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| Albin Sandelin Professor Computational and RNA Biology +45 3532 1285 albin@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Experimental transcriptomics - Computational transcritomics - Enhancer and promoter biology - Big data analysis FOCUS: Biomarkers, enhancers and promoters in inflammatory diseases - Biomarkers, enhancers and promoters in toxicology - lncRNA biogenesis and degradation - Enhancer RNA biology INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Biomarkers based on RNA - Big data analysis - lncRNA function - Image-based screening - Gut organoids as a screening system | ||
| Anders Albrechtsen Associate Professor Computational and RNA Biology +45 3533 0246 aalbrechtsen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Statistical genetics - NGS data analysis - Population genetics - Disease mapping FOCUS: Method development for NGS data - Large scale association studies - Complex disease mapping INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Precision medicine - Genetic mechanism of complex traits | ||
| Anders Garm Associate Professor Marine Biology +45 3533 1524 algarm@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Visual ecology - Sensory physiology - Electrophysiology - Brain function and evolution - light measurements - electron microscopy - behavioural ecology FOCUS: Visual processing in simple brains - Decentralized central nervous systems - Vision without neurons - sensory ecology in the deep sea - bioluminescence in the deep sea - marine microplastic INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Sensors for robotics - Development of eel cultures | ||
| Anders Løbner-Olesen Professor Functional Genomics +45 3532 2068 lobner@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Cell cycle control in bacteria - DNA replication stress - Bacterial DNA methylation - Antimicrobial compounds FOCUS: Control of bacterial chromosome replication - Bacterial cell cycle in vivo, i.e. mice - Stress and chromosome replication - Bacterial DNA methylation - Antimicrobial peptides INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Antibacterial drug screens - Development of anti-Gram-peptides - Identification and characterization of accessory resistance genes (ARG) - Peptides towards intracellular targets | ||
| Anders Michelsen Professor Terrestrial Ecology +45 2339 8286 andersm@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Plant physiological ecology - Plant-microbe-soil interactions - Biogeochemistry - Use and analysis of stable isotopes (d13C and d15N) in ecology FOCUS: C and N cycling in arctic ecosystems - Effects of climate change INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: - | ||
| Anders Priemé Professor Microbiology +45 51827033 aprieme@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Microbial ecology - Soil nitrogen cycling - Soil microbial community structure analyses - Greenhouse gas emissions from soil - Arctic soil microbiology FOCUS: Microbial ecology - Permafrost microbiology - Microbial activity at low temperatures - Microbial activity and global change INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Cold-active bio-molecules - Soil health monitoring and improvement - Plant growth improvement | ||
| Bent Vismann Associate Professor Marine Biology +45 3532 1984 bvismann@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Physiology of invertebrates - Adaptations to sulphide - Respirometry - Aquaculture of shellfish - Filter feeding bivalves - Algal toxicity in bivalves FOCUS: Aquaculture of filter feeding bivalves INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Aquaculture | ||
| Berthe Marie Willumsen Professor emeritus Cell Biology and Physiology +45 2875 2091 bmw@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Cancer - Embryonic cell lines - Tissue culture - Chromatin and expression methods FOCUS: Setting of the repressive H3K27 epigenetic mark INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: - | ||
| Birgitte Regenberg Professor Ecology and Evolution +45 3532 1680 bregenberg@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Genomics - Yeast - Biofilm - Genome instability - Evolution FOCUS: Biofilm - Copy Number Variation (CNV) mutations; yeast, birds, human INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Screening genetic disorders and somatic mutations (e.g. cancer) | ||
| Birthe B. Kragelund Professor Biomolecular Sciences +45 3532 2081 bbk@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: NMR - Protein biophysics - Intrinsically disordered proteins - Protein folding - Membrane proteins FOCUS: Biological functions of intrinsically disordered proteins - Membrane proteins - Cytokine receptors INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Targeting membrane proteins - Exploiting disordered proteins in industrial production (e.g.milk) | ||
| Christian Holmberg Associate Professor Functional Genomics +45 3532 2034 cholm@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Yeast genetics - Molecular biology - Genomic instablility FOCUS: Regulation of dNTP pools - DNA replication stress - Meiosis - DNA damage checkpoint INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Species specific drug screens | ||
| Cornelis (Cok) Grimmelikhuijzen Professor Cell and Neuro Biology +45 3532 1227 cgrimmelikhuijzen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Molecular neurobiology - Physiology - Endocrinology - Neurobiology FOCUS: GPCRs - Neuropeptides - Biogenic amines - Genomics - Insects INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: GPCR deorphanization - Drug screening - Cell-based bioassays for GPCRs | ||
