DTU Microbes Initiative

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  Development of Liposomal Vaccine for Cancer Immunotherapy based on Synthetic Glycans

  Wei, P. (PhD Student), Clausen, M. H. (Main Supervisor), Henriksen, J. R. (Supervisor), Christensen, D. (Examiner) & Nativi, C. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 11/01/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Vaccine Efficacy 100%
  • Streptococcus Pneumoniae 100%
  • Serotype 100%
  • Pneumococcus 60%
  • Solution and Solubility 40%

• Development of Digital Twins in Water Treatment Systems

  Topalian, S. O. N. (PhD Student), Gernaey, K. V. (Main Supervisor), Flores Alsina, X. (Supervisor), Batstone, D. J. (Supervisor), Steyer, J.-P. (Examiner) & Torfs, E. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 11/01/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Dewatering 100%
  • Degassing 25%
  • Multiple Solution Strategies 25%
  • Sensor Scheduling 25%

• Biopolymers and biopolymer composite system as alternative to petrochemically based materials

  Rech, A. (PhD Student), Daugaard, A. E. (Main Supervisor), Skov, A. L. (Supervisor), Hansen, N. M. L. (Examiner) & Hedenqvist, M. S. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 11/01/2024

  Project: PhD

• Strategies and tools to select E. coli fermenterphiles for industrial application

  Bafna-Rührer, J. (PhD Student), Nikel, P. I. (Main Supervisor), Sudarsan, S. (Supervisor), Worberg, A. (Supervisor), Blombach, B. (Examiner) & Haringa, C. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 15/07/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Industrial Applications 100%
  • Microbial Cell 100%
  • Microbial 100%
  • Cell Factory 100%
  • Bioreactor 66%

• Computional Screening Tool for Lipase Reactions in Organic Media

  Tjørnelund, H. D. (PhD Student), Peters, G. H. J. (Main Supervisor), Brask, J. (Supervisor), Larsen, R. W. (Supervisor), Woodley, J. (Supervisor), Ipsen, J. H. (Examiner) & Pleiss, J. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 07/05/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Candida Antarctica 100%
  • Triacylglycerol Lipase 100%
  • Pancreatic Lipase 100%
  • Antarctic Region 100%
  • Cluster Formation 66%

• Full genome sequences of native Polynesian Apiales plants to characterize novel terpenoid enzymes

  Bai, M. (PhD Student), Simonsen, H. T. (Main Supervisor) & Ruiz, J. L. M. (Supervisor)

  01/10/2020 → 30/09/2023

  Project: PhD

• Dispersal and selection of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial communities

  Bogri, A. (PhD Student), Aarestrup, F. M. (Main Supervisor), Brinch, C. (Supervisor), Otani, S. (Supervisor), Friman, V. P. (Examiner) & Ingmer, H. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 10/04/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Antimicrobial Resistance 100%
  • Bacterial Transmission 73%
  • Dynamics 33%
  • Computer Model 20%
  • Experimental Epidemiology 18%

• Global occurrence and genetic location of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial isolates

  Nuanmuang, N. (PhD Student), Aarestrup, F. M. (Main Supervisor), Leekitcharoenphon, P. S. (Supervisor), Njage, P. M. K. (Supervisor), Bortolaia, V. (Examiner) & Wongsurawat, T. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 30/07/2024

  Project: PhD

• Waste from the sugar beet industry as an alternative to meat products

  Todorov, S. K. (PhD Student), Bang-Berthelsen, C. H. (Main Supervisor), Hobley, T. J. (Supervisor), Nielsen, D. S. (Examiner) & Smid, E. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 14/01/2025

  Project: PhD

  • Bitter Taste 100%
  • Big-man 37%
  • Bitter Substances 37%

• Development of advanced co-cultivation systems for an improved fermentation performance of complex substrates

  van der Maas, L. N. L. (PhD Student), Jensen, S. I. (Main Supervisor), Seibold, G. (Supervisor), Robinson, S. (Examiner) & Sørensen, S. J. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 15/07/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Pentose Sugars 100%
  • Environmental Bacteria 100%
  • Domestication 100%
  • Second Generation Biomass 100%
  • Hexose Sugars 66%

