Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap (UMB)

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Fagområder	• Biofag • Bioteknologi • Landbruks- og fiskerifag • Landbruksfag

BAKGRUNN OG ERFARING
Research interests: Investigate the prevalence and the structure of PKS and to link toxicity, cellular processes and ecological processes to polyketides in marine and freshwater algae. A Collaborative research project between CEES and Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Ås. Address: Department of Plant & Environmental Sciences P.O. Box 5003, Norwegian University of Life Sciences 1432 Ås, Norway Microalgal secondary metabolites have attracted attention for two main reasons: first, because they are source of toxins in harmful algal blooms and second, because they are potential rich source of polyunsaturated fatty acids. The dinoflagellates are highly diverse group of flagellated unicellular algae and the major toxin-producing group. Approximately 25 species of dinoflagellates are known to produce about 45 different polyketides, they have often been associated with poisoning in humans consuming tainted fish or shellfish. The dinoflagellate polyketides synthetic pathways are poorly understood and the enzymes responsible for their production are completely unknown. There are many basic biological questions - with strong relevance to biotechnology -to be addressed. In the current project I intend to utilize some of the many genomic efforts on microalgae and protists and gene information from new EST libraries from algae known to produce toxins.
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Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap (UMB)