| David R Nash Associate Professor Ecology and Evolution +45 3532 1323 drnash@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Behavioural Ecology - Conservation - Entomology - Population genetics - GC-MS - Ecology - Community Ecology FOCUS: Social parasitism - Coevolution - Cooperation - Mutualism - Conservation - Insect conservation INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Application of population genetics to biodiversity conservation - Citizen science | ||
| Dean Jacobsen Associate Professor Freshwater Biology +45 3533 0132 djacobsen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Benthic macroinvertebrates - Automatic environmental field-data logging - Eco-physiology (Micro-respirometry) FOCUS: Stream ecology - Freshwater ecology - Alpine ecology - High altitude/elevation ecology - Glacier-fed systems - Benthic fauna - Eco-physiology - Biodiversity - Community ecology - Bio-assessment - Bio-monitoring INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: - | ||
| Elodie Mandel-Briefer Associate Professor Ecology and Evolution +45 3532 9033 elodie.briefer@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Animal behaviour experiments, analysis of animal behaviour, recordings and detailed analysis of vocalisations, playback experiments, assessment of animal emotions, statistical analyses (linear mixed-effect models, principal component analysis, discriminant function analysis, permutation tests) FOCUS: Animal behaviour, acoustic communication, cognition, emotions and personality INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Tools to automatically and non-invasively assess animal emotions, based on their behaviour and/or vocalisations. Welfare assessment of pet and farm animals | ||
| Flemming Ekelund Associate Professor Terrestrial Ecology +45 5182 7041 fekelund@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Soil protists, diversity & ecology - Microscopy and molecular based - Plant soil interactions FOCUS: Relationships between soil diversity and functioning - Soil services INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Microbial cultures to promote plant growth - Novozymes | ||
| Frank Hauser Associate Professor Cell and Neuro Biology +45 3532 1206 fhauser@bio.ku.dk | UCPH home page | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: GPCRs - Neuropeptides, bioassays, bioinformatics, evolution FOCUS: Annotation and deorphanizaton of invertebrate GPCRs INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Development of new crop protection agents and pesticides | ||
| Genevieve Thon Associate Professor Functional Genomics +45 3533 0198 gen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Chromatin - Sumoylation - Yeast genetics - Mutant searches - Quantitative biology FOCUS: Heterochromatin formation and functions - Nuclear organization - Interplays between replication and the formation of chromatin domains - Quantitative modeling INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Development of tools for epigenetic engineering | ||
| Guojie Zhang Professor Ecology and Evolution +45 3532 1292 guojie.zhang@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Comparative genomics - Functional genomics FOCUS: Biodiversity genomics - Genome evolution - Neurobiology INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: - | ||
| Hans Henrik Bruun Associate Professor Ecology and Evolution +45 3532 1211 hhbruun@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Biodiversity - Community ecology - Conservation biology FOCUS: Multi-taxon species richness - Trait-based community assembly - Longitudinal studies of biodiversity change - Spatial conservation planning - European forests and grasslands INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Science-based advice to the political system about biodiversity conservation, to private enterprises about sustainability (GDG 15 Life on Land) and about integrating biodiversity in production areas and the cityscape. | ||
| Hans R. Siegismund Associate Professor Computational and RNA Biology +45 3532 1339 hsiegismund@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Population genetics and genomics - Evolution FOCUS: Population demography, structure, admixture and speciation in African ungulates and primates INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Conservation and management of endangered species | ||
| Helge Ro-Poulsen Associate Professor Emeritus Terrestrial Ecology +45 3533 0150 helgerp@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Plant eco-physiology in relation to environmental changes - Measurement of gas exchanges from leaf to ecosystem level FOCUS: Carbon balance of arctic ecosystems in relation to global change INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: - | ||
| Henriette Pilegaard Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3532 1687 hpilegaard@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Human experiments and mouse models including use of transgenic mice. This includes in vivo measurements as well as tissue analyses. A broad range of biochemical (including enzyme activity) and molecular tissue analyses on a range of tissues (including skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, liver and brain). Using respirometry on whole tissue from mice and humans. FOCUS: Mitochondrial function - and mitochondrial adaptations Substrate recruitment and metabolic flexibility INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Testing compounds in mice and human models | ||
| Henrik Enevoldsen Head of Centre Marine Biology +45 3533 0118 h.enevoldsen@bio.ku.dk | UCPH home page | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Harmful algae FOCUS: Ecology and oceanography of harmful algae - HAB data capacity development INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Harmful algae | ||
