CRISPR/Cas12a Multiplex Genome Editing of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the Creation of Yeast Pixel ArtKlaudia Ciurkot 1,2, Brenda Vonk 1, Thomas E. Gorochowski 3,4, Johannes A. Roubos 1, René Verwaal 1
1DSM Biotechnology Center, 2Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry, University of Hamburg, 3BrisSynBio, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 4School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building
The CRISPR/Cas12a system in combination with a single crRNA array enables efficient multiplex editing of the S. cerevisiae genome at multiple loci simultaneously. This is demonstrated by constructing carotenoid producing yeast strains which are subsequently used to create yeast pixel art.