Microbial Biotechnology
Microbial Biotechnology
The Division of Microbial Biotechnology is performing basic, experimental and theoretical research on microorganisms to increase the understanding of their structure and function both at the molecular and cellular levels. The knowledge is applied to develop new biologically based production processes.
Research Labs
Network Systems Biology
Principle Investigator: Eivind Almaas
Research Themes: Systems Biology, Biological Network Analysis, General Network Analysis, Computational Analysis of Cellular Metabolism, Genetic Circuit Modeling
The main activities in the Almaas lab centers on the use of systems biology to investigate properties of microbes. We specialize in development and application of (1) complex network approaches, and (2) genome-scale metabolic modeling approaches.
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Microbial Biotechnology
Principle Investigator: Trygve Brautaset
Research Themes: Microbial Systems and Synthetic Biology, Recombinant Protein Expression
The main focus is on using systems and synthetic biology approaches to construct and understand microbial cell factories for sustainable production of useful compounds and recombinant proteins.
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Bioprocess and Microbial Physiology
Principle Investigator: Per Bruheim
Research Themes: Bioprocess, bioreactor and fermentation technology, Microbial Physiology, Metabolomics, Fluxomics
Bruheim lab focuses on Deep Phenotyping of prokaryotic and eukaryotic model systems using Advanced Cultivation Technology and Mass Spectrometry based Metabolomics and Fluxomics.
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Microbial Strain Development
Principle Investigator: Helga Ertesvåg
Research Themes: Synthetic biology, Enzymes, Biopolymers
Main activities
- Alginate and alginate-modifying enzymes
- Microbial production of DHA
- Interactions of bacterial extracellular polymers with nanoparticles.
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Biophysics, Computational and Synthetic Biology
Principal Investigator: Rahmi Lale
Research Themes: Biophysics, Computational and Synthetic Biology
Our main research is within the field of Synthetic Biology. Our main focus is both understanding and controlling transcriptional and translational processes in a wide range of microorganisms.
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Computational Biology
Principal Investigator: Daniel Machado
Research Themes: Systems Biology, Bioinformatics, Microbial Ecology, Metabolism
Our lab uses computers to study biology. We are particularly interested in unlocking the potential of microbes to address multiple societal challenges.
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Circular Bioprocesses (cBio)
Principal Investigator: Fernando Pérez-García
Research Themes: Microbial metabolic engineering, Synthetic biology, Cell-factories, Transcriptomics, Bioprocesses in bioreactors, Bioresources
Our lab's main goal is to metabolically engineer microorganisms to utilize new and environmentally friendly substrates in microbial cultivations while producing added-value compounds for use in the feed, food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries, thereby promoting the circular bioeconomy.