| Ian H Lambert Associate Professor Emeritus Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3533 0256 ihlambert@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Intracellular signaling - Transport kinetics for organic osmolytes FOCUS: Cell-Volume and Cell-Fate - Taurine Homeostasis - Drug resistance INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Meat quality - Test of compounds on cell fate | ||
| Ida Moltke Associate Professor Computational and RNA Biology +45 3533 0239 ida@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Demographic inference - Detection of natural selection - Trait/disease mapping in structured populations - Development of new statistical methods FOCUS: Demographic history of the Greenlandic population - Natural selection in the Greenlandic population - Trait/disease mapping in the Greenlandic population - Related method development INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Type II diabetes prevention/treatment | ||
| Ivana Novak Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3533 0275 inovak@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: BioImaging - Electrophysiology - Cell/organ physiology FOCUS: Purinergic signaling - Ion channels - Pancreatic diseases - Acid/base transport - Metabolism INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Purinergic receptors and ion channels as targets for pancreatic diseases - Novo Nordisk - Biolinscientific - Lundbeck | ||
| Jacob B. Hansen Associate Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3533 0111 jacob.hansen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Metabolic regulation in mammals - Real-time oxygen measurements - Signal transduction - Obesity biology - Brown adipocyte and brown adipose tissue biology FOCUS: Gene expression in adipocytes - Substrates for brown and beige adipocyte thermogenesis - Signal transduction in adipocytes - Regulation of adipocyte adipokine secretion INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Human cell models of brown, beige and white adipocytes - Small-scale compound screen - Real-time oxygen consumption rate (Seahorse XF96 Flux Analyzer technology) - Testing of gene function and/or compounds in adipocytes | ||
| Jacobus (Koos) Boomsma Professor Ecology and Evolution +45 3532 1340 jjboomsma@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Social Evolution - Evolutionary biology of cooperation and conflict - Mutualistic and parasitic symbioses - Mating system evolution - Evolutionary Medicine FOCUS: Origin of superorganismic insect colonies - Genome sequencing - Metagenomics of insect microbiota - Evolutionary proteomics (with Perth collaborator) - Genomic imprinting INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Discovery of novel enzymes and/or antibiotics from ant symbiotic fungi and bacteria | ||
| Jakob R. Winther Professor Biomolecular Sciences +45 3532 1500 jrwinther@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Protein design - Enzyme screening - Enzyme assays - Protein chemistry FOCUS: Protein design - High-throughput enzyme assays - Treatments for rare diseases INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: New enzymes for novel applications in health and society | ||
| Jan Christiansen Assistant Professor Computational and RNA Biology +45 3532 2008 janchr@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: RNA Biology - RNA-binding proteins - Post-transcriptional gene regulation - Polysome analysis - High-throughput CLIP technology FOCUS: RNA assemblages - Post-transcriptional RNA regulons - Translational control - Y RNAs INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Diagnostics for poor cancer survival - Small-molecule inhibition of cellular invasion - Druggability of complex cellular processes | ||
| Jens Borum Associate Professor Freshwater Biology +45 3533 0122 jborum@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Ecophysiology of submersed plants and macroalgae - Coastal eutrophication analyses - Microsensor techniques FOCUS: Oxygen dynamics in macroalgae - Seagrass responses to climate change INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: - | ||
| Jens T Høeg Associate Professor Emeritus Marine Biology +45 3533 1525 jthoeg@bio.ku.dk | UCPH home page | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Sexual evolution - Larval biology - Parasitology FOCUS: Sexual evolution - Larval biology INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Antifouling technology - Immigrant species - Role of parasites as controllers in natural populations | ||
| Jeppe Vinther Associate Professor Computational and RNA Biology +45 3532 1264 jvinther@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Sequencing based methods - In-cell RNA structure probing - RNA modification - Antisense oligonucleotides FOCUS: RNA structure in (+) stranded RNA viruses - Pseudouridine modifications in yeast - RNA structure in Bacillus - Stress regulation in Bacillus INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Antisense oligonucleotides - In-cell RNA structure probing - Global RNA modification mapping - Sequencing based screens | ||
| Jes Søe Pedersen Associate Professor Ecology and Evolution +45 3532 1254 jspedersen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Social evolution - Invasion biology - Population genetics - Behavioural experimentation FOCUS: Ant supercolonies - Social diseases - Social recognition - Invasive mammals INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Invasive species control - Evolutionary medicine | ||
