed citations

Saerens, Karen, et al.. (2011). One‐step production of unacetylated sophorolipids by an acetyltransferase negative Candida bombicola. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 108(12). 2923–2931. 66 indexed citations

Saerens, Karen & Wim Soetaert. (2011). Identification of key-genes from the sophorolipid biosynthetic pathway of Candida bombicola opens a new route to increased biosurfactant yields.. PubMed. 76(1). 65–8. 1 indexed citations

Witte, Bavo De, Herman Van Langenhove, Kristof Demeestere, et al.. (2010). Ciprofloxacin ozonation in hospital wastewater treatment plant effluent: Effect of pH and H2O2. Chemosphere. 78(9). 1142–1147. 97 indexed citations

Saerens, Karen, Sophie Roelants, Inge Van Bogaert, & Wim Soetaert. (2010). Identification of the UDP-glucosyltransferase gene UGTA1, responsible for the first glucosylation step in the sophorolipid biosynthetic pathway of Candida bombicola ATCC 22214. FEMS Yeast Research. 11(1). 123–132. 57 indexed citations

Bogaert, Inge Van, et al.. (2010). The role of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in microbial fatty acid metabolism. FEBS Journal. 278(2). 206–221. 108 indexed citations

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Saerens, Karen, et al.. (2010). Cloning and functional characterization of the UDP‐glucosyltransferase UgtB1 involved in sophorolipid production by Candida bombicola and creation of a glucolipid‐producing yeast strain. Yeast. 28(4). 279–292. 67 indexed citations

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Saerens, Karen, Inge Van Bogaert, Wim Soetaert, & Erick Vandamme. (2009). Production of glucolipids and specialty fatty acids from sophorolipids by Penicillium decumbens naringinase: Optimization and kinetics. Biotechnology Journal. 4(4). 517–524. 30 indexed citations

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Saerens, Karen, Delphyne Descamps, & Koen Dewettinck. (2007). Release of short chain fatty acids from cream lipids by commercial lipases and esterases. Biotechnology Letters. 30(2). 311–315. 13 indexed citations

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Bogaert, Inge Van, Karen Saerens, Cassandra De Muynck, et al.. (2007). Microbial production and application of sophorolipids. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 76(1). 23–34. 389 indexed citations

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