Biotechnology Department News
May 2013
New personnel:
Nor Zalina Othmanfrom Universiti Teknologi,Malaysia is here for two months andwill work in Rajnis group.
Thouch Doan Van will visit us for 2 months from June 2013 to work in a Swedish Research Links project.
Theses worker
Therese Areskoug has started the master work under supervision of Olle Holst and Linda Kanders from Purac.
Personnel:
Every Thursday afternoon at 15.00 we will meet in the Department coffee room for a “fika”(Start next Thursday May 23, 2013.)
Harald Kirsebom will start on a new job in Denmark from June 2013. We will miss him.
Seminar:
June 10 2013, 10.15 h, Lecture hall G
“Integrated bioprocess platform design for Pleuran production: An immunomodulator/anticancer polysaccharide by Pleurotus ostreatus”
by Prof. Hesham El-Enshasy, Institute of Bioproduct Development,Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia
June 11 2013, 10.15 h, Lecture hall F
“Biorefinery: Production of fuels, chemicals, and polymers from biomass”
byProf. Shang-Tian Yang, Dept. of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,The Ohio State University, Columbus
Exam:
2013-05-30 Georgina Chavez will defend her thesis “Oxidation of Ketones: a (Chemo-) Enzymatic
Approach Using Oxygenases and Hydrolases ” at 10.30 in Lecture hall B. The opponent is Dr. Mats Clarsund
2013-06-11 Tarek Dishisha will defend his thesis “Microbial Production of Bio-Based Chemicals: A Biorefinery Perspective” at 13.30 in Lecture hall B. The opponent is Professor Shang-Tian Yang
2013-06-12 Kosin Teeparuksapun will defend his thesis “Capacitive Biosensor – A Tool for Ultrasensitive Analysis – Application in Clinical Analysis and Process Monitoring” at 10.30 in Lecture hall C. The opponent is Professor Tautgirdas Ruzgas.
Publication:
Lundemo P. Adlercreutz P, Nordberg Karlsson E. (2013) Improved transferase/hydrolysis ratio through rational design of a family 1 β-glucosidase from Thermotoga neapolitana. Appl Environ Microbiol, doi:10.1128/AEM.00359-13
S Lindahl, J Liu, S Khan, E Nordberg Karlsson, C Turner (2013) An on-line method for pressurised hot water extraction and enzymatic hydrolysis of quercetin glucosides from onions. Analyt Chim Acta(accepted)
Mamo G, Faryar R, Nordberg Karlsson E (2013) Microbial glycoside hydrolases for biomass utilization in biofuels application. In: Biofuel Technologies: Recent Developments (Eds: Gupta VK, Tuhoy MG), Springer. (ISBN 978-3-642-34518-0) pp 171-188
M. Irani, U. Törnvall, S. Genheden, M.W. Larsen, R.Hatti-Kaul and U. Ryde (2013)Amino acid oxidation of Candida antarctica lipase B studied by molecular dynamics simulations and site-directed mutagenesis. Biochemistry 52, 1280-1289
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