| John Fleng Steffensen Professor Marine Biology +45 6077 0490 jfsteffensen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Fish physiology: hypoxia, exercise, hypercapnia, oxygen transport, conservation, metabolism FOCUS: Biology of the Greenland shark - Effects of salinity on the physiology and distribution of perch - Physiology of fish exposed to toxic algae INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Animal blood chemistry instrument somewhat similar to a Radiometer ABL77, but for temperatures between 5 and 42 DegC | ||
| Jonas Stenløkke Madsen Assistant Professor Microbiology +45 35 33 01 40 jsmadsen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: genome engineering (e.g. by CRISPR/Cas), synthetic biology, fluorescence reporter gene technologies, FACS, CLSM, high-throughput sequencing, transcriptomics, and classical microbiology methodologies FOCUS: My research focuses on how bacteria interact, the molecular biology behind interactions, and how these social interactions evolve. Basically, the molecular biology and evolution of conflict, manipulation, sharing, and dependencies among bacteria. I am especially interested in the role horizontal gene transfer gene-sharing between bacteria has in bacterial social evolution. The critical increase of antibiotic resistance among infectious bacteria, for example, is a striking and scary outcome of horizontal gene transfer. Sharing of genes is typically facilitated by mobile genetic elements and I studying how such elements interact with the rest of the host genome, in addition to how such interactions effect the social behavior of the host bacterium. In order to experimentally address the hypothesis driven research briefly described above, an important part of my work is to develop molecular tools and engineer bacteria. The experimental research conducted by my group utilizes genome engineering (e.g. by CRISPR/Cas), synthetic biology, and fluorescence reporter gene technologies, FACS, CLSM, high-throughput sequencing, transcriptomics, and classical microbiology methodologies. We also use in vivo animal and plant models that are made available by collaborators with proper facilities. INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Antibiotic resistance | ||
| Kaj Sand-Jensen Professor Freshwater Biology +45 3533 0124 ksandjensen@bio.ku.dk | UCPH home page | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Dynamics and metabolism of lakes, ponds and streams - Evidence-based restoration of lakes and streams - Historical biodiversity patterns on land and in water - Broad-scale regulation of geographical distribution patterns - Ecophysiology of aquatic plants FOCUS: Why do ponds stratify and experience anoxia during daytime? - How can we design the best lakes? - Is colonization credit in Lake Fure indefinite? - The distribution of oligotrophic rosette plants is it influenced by rising temperatures? INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Sensor equipment to track movement of small animals | ||
| Karen Skriver Professor Biomolecular Sciences +45 3532 1712 kskriver@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Protein chemistry - Biochemistry - Spectroscopy - Regulatory networks - Didactics FOCUS: Protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions and intrinsic disorder in gene regulatory networks INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: - | ||
| Karsten Kristiansen Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3532 4443 kk@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Metabolism - Nutrition - Genomics - Metagenomics FOCUS: Macronutrient balance and regulation of metabolism - Population genomics - General metagenomics - Metagenomics for disease detection and treatment - Host-microbiota interaction - Gut microbiota/brain axis INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Novel food (ongoing collaboration Arla AmbA) - Novel feed (ongoing collaboration SEGES) - Metagenomics disease detection and treatment stratification (ongoing BGI) | ||
| Kathrin Rousk Assistant Professor Terrestrial Ecology +45 35 33 20 74 kathrin.rousk@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: nitrogen fixation measurements, symbioses, nitrogen cycle, plant-bacteria associations, bryophytes, cyanobacteria, nutrient cycling in pristine ecosystems FOCUS: cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation in pristine ecosystems, moss-bacteria inetactions INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: nitrogen and heavy metal pollution effects on ecosystem functioning | ||
| Katrine Worsaae Associate Professor Marine Biology +45 3532 1987 kworsaae@bio.ku.dk | UCPH home page | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Evolution, structure and adaptation - Annelida & meiofauna - Brain & nervous system - Miniaturization - Bioimaging & phylogeny FOCUS: Evolution of annelids molecules, morphology, and habitat - Biodiversity, systematics and taxonomy of meiofauna - Evolution of anchialine cave fauna - Neuro-muscular evolution and development INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Developments of methods for/ assessments of: Barcoding of bottom fauna, Macrofauna diversity, Meiofauna diversity, Species-habitat interaction - Bio-discovery | ||
| Kim Rewitz Professor Cell and Neuro Biology +45 3533 0155 kim.rewitz@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Development - Drosophila - Molecular Genetics - Endocrinology FOCUS: Development - Endocrinology - Growth - Neurobiology INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Novo Nordisk - Lundbeck | ||
| Kirsten S. Christoffersen Professor Freshwater Biology +45 3533 0123 kchristoffersen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Plankton ecology and benthic-pelagic couplings - Automatic environmental field-data logging - Long term monitoring - Historical time series - Ecotoxicology - Toxic cyanobacteria - Restoration of lakes FOCUS: Response of Arctic aquatic ecosystems to climate change - High-altitude freshwater ecology - Implication of an invasive mussel in Danish lakes - High resolution data recording INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Remote sensing - Data logger technology | ||
