Microbes in Animals

"Work with diseases in fish and shellfish: host-pathogen interaction, infection models (pathogen transmission and survival on and in the host), disease prevention, diagnostic methods."

| Lone Madsen, DTU Aqua    

My main focus is research in global epidemiology, surveillance, antimicrobial resistance, and population structure of mainly food and waterborne pathogens. Our work includes the development and implementation of methods and guidelines that can support efforts to build the capacity of the global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance and increase the quality of monitoring data. Our group has a special focus on developing and implementing ring tests to validate pheno- and genotypic antimicrobial resistance data."

| Rene Hendriksen, DTU Food

"I am interested in research on biofilm for larvae settlement and biofouling in marine environment. I am collaborating with colleagues on shellfish pathogens and disease, water quality monitoring (bacteria, virus) for animal safety."

| Camille Saurel, DTU Aqua

"I study bacterial eco-physiology and biotechnology and focus on aquatic bacteria (freshwater and marine). We aimed at two goals: to control, i.e., kill or inhibit disease-promoting bacteria, and to enable biotechnological use of bacteria. I am particularly interested in microbial secondary metabolites, their natural functions and biotechnological application."

| Lone Gram, DTU Bioengineering

"I am interested in microbiomes in recirculating aquaculture systems, including the microbiome and its association in (infectious) diseases in fish."

| Argelia Cuenca, DTU Aqua

"Our research includes in silico identification of gut bacteria utilizing dietary fibers (e.g. alginate, resistant starch, plant cell wall polysaccharides) and discovery, production as well as characterization of structure function relationships of the involved bacterial enzymes. We are also interested in microbial consortia from various environments."

| Birte Svensson, DTU Bioengineering

"My group focuses on the intestinal microbiota. We study microbial metabolism of dietary compounds, effects of antibiotics and xenobiotics on the microbial ecosystem of the gut, and derived health effects of these processes."

| Tine Rask Licht, DTU Food

"My research involves the development of nanobodies against pathogens such as gastrointestinal and plant pathogens."

| Andreas Laustsen, DTU Bioengineering

"My research is focused on microbial food cultures for food fermentation, involving lactic acid bacteria. We investigate fermentation of bovine milk, camel milk, and plant-based fermentations. Particular focus is given to the proteolytic system and the specificity of the cell envelope proteinase. Identification of peptides derived from food proteins with potential use as functional food ingredients is central in this research."

| Egon Bech Hansen, DTU Food

"The group focuses on microbiota-host interactions in health and disease, with a specific emphasis on factors shaping development of life-style related diseases."

| Susanne Brix Pedersen, DTU Bioengineering

"In our research group we develop technologies for designing, engineering, and screening of yeast cells. We have strong expertise in the development of biosensors to facilitate HTP screening, mimic olfaction, cell-cell communication and fusion, as well as control of metabolism. We also apply pathway discovery and machine learning for refactoring biosynthesis of bioactive plant alkaloids in yeast cells."

|Michael Krogh Jensen, DTU Biosustain 

"I am performing structural and biochemical work on bacterial membrane transporters and autotransporters. Also including squalene monooxidases from fungi."

|Jens Preben Morth, DTU Bioengineering

The overarching theme, or question, my research addresses is how microbes act and interact in their environment, and how we can investigate and utilize their behavior by analyzing the molecules they comprise and produce."

| Mikkel Bentzon-Tilia, DTU Bioengineering