• Valorization of lignin for coating applications

  Silau, H. (PhD Student), Daugaard, A. E. (Main Supervisor), Dam-Johansen, K. (Supervisor), Woodley, J. (Supervisor), Johansson, M. (Examiner) & Olsen, S. M. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 11/01/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Lignin 100%
  • Thermomechanical Property 20%
  • Amine Treatment 14%
  • Epoxy Modification 14%
  • Long Aliphatic Chain 14%

• Improvements of solvents for biogas upgrading and post-combustion capture

  Jørsboe, J. K. (PhD Student), Fosbøl, P. L. (Main Supervisor), Abildskov, J. (Supervisor), Skiadas, I. V. (Supervisor), Andersen, J. (Examiner) & Svensson, H. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 10/04/2024

  Project: PhD

  • CO2 Capture 100%
  • Process Configuration 100%
  • Amine Scrubbing 100%
  • Biogas Upgrading 80%
  • Energy Demand 60%

• Enzymatic Conversion of Red Blood Cell Antigens to the Universal Blood Group O

  Jensen, M. (PhD Student), Hachem, M. A. (Main Supervisor), Morth, J. P. (Supervisor), Leggio, L. L. (Examiner) & Vaaje-Kolstad, G. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 11/03/2024

  Project: PhD

  • B Antigen 100%
  • Red Blood Cell Antigens 100%
  • Surface Glycoconjugates 28%
  • Positive Crossmatch 14%
  • Donor number 14%

• High-throughput design and screening of novel yeast cell factories for advanced biotherapeutics

  Frost, A. T. (PhD Student), Ruiz, J. L. M. (Main Supervisor), Workman, C. T. (Supervisor), Siewers, V. (Examiner) & Tomás-Pejó, E. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 10/04/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Hemoprotein 100%
  • Embryonic Hemoglobin 57%
  • Fetal Hemoglobin 28%
  • CYP2C9 14%
  • Grx3 11%

• Development of a data processing pipeline to guide microbial strain engineering using multi-omics

  Taylor Parkins, S. K. (PhD Student), Nielsen, L. K. (Main Supervisor), Groves, T. (Supervisor), Ludwig, C. (Examiner) & Rocha, I. C. A. P. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 16/02/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Metabolic Engineering 100%
  • Computational Tools 100%
  • Analytical Method 100%
  • Microbial Cell Factory 100%
  • Biomanufacturing 50%

• Development of an ultra high-throughput platform for cell factory selection and recombinant protein screening

  Unger, A. (PhD Student), Ruiz, J. L. M. (Main Supervisor), Worberg, A. (Supervisor), Ledesma-Amaro, R. (Examiner) & Suárez Díez, M. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 10/04/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Biotechnology 100%
  • Robotics 100%
  • Protein Screening 100%
  • Recombinant Protein 100%
  • High-throughput Platform 100%

• Biomarkers for Cancer in Biophotonic Images

  Stella, M. P. J. (PhD Student), Andersen, P. E. (Main Supervisor), Lindvold, L. R. (Supervisor) & Marti, D. (Supervisor)

  01/10/2020 → 30/09/2023

  Project: PhD

• LUBAC and OTULIN Regulate AMPK Signalling and Cellular Metabolism

  Elbæk, C. R. (PhD Student), Damgaard, R. B. (Main Supervisor), Brix, S. (Supervisor), Sylow, L. (Examiner) & Winklhofer, K. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 15/07/2024

  Project: PhD

  • AMPK Signaling 100%
  • Methionine 100%
  • Metabolic Pathway 100%
  • Ubiquitin 100%
  • AMP-activated Protein Kinase 75%

• Structure/function relationships of enzymes involved in starch degradation with special focus on resistant starch

