Sakkie Pretorius
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Professor Sakkie Pretorius is a microbiologist and the deputy vice-chancellor of research at Macquarie University, known for his significant contributions to the field of synthetic biology, particularly in the collaboration that led to the Yeast 2.0 project.
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Sakkie Pretorius is Macquarie’s research chief who collaborated with Ian Paulsen on building yeast chromosomes from scratch.
First we read DNA. Then we edited. Now we’re learning to writeThe Sydney Morning Herald·
Australia· 2026-07-17
Australia· 2026-07-17
Sakkie Pretorius is a microbiologist who collaborated with Ian Paulsen to advance synthetic biology in Australia.
Australian scientists’ synthetic life breakthrough: synthetic multicellular organismThe Sydney Morning Herald·Australia· 2025-04-04
Australia· 2025-04-04