Analysis and Control of Microbial Systems

Contact Person: Olav Vadstein

• Environmental Biotechnology
• Microbial Ecology

Principal Investigators: Ingrid Bakke, Olav Vadstein

Biopolymers and Biomaterials

Contact Person: Berit Løkensgard Strand

• Applications of Biopolymers and Biomaterials
• Carbohydrate Based Biomaterials
• Carbohydrate Structure–Function Relationships
• Enzymatic and Chemical Tailoring of Biopolymers

Principal Investigators: Berit Løkensgard Strand, Bjørn E. Christensen, Catherine Taylor Nordgård, Finn L. Aachman, Gudmund Skjåk-Bræk, Kurt Draget, Marit Sletmoen

Food Science

Division Leader: Jørgen Lerfall

• Quality of raw materials and products, including quality changes through processing
• Marine lipids, proteins and peptides, biopolymers, metabolites and pigments
• Shelf life and food chain knowledge
• Stability of marine lipids
• Food safety, food microbiology, biofilms, hygienic design and development of hygienic processing equipment
• Rest raw materials, new raw materials (seaweed) and sustainable production

Principal Investigators:  Turid Rustad, Anita Nordeng Jakobsen, Alexander Dikiy, Jørgen Lerfall, Eva Falch, Lisbeth Mehli, Eirin Marie Skjøndal Bar

Microbial Biotechnology

Division Leader: Trygve Brautaset

• Alginate Biosynthesis
• Bioenergy
• Controlled Expression of Genes and Pathways
• Metabolomics, Fluxomics
• Synthetic Biology
• Systems - Network Biology

Principal Investigators: Eivind Almaas, Martin F. Hohmann-Marriott, Helga Ertesvåg, Per Bruheim, Rahmi Lale, Trygve Brautaset