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Emma Master
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Research
Latest papers
Uncovering Sequence and Structural Characteristics of Fungal Expansin-Related Proteins With Potential to Drive Substrate Targeting.
Proteins · 2026 · senior author
Enzymatic Oxidation of Carbohydrate Byproducts for Use in Formation of Chitosan Hydrogels.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025 · senior author
Carbohydrate-binding domain CBM63 of microbial expansin-like BsEXLX1 facilitates the adsorption of expansin-related proteins to hemicelluloses in plant secondary cell walls.
Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2025
Latest funding
- $293,426
Biocatalytic cascades for the surface functionalization of lignocellulosic fibres
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $35,000
Carbon sequestration through biocatalytic valorization of agricultural residues
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $118,000
Discovery and Design of Microbial Expansin-Related Proteins for Bio-based Material Applications
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
25 publications.
Uncovering Sequence and Structural Characteristics of Fungal Expansin-Related Proteins With Potential to Drive Substrate Targeting.
Pohto A, Koitto T, Dahiya D, Castro A, Sidorova E, Huusela M, Baker SE, Tsang A, Master E
Enzymatic Oxidation of Carbohydrate Byproducts for Use in Formation of Chitosan Hydrogels.
Mototsune O, Zhang Y, Kavishvar D, Ramchandran A, Loewen MC, Master E
Carbohydrate-binding domain CBM63 of microbial expansin-like BsEXLX1 facilitates the adsorption of expansin-related proteins to hemicelluloses in plant secondary cell walls.
Sivan P, Dahiya D, Jabalera Y, Koitto T, Perez-Jimenez R, Mellerowicz EJ, Master E, Vilaplana F
Substrate specificity mapping of fungal CAZy AA3_2 oxidoreductases.
Zhao H, Karppi J, Mototsune O, Poshina D, Svartström J, Nguyen TTM, Vo TM, Tsang A, Master E, Tenkanen M
Functional characterization of fungal lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases for cellulose surface oxidation.
Mathieu Y, Raji O, Bellemare A, Di Falco M, Nguyen TTM, Viborg AH, Tsang A, Master E, Brumer H
Characterization of a novel AA3_1 xylooligosaccharide dehydrogenase from Thermothelomyces myriococcoides CBS 398.93.
Zhao H, Karppi J, Nguyen TTM, Bellemare A, Tsang A, Master E, Tenkanen M
Proteome of the Wood Decay Fungus Fomitopsis pinicola Is Altered by Substrate.
Sabat G, Ahrendt S, Wu B, Gaskell J, Held BW, Toapanta C, Vuong TV, Lipzen A, Zhang J, Schilling JS, Master E, Grigoriev IV, Blanchette RA, Hibbett DS, Bhatnagar J, Cullen D
Elucidating Sequence and Structural Determinants of Carbohydrate Esterases for Complete Deacetylation of Substituted Xylans.
Penttinen L, Kouhi V, Fauré R, Skarina T, Stogios P, Master E, Jurak E
Retraction Note: Evolution of substrate-specific gene expression and RNA editing in brown rot wood-decaying fungi.
Wu B, Gaskell J, Zhang J, Toapanta C, Ahrendt S, Grigoriev IV, Blanchette RA, Schilling JS, Master E, Cullen D, Hibbett DS
RNA-editing in Basidiomycota, revisited.
Min B, Wu B, Gaskell J, Zhang J, Toapanta C, Ahrendt S, Blanchette RA, Master E, Cullen D, Hibbett DS, Grigoriev IV
Biocatalytic cascades for the surface functionalization of lignocellulosic fibres
Principal investigators: Master, Emma
Keywords: Materials sciences; Wood, wood products and paper
Carbon sequestration through biocatalytic valorization of agricultural residues
Principal investigators: Master, Emma ER
Keywords: Anaerobic microbial communities; Biofertilizers; Bioprocess scale-up; Environmental microbiology; Enzyme technology; Life cycle assessment; Microalgae; System mapping; Technoeconomic analyis; Waste upcycling
Discovery and Design of Microbial Expansin-Related Proteins for Bio-based Material Applications
Principal investigators: Master, Emma
Keywords: industrial biocatalysts; biotechnology; protein production; expansin-related proteins; carbohydrate-active enzymes; bio-based materials; renewable biomass; lignocellulose; chitin; functional genomics
Characterization Platform for Hierarchical Structures in Smart and Multi-Functional Materials and Surfaces
Principal investigators: Naguib, Hani
BioMax: Oxidoreductases for hemicellulose upgrading to bio-derived cross-linkers
Principal investigators: Master, Emma ER
2-ZYME: Two-step biocatalytic conversion of underused biorefinery side-streams to glucaric acid
Principal investigators: Master, Emma
Identification of potential market licensees for University of Toronto technology related to the process of chemo-enzymatic synthesis of glucaric acid from xylans
Principal investigators: Master, Emma
Improving Evaluation of Anaerobic Digestion Processes
Principal investigators: Edwards, Elizabeth
Enzymatic grafting of acrylic monomers to lignin for polyurethane resin applications
Principal investigators: Master, Emma
Biocatalytic Activation of Macromolecular Building Blocks
Principal investigators: Master, Emma
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Harry Brumer and Emma Master: 2 shared papers
- Arun Ramchandran and Emma Master: 1 shared paper
- Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
- Michael Smith Laboratories
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