| Kresten Lindorff-Larsen Professor Biomolecular Sciences +45 3532 2027 lindorff@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Structural biology - Protein biophysics - Personalized Medicine - Genomic variant effects - Computational chemistry - Protein Dynamics - Molecular dynamics simulations FOCUS: Integrative structural biology - Drug resistance - Ligand-binding kinetics and thermodynamics - Personalized medicine INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Personalized Medicine - Genomics - Drug development - Drug resistance - Enzyme optimization - Protein stabilization and design | ||
| Kaare Teilum Associate Professor Biomolecular Sciences +45 3532 2029 kaare.teilum@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: NMR - Protein Biophysics - Enzyme kinetics - Protein aggregation FOCUS: Functional protein dynamics - Improving protein stability and binding activity - Protein structure-function relationships - Protein structure determination INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: New and optimized enzymes | ||
| Lars Båstrup-Spohr Assistant Professor Freshwater Biology +45 3532 1166 lbaastrupspohr@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Biodiversity of aquatic organisms particularly plants - Statistics - Functional traits FOCUS: What structures the composition of biological communities in freshwater environments INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Nature restoration - Environmental assessment - Species Identification | ||
| Lars Ellgaard Professor Biomolecular Sciences +45 3532 1725 lellgaard@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Protein folding - Protein degradation - Recombinant expression of disulfide-rich peptides - Mammalian cell culture - conotoxins FOCUS: Oxidative protein folding in the ER - Degradation of misfolded ER proteins - Recombinant expression of disulfide-rich protein toxins - Structure-function analysis of neurotoxic peptides INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: New treatments for rare diseases - Recombinant production of challenging proteins | ||
| Lasse Riemann Professor Marine Biology +45 3532 1959 lriemann@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Microbial ecology - Molecular analyses - Community composition - Bacterioplankton Nitrogen fixation FOCUS: Heterotrophic N2 fixation - Regulation of bacterial community composition - Bacterial molecular ecology INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Cultivation of marine bacteria | ||
| Lone Rønnov-Jessen Associate Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3532 1644 lronnov-jessen@bio.ku.dk | UCPH home page | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Primary cell culture - 3-D models - Epithelial-stromal interaction - Cell based assays FOCUS: Normal breast development and function - Breast cancer - Stem cells - Stem cell niche INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Breast endocrinology - Screening of hormone-like substances - Toxicology - Drug screening - Carcinogenesis - Assay development | ||
| Lotte Bang Pedersen Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3533 7887 lbpedersen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Cell biology - Primary cilia - Centrosomes - Cytoskeleton - Signaling FOCUS: Cilia assembly mechanisms - Kinesin-3 motors - Ciliopathy disease mechanisms INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Functional analysis of disease genes (ciliopathies) - Drug screening of ciliopathy patient cells | ||
| Martin W. Berchtold Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 2446 7173 mabe@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Intracellular trafficking - Calcium signaling plasma membrane repair cell cycle control cell imaging FOCUS: heart failure mutations - Mechanisms in membrane repair - Role of Calmodulin in cell cycle regulation INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Heart arrhythmia drug development - Drug delivery into cancer cells through interfering with membrane repair | ||
| Martin Willemoës Associate Professor Biomolecular Sciences +45 3532 2030 willemoes@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Protein design - Directed evolution of enzymes - Enzyme kinetics - Isothermal titration calorimetry FOCUS: Protein redesign - HIV protease redesign - Mutant library generation INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Dairy industry - Green chemistry - Drug design | ||
| Mathias Middelboe Professor Marine Biology +45 3532 1991 mmiddelboe@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Marine viral ecology - Phage-host interaction - Microbial evolution FOCUS: Phage control of fish pathogens - Phage-driven biogeochemical cycling INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Phage control of pathogens in aquaculture | ||
| Mette Burmølle Associate Professor Microbiology +45 3533 0119 burmolle@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Multispecies biofilms - Bacterial interactions - Sociomicro-biology - In vitro biofilm models coupled to microscopy FOCUS: Interactions in biofilms - Succession in complex communities - Biofilm in food production facilities INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Strategies for combatting biofilms in food production facilities - Strategies for targeted treatment of polymicrobial infections - Application of multispecies biofilms in waste conversion and bioremediation | ||
