Dr Benjamin Yeo
Research Specialist - Downstream Processing
Protein Expression Facility
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Research Specialist - Purification
Expertise
- Downstream processing
- Protein production optimisation in yeast expression systems
- Protein glycosylation analysis
Journal Articles
Shilling, Patrick J., Pontes-Braz, Luisa, Mitchell, Lachlan, Howell, Linda, Veneer, Prem, Jayashree, Srinivasan, Castelli, Laura A., Pham, Tam, Lu, Louis, Wang, Bei, Yeo, K. Y Benjamin, Nimma, Surekha, Briggs, Lyndall, Johnston, Caitlin, Michie, Michelle and Sutherland, Tara D. (2025). Production of recombinant coiled coil silk proteins for materials synthesis. Protein Expression and Purification, 229 106683, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2025.106683
Rubbab, Tehseen, Pegg, Cassandra L., Phung, Toan K., Nouwens, Amanda S., Yeo, K.Y. Benjamin, Zacchi, Lucia F., Muhammad, Amna, Naqvi, S.M. Saqlan and Schulz, Benjamin L. (2021). N-glycosylation on Oryza sativa root germin-like protein 1 is conserved but not required for stability or activity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 553, 72-77. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.03.024
Enculescu, Charmaine, Kerr, Edward D., Yeo, K. Y. Benjamin, Schenk, Gerhard, Fortes, Marina R. S. and Schulz, Benjamin L. (2019). Proteomics reveals profound metabolic changes in the alcohol use disorder brain. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 10 (5), 2364-2373. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00660
Stevens, Kofi L. P., Black, Amy L., Wells, Kelsi M., Yeo, K. Y. Benjamin, Steuart, Robert F. L., Stirling, Colin J., Schulz, Benjamin L. and Mousley, Carl J. (2017). Diminished Ost3-dependent N-glycosylation of the BiP nucleotide exchange factor Sil1 is an adaptive response to reductive ER stress. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114 (47), 12489-12494. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1705641114
Yeo, K. Y. Benjamin, Chrysanthopoulos, Panangiotis K., Nouwens, Amanda S., Marcellin, Esteban and Schulz, Benjamin L. (2016). High performance targeted mass spectrometry with precision data independent acquisition reveals site-specific glycosylation macroheterogeneity. Analytical Biochemistry, 510, 106-113. doi: 10.1016/j.ab.2016.06.009
Thesis
Yeo, Kent Yuen Benjamin (2019). Messaging with magnesium: Function of yeast Ost3 proteins in glycosylation and magnesium. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.521