Microbes in Soil

"We are working on the data-driven discovery of new bioactive natural products from various microbes, especially Actinomycetes."

 

|Pep Charusanti, DTU Biosustain

 

 

"Our research is focused on deciphering the molecular pathways and engineering the biosynthesis of natural products by combining genetic, biochemical and bioinformatics methods. We are a pioneer in developing software for the automated genome mining (CLUSEAN, antiSMASH, antiSMASH-DB) and analysis of secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways. Our group was able to firstly elucidate the biosynthetic pathways of the elfamycin family of antibiotics and is deeply involved in developing CRISPR-based metabolic engineering tools for actinomycetes."

 

| Tilmann Weber, DTU Biosustain

 

 

"My group works with plant and soil microbiome to understand the chemical ecology and evolution among the community members. We use adaptive evolution for probiotic strains, examine their interaction with resident or synthetic microbial community members, and test the influence of engineered microbiome on plant health."

 

| Ákos T. Kovács, DTU Bioengineering

 

                         

"My research aims at utilizing beneficial microbes and their secondary metabolites for human health and agriculture. To achieve this, we combine natural product chemistry, microbiology and genomics. Currently we have a strong focus on Actinobacteria."

 

| Ling Ding, DTU Bioengineering

 

 

"We are interested in signaling and regulation in bacterial cells, focusing in particular on regulatory phenomena based on protein phosphorylation. Most of our research activities are carried out on Bacillus subtilis. Our laboratory specializes in bacterial protein-tyrosine kinases (BY-kinases), serine/threonine kinases of the Hanks-family, phosphoproteomics other “omics” approaches aiming at global studies of the phosphorylation-based regulatory networks in both model and pathogenic bacteria."

 

|Ivan Mijakovic, DTU Biosustain

 

                         

"We use the theory of evolution as a framework for discovery and engineering of specialized metabolites from Fungi and Bacteria."

 

| Pablo Cruz-Morales, DTU Biosustain

 

 

"My research is on food and soil microbiomes, including recombinant protein production in microbial cell factories (bacteria, yeast, fungi), genetic determinants of lactic acid bacteria and filamentous fungi in regards to taste and texture, growth of microbial biomass or cell factories on waste streams, food fermentations, starter culture design, as well as biodiversity discovery and strain isolation."

 

| Leoni Jahn, DTU Biosustain

 

                         

"My research is related to microbes and evaluating secondary metabolites in an evolutionary perspective. Application of machine learning in exploring in-situ NMR based metabolomics in microbial systems. I collaborate with several research groups both at DTU Bioengineering and DTU Biosustainability on NMR based structure elucidation of unknown secondary metabolites from bacteria, fungi, marine and plant species."

 

| Charlotte Held Gotfredsen, DTU Chemistry

 

 

"Our research is focused on plant beneficial microbes and microbiomes with the aim of finding ´microbial solutions´ that support plant health. Key areas include microbe/microbiome engineering, mechanisms and regulation ofgenes and secondary metabolites in relation to plant beneficial activities and in microbe-microbe and microbe-plant interactions."

 

| Lars Jelsbak, DTU Bioengineering

 

 

"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 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

 

 

"In a circular economy era, biomass and waste processing technologies for sustainable production of chemicals and fuels are of high importance. Processes are developed and tested initially at laboratory scale and then at pilot scale. Our research work is performed in: Reactor fermentations, Anaerobic digestion, Industrial and municipal wastewater valorization, Waste plastic depolymerization and monomers purification, Equipment design for pre-treatment of biomass, Upstream and downstream processing of biomass effluents, Up-scaling of biotechnological processes, Mathematical simulation of bioprocesses."

 

| Ioannis Skiadas, DTU Chemical Engineering

 

 

"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 mostly interested in ancient bacteria and viruses."

 

| Gabriel Renaud, DTU Health Technology

 

 

"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

 

 

"We are providing access to laboratory facilities, including GMO, MultiLab and Chemistry, manned with skilled technicians for supporting student and research startups within the 'wet'-areas at DTU."

 

| Kristine Garde, DTU Skylab

 

 

"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