| Michael Askvad Sørensen Associate Professor Biomolecular Sciences +45 3532 3711 mas@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Regulation of translation and transcription - Bacterial genetics - Analysis of RNA expression FOCUS: tRNA stability - Bacterial stress response - Regulatory RNAs INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Development of antibacterial agents | ||
| Michael Kühl Professor Marine Biology +45 4047 6304 mkuhl@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Microbial ecology & ecophysiology - Marine Biology - Biophotonics & Photobiology - Plant biology - Biogeochemistry - Photosynthesis - Sensor development - Coral reef ecology - 3D bioprinting FOCUS: Microenvironmental ecology of microbes & aquatic plants - Development/application of microsensors & bioimaging - Microbial interactions - Symbiosis INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Sensors for environmental monitoring - Diagnostics of chronic infections - Treatment of biofilms - Characterisation of microenvironmental conditions in instruments/incubators - Material properties - Optimisation of bioproduction | ||
| Michael Lisby Professor Functional Genomics +45 3532 2120 mlisby@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: DNA repair - Genome stability - Yeast genetics - Live cell fluorescence microscopy - High-throughput screening - Cancer FOCUS: Nuclear protein quality control - DNA replication stress - Regulation of DNA repair by PTMs - DNA anaphase bridges - Telomere maintenance - Liquid-liquid phase separation - Chromosomal fragile sites INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Cell-based assays for high-throughput screens - Nanosensors - Combinatorial genetic libraries - Drug screens | ||
| Michael Thomas-Poulsen Professor Ecology and Evolution +45 3533 0377 mpoulsen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Host-symbiont evolution - Gut microbiology and molecular biology - Defensive symbiosis - Amplicon sequencing / genomics / metagenomics / metabolomics - Evolutionary medicine FOCUS: Insect gut microbiotas - Bacteria-derived antimicrobials - Assembly and stability of gut microbiotas - Symbiotic plant biomass degradation INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Enzyme discovery - Antibiotics discovery - Microbiomes | ||
| Mirna Perez-Moreno Associate Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3533 3540 mirna.pmoreno@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Cell biology - Molecular biology - Flow cytometry - Histology - Microscopy - 2D cell culture - 3D cell culture FOCUS: Skin - Tissue regeneration - Cancer biology - Stem cells INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Regenerative approaches - Wound repair - Cancer treatment - Drug testing - Drug delivery systems | ||
| Morten Petersen Professor Functional Genomics +45 3532 2127 shutko@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Plant molecular genetics FOCUS: Immunity - Recycling - Reprogramming, INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Increased stress tolerance in plants | ||
| Nadja Møbjerg Associate Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3532 1653 nmobjerg@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Comparative zoology - Ionic and osmotic regulation - Experimental biology - Electro-physiology - Microscopy FOCUS: Extreme environments - Tardigrades - Osmo-regulation - Diapause - Cryptobiosis INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Research in cryptobiosis, e.g. dessication tolerance (anhydrobiosis) holds potential discoveries with significance e.g. in connection with preservation of food, storage of cells, tissues and organs, and cleantech. | ||
| Niels Daugbjerg Associate Professor Marine Biology +45 3533 1830 n.daugbjerg@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Protist biology - Molecular systematics - Phytoplankton ecology - Light and electron microscopy FOCUS: Systematics and phylogeny of eukaryotic microbes - Molecular ecology - Molecular quantification of toxic phytoplankton - Autecology of phytoplankton INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Cultivation of eukaryotic microalgae - Molecular quantification of harmful microalgae | ||
| Niels-Ulrik Frigaard Associate Professor Marine Biology +45 35 32 19 57 nuf@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Photosynthetic microbes (cyanobacteria, microalgae) - Microbial metabolism (CO2, pigments, sulfur) - Microbial genetics - Anaerobic microbiology FOCUS: Ecophysiology of cyanobacteria and anaerobic phototrophic bacteria - Applications of microalgae and cyanobacteria with respect to CO2 conversion, pigments, nutrients, and valuable metabolites including biofuels and heterologous bioproducts - Cultivation of photosynthetic microorganisms INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Microalgae and cyanobacteria - Microbial pigment analysis and production - Microbial extracellular membrane vesicles for export of valuable products - Microbial sulfur and sulfide processing | ||
| Olaf Nielsen Professor Functional Genomics +45 3532 2102 onigen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Cell cycle analysis - Genome stability - Yeast Genetics FOCUS: Regulation of dNTP levels - DNA replication stress - Function of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) - Protein aggregates - CAGE INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Drug screens - Image-based analysis of subcellular structures (with Chemometec) | ||
| Ole Pedersen Professor Freshwater Biology +45 2374 7641 opedersen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Experimental plant eco-physiology - In situ microsensor application - flood tolerance of plants - salinity tolerance of plants - drought tolerance of plants FOCUS: Submergence tolerance of terrestrial wetland plants - Traits conferring flood tolerance of rice and dryland crops - Restoration of lobelia lakes - Brownification of Scandinavian softwater lakes - salinity tolerance of crops - drought tolerance of crops INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Microsensor development - Plant production methods - functional surfaces - gas tight membranes | ||
