Synthetic promoters are powerful tools to boost the biotechnological potential of microalgae as eco-sustainable industrial hosts. The increasing availability of transcriptome data on microalgae in a variety of environmental conditions allows to identify cis-regulatory elements (CREs) that are responsible for the transcriptional output. Furthermore, advanced cloning technologies, such as golden gate-based MoClo toolkits, enable the creation of modular constructs for testing multiple promoters and a range of reporter systems in a convenient manner. In this chapter, we will describe how to introduce in silico-identified CREs into promoter sequences, and how to clone the modified promoters into MoClo compatible vectors. We will then describe how these promoters can be evaluated and screened for transgene expression in an established microalgal model for genetic perturbation, i.e., Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
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