Visit to the Department of

Biology and Biological Engineering

15:30-16:00 Presentation of our Divisions:

• Systems & Synthetic Biology

• Industrial Biotechnology

• Chemical Biology

• Food & Nutrition Science

16:00-16:30 Visit to Divisions’ laboratories and research

facilities (GROUPS)

16:30-17:00 Student questions & discussion (GROUPS)

http://www.sysbio.se/

Microbial cell factories

CELLCHEAP HIGH

VALUE

CHEMICAL

SYNTHESIS

HIGH

VALUE

small added value

large added value

RELATIVELY

CHEAP

extraction loss at each step

FOSSILE FUELS

SUSTAINABLE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

CO2

PRODUCE

STUDY

GENOMICS

TRANSCRIPTOMICS

PROTEOMICS

METABOLOMICS

FLUXOMICS

MODEL

UNDERSTAND

PREDICT

INTERVENE

GENETIC ENGINEERING

TRANSFORMATION

ADAPTIVE

LABORATORY

EVOLUTION

Enzymes

Polylactate

Cephalexin

Vitamin B2

Jet fuelPRODUCE

SysBio

• Therapeutic proteins

• Enzymes

• Antimicrobials

• Fine chemicals

• Platform chemicals

• Biofuels

polymer with graphene flakes etched polymer with exposed flakes

Graphene-based antimicrobial surfaces

Graphene-based biosensors:

glucose levels, tumor markers…

graphene is conductive due to a π orbital with

delocalized electrons

charge transfer

analyte (glucose, tumor marker)

Lab tour: Verena Siewers