| Per Amstrup Pedersen Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3532 1667 papedersen@bio.ku.dk | UCPH home page | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Membrane proteins - Yeast - Molecular biology - Biotechnology FOCUS: Membrane proteins in basic and applied science - Membrane protein structure INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Membrane proteins have huge biotech potential | ||
| Per Juel Hansen Professor Marine Biology +45 3532 1985 pjhansen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Microbial ecology - Plankton biology - Functional biology of protists - Ocean acidification/alkalinisation FOCUS: Ichthyotoxic algae - Mixotrophy/acquired phototrophy - Ocean Acidification INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Harmful algae and their toxins | ||
| Peter Brodersen Professor Computational and RNA Biology +45 3532 2031 pbrodersen@bio.ku.dk | UCPH home page | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Post-transcriptional gene regulation by small non-coding RNA - Arabidopsis genetics - RNA biochemistry FOCUS: Endomembranes and miRNA function - Recognition of non-self RNA - Interplay between covalent RNA modification and miRNA function - Translational repression by ARGONAUTE - Reprogramming the active small RNA population: regulated proteolysis of ARGONAUTE INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Novel methods to achieve plant drought resistance - Application of DNA-guided AGO proteins in genome engineering - Crop improvement via miRNAs - Use of plants as heterologous protein expression systems | ||
| Rasmus Hartmann-Petersen Professor Biomolecular Sciences +45 3532 1718 rhpetersen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Protein degradation - Yeast genetics - Mammalian cell culture - Deep mutational scanning FOCUS: Role of protein stability in rare diseases - Regulation of protein stability - Ubiquitin-proteasome system for protein degradation - The p97 ATPase complex INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Novel treatments for genetic diseases - Diagnostics of rare diseases | ||
| Rasmus Kjøller Associate Professor Terrestrial Ecology +45 3532 2311 rasmusk@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Plant-microbial interactions Fungal biology Molecular Ecology DNA Barcoding Community analysis FOCUS: My main contribution to science has been through application of molecular markers to disentangle otherwise hidden fungal communities and populations associated with plants and soil and addressing the functional ecology of these species rich fungal guilds. In recent years the focus has been on: 1) how fungal communities are structured in time and space and 2) how the environment changes fungal communities and how these changes feedback on ecosystem functions. Much of my work have focused on symbiotic root colonizing fungi especially mycorrhizal fungi. I have developed molecular markers for tracking these in plant roots and soil but are also confident with applying biochemical markers as well as classical microscopic examinations when needed. INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Application of growth promoting or biocontrol fungi in agriculture, horticulture Tracking communities and populations of plant pathogenic fungi Screening environmental samples for desired/non desired organisms | ||
| Riikka Rinnan Professor Terrestrial Ecology +45 51827039 riikkar@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) - Near infrared spectroscopy - Plant-soil-ecosystem-atmosphere interactions FOCUS: Ecosystem-atmosphere interactions - Ecosystem ecology - Climate change - Arctic INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: VOC characterization offline and online. Climate change mitigation and adaptation. Air quality and pollution. | ||
| Robin Andersson Associate Professor Computational and RNA Biology +45 3533 0245 robin@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Bioinformatics - Computational genomics - Enhancer identification - Enhancer activity - Promoter architecture - Transcriptomics - Cap Analysis of Gene Expression FOCUS: Regulatory topologies - Regulatory function - Modelling of transcriptional regulation - Enhanceropathies - Regulatory genetics - Regulatory variation INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Genetic variant interpretation - Enhancer identification - Regulatory dysfunction - Promoter identification | ||
| Sine Lo Svenningsen Associate Professor Biomolecular Sciences +45 3532 2033 sls@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Bacterial RNA - bacterial growth regulation - Bacterial stress responses - bacterial protein synthesis and tRNA - Bacteriophage molecular biology - Bacterial gene regulation - Small regulatory RNAs FOCUS: Role of small RNAs in the bacterial stress response - Quorum-sensing control of bacteriophage host interactions - Degradation of tRNA and ribosomal RNA - Functions of tRNA-derived fragments INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Growth optimization of bacterial cultures - Bacterial resource allocation - Enhanced probiotics - Bacteriophage growth, infectivity and limitations - RNA-based therapeutics. | ||
| Steen Pedersen Associate Professor Emeritus Biomolecular Sciences +45 2875 2096 steenp@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: RNA degradation - Ribosome biology FOCUS: - INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Novel antibiotics | ||
