Microbiology

Raffaello (Rafail) Papadakis

rafail.papadakis@slu.se I hold a Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry from the Technical University of Athens, Greece, with a background in chemical engineering (MEng). Throughout my career, I have

Diss Mathias Johansson

Texture and microstructure of legumebased mixed gels charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Mathias Johansson defends his thesis "Texture and microstructure of legumebased mixed gels" on 05th of April 2024 All

Vinod Kumar investigates how tissue integrity is maintained in the leaf surface

Last week, the European Commission awarded 1249 researchers with Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions postdoctoral fellowships. One of the awardees is Vinod Kumar from Stéphanie Robert’s group at Umeå

Small RNAs – the future of plant protection?

Small RNAs are common in fungi, including fungi that can be used as biocontrol agents in agriculture, horticulture, and forestry. In a new review, SLU scientists highlights the diverse function of

Malin Tiefensee

malin.tiefensee@slu.se PhD student at the Department of Molecular Sciences in the research group Anaerobic microbial biotechnology (AMB) My reasearch lies within the microbiology of the biogas

Ida Nordström

ida.nordstrom@slu.se PhD Student in Forest Pathology, working on her thesis titled: Non-destructive and high-throughput detection of forest pests and pathogens using next-generation technologies. I

Topi Haataja

topi.haataja@slu.se A postdoc working on structural studies of odorant receptors from mosquitoes. My current research project focuses on structure determination of a variety of odorant receptors

Diss Yashaswini Nagavara Nagaraj

Sustainable biochemicals - Extraction of lipids and carotenoids from the oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula toruloides charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Yashaswini Nagavara Nagaraj defends her thesis "

Piera Wiesinger

piera.wiesinger@slu.se My research in the group of structural biology at the Department of Molecular Sciences is focused on NMR spectroscopic studies of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs)

Rishikesh Bhalerao is elected as new EMBO Member

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) announced today the election of 69 new EMBO Members and Associate Members. One of them is Rishikesh Bhalerao, professor at the Department of Forest

Lisa Ahrens

lisa.ahrens@slu.se I’m a PhD student at the Department of Molecular Sciences at SLU in the research group AMB (anaerobic microbial biotechnology) lead by Prof. Anna Schnürer. The main aim of my PhD

Diss Giselle Martín-Hernández

Insights into genomics and gene expression of oleaginous yeasts of the genus Rhodotorula charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Giselle Martín-Hernández defends her thesis "Insights into genomics and gene