  Wang, Y. (PhD Student), Svensson, B. (Main Supervisor), Møller, M. S. (Supervisor), Kari, J. (Examiner) & Nordberg Karlsson, E. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 16/02/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Enzyme 100%
  • Starch 100%
  • Structure Activity Relation 100%
  • Binding Domain 17%
  • Pullulanase 14%

• Spectroscopy and mathematical models as pharma manufacturing Process Analytical Technology tools

  Jul-Jørgensen, I. (PhD Student), Gernaey, K. V. (Main Supervisor), Krühne, U. (Supervisor), Hundahl, C. A. (Supervisor), Oskolkova, M. M. Z. (Supervisor), De Beer, T. (Examiner) & Rantanen, J. (Examiner)

  01/10/2020 → 10/04/2024

  Project: PhD

• Development and operationalization of methodological framework for comprehensively assessing SDG performances at different scales

  Gebara, C. H. (PhD Student), Laurent, A. (Main Supervisor), Hauschild, M. Z. (Supervisor), Gondran, N. (Examiner) & Sala, S. (Examiner)

  15/09/2020 → 07/05/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Environmental Indicator 100%
  • Sustainable Development Goals 100%
  • Sustainable Development 100%
  • Optimization Model 50%

• Plant-based, metal chelating antioxidants - finding an alternative to EDTA

  Bjørlie, M. (PhD Student), Jacobsen, C. (Main Supervisor), Sørensen, A.-D. M. (Supervisor), Svensson, B. Y. (Supervisor), Poojary, M. M. (Examiner) & Schwarz, K. (Examiner)

  01/09/2020 → 06/09/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Protein Hydrolysate 100%
  • Consumer demand 6%
  • Potato Protein 6%
  • Enzymatic Treatment 6%
  • Ingredient Label 6%

• Spatio-temporal immunological characterization of relevance in life-style related diseases

  Dehli, R. I. (PhD Student), Brix, S. (Main Supervisor), Hansen, P. R. (Supervisor), Nielsen, C. H. (Supervisor), Jenmalm, M. C. (Examiner) & Stokholm, J. (Examiner)

  01/09/2020 → 02/12/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Homeostasis 100%
  • Dynamics 100%
  • Bifidobacterium 75%
  • Immunoglobulin E 75%
  • Infancy 75%

• An Active Learning Approach for the Exploration of Genetic Landscapes for MEtabolic Engineering

  Cachera, P.P.-Y. J. (PhD Student), Jensen, M. K. (Main Supervisor), Mortensen, U. H. (Supervisor), Alper, H. (Examiner) & Ceroni, F. (Examiner)

  01/09/2020 → 11/03/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Metabolic Pathway 100%
  • Gene Interaction 100%
  • Metabolic Engineering 100%
  • Metabolism 100%
  • Metabolic 100%

• The Carbon Fixating acetogen Moorella thermoacetica as the Bases for a Modular Production Platform of Biocommodities

  Gorter de Vries, P. J. (PhD Student), Nielsen, A. T. (Main Supervisor), Groen, S. (Examiner), Valgepea, K. (Examiner) & Jensen, T. Ø. (Supervisor)

  01/09/2020 → 06/09/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Carbon Dioxide 100%
  • Renewable Chemistry 100%
  • Gas Emission 66%
  • Greenhouse Gas 66%
  • Metabolism 66%

• Engineering yeast-based GPCR biosensors for regulated production of microbiome therapeutics

  Sands, C. (PhD Student), Sommer, M. O. A. (Main Supervisor), Jensen, M. K. (Supervisor), Nielsen, D. S. (Examiner) & Siewers, V. (Examiner)

  01/09/2020 → 14/01/2025

  Project: PhD

  • Microorganism 100%
  • Microbiome 100%
  • Promoter Region 50%
  • Probiotic 50%
  • Bacterial Strain 37%

• Developing strain¿level resolution metagenomic methods to profile the microbiome