| Stine Falsig Pedersen Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3532 1546 sfpedersen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Ion transport - Acid-base homeostasis - Cellular signaling - 3D models of breast cancer - Real-time fluorescence imaging FOCUS: Acid-base transport in cancer - Structure/function / regulation of ion transport proteins INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Biomarkers and treatment targets in epithelial cancers | ||
| Søren Christensen Professor emeritus Terrestrial Ecology +45 3533 0151 schristensen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Spatial heterogeneity and soil biogeochemistry FOCUS: Soil trace gas production INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Hedeselskabet - Skovbruget - Landscentret for Planteavl | ||
| Søren J. Sørensen Professor Microbiology +45 5182 7007 sjs@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Soil microbiology - Biofilms - Bioinformatics - Flow cytometry - Sequencing FOCUS: Microbial interaction - Microbial ecology - Antibiotic resistance - Animal, soil and plant microbiome INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Microbiome transplantation - Probiotics - Agricultural (seed) inoculation - Biosustainability | ||
| Søren Rosendahl Professor Ecology and Evolution +45 5182 7003 soerenr@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Fungal population genetics - Microbial community ecology - Meta barcoding - Fungal ecology - Plant pathology FOCUS: Microbial community assembly dynamics - Fungal pathogen evolution INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Fast pcr detection - Risk assessment of diseases | ||
| Søren Tvorup Christensen Professor Cell Biology and Physiology +45 3533 0255 stchristensen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Mammalian cell and molecular biology - Primary cilia, trafficking and signaling - Cardiomyogenes - Neurogenesis - Ciliopathies FOCUS: Basic research and functional characterization of ciliopathy genes in CHD, MCPH and PCD INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Diagnosis and drug development for genetic disorders (ciliopathies) | ||
| Thomas Hamelryck Associate Professor Computational and RNA Biology +45 2396 0613 thamelry@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Bayesian statistics - Machine learning - Protein structure prediction - Deep Probabilistic programming - Data Science - Python FOCUS: Prediction of protein structure using probabilistic models - Deep probabilistic programming INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Deep learning - probabilistic programming - machine learning | ||
| Torben Dabelsteen Professor emeritus Ecology and Evolution +45 3532 1305 tdabelsteen@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Sound analysis, playback experiments, communication networks - Quantification of transmission caused sound degradation - Social network analysis FOCUS: Evolution of sound communication under different environmental and social conditions - Complexity of communication and social environment - Animal personality - Neural correlates of communication complexity and personality - Animal social structure and conservati INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: How animal personality and social networks analysis may contribute to understanding farm animal welfare | ||
| Vibe Østergaard Associate Professor Functional Genomics +45 3533 0213 vibe@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Genetics in cell lines FOCUS: Chromosomal fragile sites - Genome stability - Mutagenesis - DNA replication stress - DNA processing in mitosis INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Drug development | ||
| Xu Peng Associate Professor Functional Genomics +45 3532 2018 peng@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: CRISPR-Cas: CRISPR biology and application; viral anti-CRISPR proteins Virology: virus as nano vector; 2D gel for DNA replication; Metagenomics - DNA library construction Thermophilic archaea: archaeal enzymes, viral enzymes, thermostable enzymes FOCUS: Archaeal virology (life cycle) - Virus-host interactions (CRISPR and anti-CRISPR) INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Archaeal viruses as stable nanoparticles - Thermostable enzymes | ||
| Yong Zhang Assistant Professor Functional Genomics +45 52689118 Yong.zhang@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: - identification and characterization of small ligand binding target proteins - DRaCALA, ITC, HPLC, FPLC - protein expression, purification, biochemistry, enzyme kinetics - bacterial physiology, molecular biology, omics, (fluorescence) microscopy, genetics FOCUS: We focus on understanding bacterial stress response pathways mediating the tolerance to environmental stresses including antibiotics and host cells. For this we are particularly interested in the numerous secondary messenger molecules derived from nucleotides in both model organisms and important bacterial pathogens. INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Discovery of novel targets and elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying bacterial tolerance to stresses and antibiotics hold great potential to the development of more efficient methods of controlling bacterial infection and therefore the emergence and spread of multi-drug resistant bacteria. | ||
| Øjvind Moestrup Professor emeritus Marine Biology +45 5182 7006 moestrup@bio.ku.dk |
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ORCID | STRENGHTS AND METHODS: Protist taxonomy and evolution - Ultrastructure - Toxic plankton algae FOCUS: Protist taxonomy and evolution - Ultrastructure - Toxic plankton algae INDUSTRY POTENTIAL: Effect of toxic algae (fish farms, the environment) | ||