Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
Synthetic Cell Factories
Head of Department
June 2019
Prof. Dr. Jan Marienhagen
Institute of Bio- and Geosciences
IBG-1: Biotechnology
Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
52425 Jülich
Germany
We want to contribute to the understanding of bacterial metabolism and are interested in expanding the biosynthetic capabilities of microorganisms for applied purposes.
We focus on the engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for the sustainable production of value-added small molecules such as natural products, fine chemicals or pharmaceutical building blocks from biomass and other waste streams rich in carbon and energy.
In addition, we are developing new molecular tools for the editing of bacterial genomes and the high-throughput screening of metabolite producing bacteria at the single cell level using biosensors and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS).
Former head of group
News and Highlights | |
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| July 2020 | Manuscripts on the glutamate binding protein of C. glutamicum (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.06.197) and benzoate synthesis with P. taiwanensis accepted |
| June 2020 | Karla-Marlen joins the group for her Masters´s thesis. Welcome! |
| May 2020 | Lars graduates at the HHU. Congratulations Dr. Milke! |
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