  Zachariasen, T. (PhD Student), Lund, O. (Main Supervisor), Brejnrod, A. (Supervisor) & Arumugam, M. (Examiner)

  01/09/2020 → 15/01/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Microbiome 100%
  • Metagenomics 100%
  • Microorganism 100%
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 37%
  • Metabolite 25%

• Prevention of pathogenic bacteria with Bacillus probiotics

  Lauridsen, C. A. S. (PhD Student), Kovács, Á. T. (Main Supervisor), Gram, L. (Supervisor), Nielsen, P. (Supervisor), Collado, M. C. (Examiner), Nielsen, D. S. (Examiner) & Kristensen, N. N. (Supervisor)

  01/09/2020 → 10/04/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Probiotic 100%
  • Bacilli 100%
  • Bacillus subtilis 100%
  • Microorganism 80%
  • Infectious Agent 80%

• Improving food safety using whole genome sequencing and machine learning

  Gmeiner, A. (PhD Student), Leekitcharoenphon, P. S. (Main Supervisor), Aarestrup, F. M. (Supervisor), Johler, S. (Examiner) & Krych, L. (Examiner)

  01/09/2020 → 10/06/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Food Safety 100%
  • Food-Borne Disease 50%
  • Listeria monocytogenes 16%
  • Termination of Pregnancy 7%

• Automated Strain Development

  Mattanovich, M. (PhD Student), Weber, T. (Main Supervisor), Gao, Q. (Supervisor), Moritz, T. (Supervisor), Fex, M. (Examiner) & Zylicz, J. (Examiner)

  01/09/2020 → 10/04/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Metabolic Pathway 100%
  • Adipocyte 100%
  • Multi-Omics 100%
  • Brown Adipocyte 40%
  • Laboratory Automation 33%

• Extracting Essential Information and Making Inference from Data

  Kjærsgaard, R. D. (PhD Student), Clemmensen, L. K. H. (Main Supervisor), Ersbøll, B. K. (Supervisor), Jenssen, R. (Examiner) & Larsen, K. G. (Examiner)

  01/09/2020 → 11/01/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Data Representation 100%
  • Data Reduction 66%
  • Machine Learning 66%
  • Data Source 66%
  • Numerosity Reduction 33%

• Investigating the utility of yeast cell factories for exploring New-to-Nature analogues of natural products

  Bradley, S. A. (PhD Student), Jensen, M. K. (Main Supervisor), Nikel, P. I. (Supervisor), Geu-Flores, F. (Examiner) & Li, Y. (Examiner)

  01/09/2020 → 10/06/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Terpene 100%
  • Indole Alkaloid 100%
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae 100%
  • Natural Product 100%
  • Occurrence in Nature 100%

• Development of CRISPR-based drugs targeting MDR/XDR `high-risk clones¿ of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

  Antonova Tavares Chichkova, M. (PhD Student), Jelsbak, L. (Main Supervisor), Gencay, E. (Supervisor), Van der Helm, E. (Supervisor), Buurman, E. (Examiner) & Clokie, M. (Examiner)

  15/08/2020 → 07/05/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Tail Fiber Engineering 100%
  • Chimeric Fiber 100%
  • Anti-Pseudomonas 100%
  • Phagemid 100%
  • DNA Therapeutics 100%

• Impact of Streptomyces and their specialized metabolites

  Maleckis, M. (PhD Student), Weber, T. (Main Supervisor), Ding, L. (Supervisor), Corre, C. (Examiner) & Mast, Y. (Examiner)

  15/08/2020 → 10/04/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Metabolite 100%
  • Streptomyces 100%
  • Secondary Metabolite 33%
  • Microorganism 33%
  • Ecological Balance 25%

• Division of labor in mixed species biofilms

  Lyng, M. (PhD Student), Ongena, M. (Examiner), Kovács, Á. T. (Main Supervisor), Jelsbak, L. (Supervisor) & Burmølle, M. (Examiner)

