Cong Trinh and his research team developed the Gene Co-Expression Connectivity (GeCCo) method to predict gene targets underlying high ionic liquid tolerance in Yarrowia lipolytica. GeCCo can serve as a useful tool to unlock the genotype-to-phenotype link.

This research is published in mSystems. The work is funded by the DOE BER Genomic Science Program award DE-SC0019412 and the DOE FICUS #50384 award.