Maren Oftebro
Background and activities
I have a background in biochemistry studying enzymes active on brown seaweed polysaccharides. I wrote my master thesis on combining enzymes for the degradation of sugar kelp polysaccharides, and have contributed to papers on thermostable alginate lyases. My PhD focuses on fucoidan and fucoidan modifying enzymes, where the aim is to characterize both the structure of fucoidan isolated from brown seaweeds and the novel fucoidan active enzymes. I am mainly working on the Norwegian Seaweed Biorefinery Platform, but I am also involved in the SNAP and SFI project.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2021) Alginate Degradation: Insights Obtained through Characterization of a Thermophilic Exolytic Alginate Lyase. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. vol. 87 (6).
- (2019) Production, characterization, and application of an alginate lyase, AMOR_PL7A, from hot vents in the Arctic mid-ocean ridge. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. vol. 67 (10).
Report/dissertation
- (2020) Enzymatic saccharification of the polysaccharides in Saccharina latissima (L.). 2020.