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Albin Sandelin
Professor
Computational and RNA Biology
+45 3532 1285
albin@bio.ku.dk
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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
Experimental transcriptomics - Computational transcritomics - Enhancer and promoter biology - Big data analysis
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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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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
Statistical genetics - NGS data analysis - Population genetics - Disease mapping
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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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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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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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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
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Anders Priemé
Professor
Microbiology
+45 51827033
aprieme@bio.ku.dk
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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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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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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
Cancer - Embryonic cell lines - Tissue culture - Chromatin and expression methods
FOCUS
Setting of the repressive H3K27 epigenetic mark
INDUSTRY POTENTIAL
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Birgitte Regenberg
Professor
Ecology and Evolution
+45 3532 1680
bregenberg@bio.ku.dk
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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Elodie Mandel-Briefer
Associate Professor
Ecology and Evolution
+45 3532 9033
elodie.briefer@bio.ku.dk
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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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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
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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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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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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
Comparative genomics - Functional genomics
FOCUS
Biodiversity genomics - Genome evolution - Neurobiology
INDUSTRY POTENTIAL
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Hans Henrik Bruun
Associate Professor
Ecology and Evolution
+45 3532 1211
hhbruun@bio.ku.dk
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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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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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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
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Henriette Pilegaard
Professor
Cell Biology and Physiology
+45 3532 1687
hpilegaard@bio.ku.dk
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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
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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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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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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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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
BioImaging - Electrophysiology - Cell/organ physiology
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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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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
Metabolic regulation in mammals - Real-time oxygen measurements - Signal transduction - Obesity biology - Brown adipocyte and brown adipose tissue biology
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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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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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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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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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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
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Jens T Høeg
Associate Professor Emeritus
Marine Biology
+45 3533 1525
jthoeg@bio.ku.dk
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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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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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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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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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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
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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
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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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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
Protein chemistry - Biochemistry - Spectroscopy - Regulatory networks - Didactics
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Protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions and intrinsic disorder in gene regulatory networks
INDUSTRY POTENTIAL
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Karsten Kristiansen
Professor
Cell Biology and Physiology
+45 3532 4443
kk@bio.ku.dk
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
Cell biology - Molecular biology - Flow cytometry - Histology - Microscopy - 2D cell culture - 3D cell culture
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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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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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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
Comparative zoology - Ionic and osmotic regulation - Experimental biology - Electro-physiology - Microscopy
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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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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
Protist biology - Molecular systematics - Phytoplankton ecology - Light and electron microscopy
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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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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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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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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
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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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STRENGHTS AND METHODS
RNA degradation - Ribosome biology
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INDUSTRY POTENTIAL
Novel antibiotics
Stine Falsig Pedersen
Professor
Cell Biology and Physiology
+45 3532 1546
sfpedersen@bio.ku.dk
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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)