  01/08/2020 → 11/01/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Pseudomonas 100%
  • Bacillus Subtilis 100%
  • Bacillus subtilis 60%
  • Siderophore 37%
  • Bacilli 30%

• Pyrolytic carbon nanogap electrodes for bioelectrochemistry

  Støvring, N. (PhD Student), Keller, S. S. (Main Supervisor), Emnéus, J. (Supervisor), Heiskanen, A. R. (Supervisor), Shin, H. (Examiner) & Wolfrum, B. (Examiner)

  01/08/2020 → 15/07/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Reactive Ion Etching 100%
  • Aluminum Oxide 100%
  • Pyrolysis 100%
  • Device Integration 50%
  • Lithography 50%

• Miniaturized microbial solar cells

  Urbankova, J. (PhD Student), Keller, S. S. (Main Supervisor), Emnéus, J. (Supervisor), Pankratova, G. (Supervisor), Peltola, E. (Examiner) & Plumeré, N. (Examiner)

  01/08/2020 → 15/07/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Direct Electron Transfer 100%
  • Structure Surface 100%
  • Mediated Electron Transfer 100%
  • Electron Transfer 100%
  • Electron Transport 100%

• Machine learning on biological data for faster data-driven drug discovery and development

  Einarson, K. A. (PhD Student), Clemmensen, L. K. H. (Main Supervisor), Refsgaard, H. H. F. (Supervisor), Darkner, S. (Examiner) & Obrezanova, O. (Examiner)

  01/08/2020 → 06/09/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Protein Function 100%
  • Pharmacokinetics 100%
  • Pharmacokinetic Parameter 100%
  • Drug Development 100%
  • Animal Experiment 75%

• Selectively cross-reactive antibodies targeting multiple toxins

  Jensen, A. D. (PhD Student), Laustsen-Kiel, A. H. (Main Supervisor), Ellgaard, L. (Supervisor), Barfoed, L. K. (Examiner) & Martínez-Del-pozo, Á. (Examiner)

  01/08/2020 → 11/01/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Antivenom 100%
  • Neutralizing Antibody 100%
  • Snake Venom 75%
  • Nanobody 50%
  • Single-Domain Antibody 50%

• Exploration of the sequence space of protein phase transitions at ultra high throughput

  Norrild, R. K. (PhD Student), Buell, A. K. (Main Supervisor), Laustsen-Kiel, A. H. (Supervisor), Rogers, J. M. (Supervisor), Knowles, T. (Examiner) & Lehner, B. (Examiner)

  01/07/2020 → 30/06/2023

  Project: PhD

  • Phase Separation 100%
  • Biomolecular Condensates 100%
  • Amino Acids 100%
  • Cellular Structure 33%
  • Mechanical Strength 33%

• SeqAfrica: FF25-286: Fleming Fund Regional Grant Set 1 SEQAFRICA

  Hendriksen, R. S. (PI), Nilsson, P. (Project Manager), Odgaard, C. (Other), Sørensen, L. H. (Project Participant), Smith, A. (Collaborative Partner), Egyir, B. (Collaborative Partner), Okeke, I. N. (Collaborative Partner), Mmbaga, B. T. (Collaborative Partner), van Gottberg, A. (Collaborative Partner) & Kastbjerg, V. G. (Project Manager)

  01/07/2020 → 30/09/2023

  Project: Research

  • Regional Grant 100%
  • Bioinformatics 100%
  • Genome Sequencing 100%
  • Ghana 50%
  • Tanzania 50%

• Process optimization for enhanced lactic and amino acid production, AgRefine ITN

  Papadopoulou, E. (PhD Student), Garde, A. (Examiner), Venus, J. (Examiner), Angelidaki, I. (Main Supervisor) & Tsapekos, P. (Supervisor)

  01/06/2020 → 16/11/2023

  Project: PhD

  • Lactic Acid 100%
  • Membranes Separation 11%
  • Salinity Resistance 11%
  • Upstream Strategies 11%
  • Novel Microorganisms 11%

• Operationalization of the UN¿s Sustainable development Goals in absolute sustainability assessments of the building industry in Denmark

  Heide, M. (PhD Student), Hauschild, M. Z. (Main Supervisor), Ryberg, M. (Supervisor), Gudmandsen, N. S. (Supervisor) & Søndergaard, M. (Supervisor)

  01/06/2020 → 31/05/2023

  Project: PhD

  • Operationalization 100%
  • Basic Needs 100%
  • Denmark 100%
  • United Nation Organization 100%
  • Sustainable Development Goals 100%

• Model guided design of microbial consortia for mixed-culture fermentations

  Bras, J. E. (PhD Student), Workman, C. T. (Main Supervisor), Zeidan, A. A. (Supervisor), Bachmann, H. (Examiner), Machado, D. (Examiner) & Vindeløv, J. T. (Supervisor)

  01/05/2020 → 05/11/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Mixed Cell Culture 100%
  • Microbial Consortium 100%
  • Coculture 75%
  • Lactococcus Lactis Subsp. Cremoris 50%
  • Lactococcus 50%

• Interactions in Synthetic Microbial Communities

  Lindqvist, L. L. (PhD Student), Buchan, A. (Examiner), Middelboe, M. (Examiner), Gram, L. (Main Supervisor), Sonnenschein, E. (Supervisor) & Zhang, S. (Supervisor)

  01/04/2020 → 31/08/2023

  Project: PhD

  • Gene Transfer Agent 100%
  • Phaeobacter 100%
  • Secondary Metabolite 100%
  • Horizontal Gene Transfer 44%
  • Microorganism 22%

• Integration of Sustainability Assessment and Quantitative Risk Assessment of Aquaculture in Singapore

  Ong, G. (PhD Student), Hauschild, M. Z. (Main Supervisor), Laurent, A. (Supervisor) & Man, R. L. W. (Supervisor)

  01/04/2020 → 31/03/2023

  Project: PhD

• Shell-on prawns - new technologies for control of oxidation and microbial quality and food safety

  Jensen, H. A. (PhD Student), Jacobsen, C. (Main Supervisor), Bøknæs, N. (Supervisor) & Leisner, J. (Examiner)

  01/04/2020 → 11/01/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Antioxidant 100%
  • Modified Atmosphere Packaging 50%
  • Tocopherol 33%
  • Food Safety 25%
  • Food Spoilage 16%

• Marine Larval Hatchery Technology: Microbial Management and Immune System Ontogeny in European Eel

  Bandara, K. A. (PhD Student), Tomkiewicz, J. (Main Supervisor), Politis, S. N. (Supervisor), Vadstein, O. (Supervisor), Clemmesen, C. (Examiner) & Kokou, F. (Examiner)

  15/03/2020 → 11/01/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Eel 100%
  • Anguilla anguilla 100%
  • Ontogeny 100%
  • Hatchery 100%
  • Immune System 100%

• Engineering microbial hosts for the production of aromatic compounds

  Saez Saez, J. (PhD Student), Borodina, I. (Main Supervisor), Babaei, M. (Supervisor), Jensen, S. I. (Supervisor), Morrissey, J. (Examiner) & Siewers, V. (Examiner)

  01/03/2020 → 15/01/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Tryptophan 100%
  • Precursor 100%
  • Escherichia coli 50%
  • Microorganism 50%
  • Yarrowia Lipolytica 50%

• Improving the production of sustainable industrial biochemicals

  Chandrasekaran, P. (PhD Student), Nielsen, A. T. (Supervisor), Workman, C. T. (Main Supervisor), Mundhada, H. (Supervisor), Noack, S. (Examiner) & Papadakis, M. (Examiner)

  01/03/2020 → 16/02/2024

  Project: PhD

  • Escherichia coli 100%
  • Plasmid 66%
  • Genetic Manipulation 50%
  • Metabolic Pathway 33%
  • DNA Modification 33%