PhD Mette Lübeck
| University: | Aalborg University |
| Department: | Section for Sustainable Biotechnology |
| Address: | 15, Lautrupvang DK-2750 Ballerup Denmark |
| Telephone: | 4599402589 |
| Email: | contact Mette Lübeck by email |
| Scientific interests: | •Screening for hydrolytic enzymes and their genes in microorganisms for biomass degradation and conversion •Cloning, expression and production of hydrolytic enzymes and evaluation of hydrolysis capacity •Screening for biochemical producing fungi and metabolic engineering •Studies of mechanisms of fungal pathogens and their interactions with hosts (or substrates) •Genetic diversity of fungi, including detection, identification, taxonomy and characterization of fungi |
| Interest in Trichoderma: | Cell wall degrading enzymes and their genes; Trichoderma as an expression host; Strain recognition and strain identification using molecular tools (UP-PCR and sequencing); member of the EU-project TrichoEST (2002-2005): member of the T. atroviride annotation group |
| Curriculum Vitae: |
DATE OF BIRTH: Date of birth: 30th November 1963 WORKING ADDRESS: Section of Sustainable Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Copenhagen Institute of Technology, Aalborg University, Lautrupvang 15, DK-2750 Ballerup, Denmark. Phone: +45 99402589. E-mail:mel@bio.aau.dk. CURRENT POSITION: Associate Professor EMPLOYMENT RECORD: 2008 – ….: Assoc. Professor, Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, CIT-AAU.2007-2008: Assoc. Professor, BioScience and Technology, BioCentrum, DTU.2002-2007: Assoc. Professor, Dept of Plant Biology, Section of Plant Pathology, KU-LIFE 1998-2002: Ass. Professor, Dept of Plant Biology, Section of Plant Pathology, KU-LIFE (KVL) 1993-1998: Ph.D. student, Dept of Plant Biology, Section Plant Pathology, KU-LIFE (KVL) 1991-1992: Research assistant, Dept. of Plant Pathology, University of Helsinki, Finland 1990: Research assistant, Dept. of Ecology, Section of Microbiology, KU-LIFE UNIVERSITY DEGREES: 1989 M.Sc. (cand.agro.) Royal Veterinary- and Agricultural University (KVL). 1998 Ph.D. Department of Plant Biology, Section Plant Pathology, KVL. 2000 "Adjunktpædagogikum" (a one-year study program in educational studies for Associate Professors). SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL PROFILE: Microbial discovery. Gene and enzyme discovery. Genetic diversity of fungi, including detection, identification, and characterization of fungi and fungal pathogens. Screening for hydrolytic enzymes and their genes in microorganisms for biomass degradation and conversion. Studies of mechanism of microbial interactions with hosts. Studies of enzyme mechanisms e.g. enzyme-substrate specificity, enzyme features e.g. temperature and pH profile. Comprehensive expertise in microorganisms, cell wall degrading enzymes, gene discovery, cloning and expression of genes in heterologous hosts using a vast array of molecular techniques. COLLABORATORS: Assoc. Prof. Peter S. Lübeck, Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, AAU, Denmark Prof. Birgitte Ahring, Bioproducts, Sciences, and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, USA Prof. Dan Funck Jensen, Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, SLU, Sweden Assoc. Prof. Birgit Jensen and Assoc. Prof. Ednar Wullf, Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, KU-LIFE, Denmark Prof. Jørgen Eilenberg, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, KU-LIFE, Denmark Prof. Jens Frisvad and Prof. Ulf Thrane, Department of Systems Biology, DTU, Denmark Prof. Christian P. Kubicek, Institute of Biochemical Technology and Microbiology, TU Wien, Austria Dr. Sergey Bulat and Dr. Irina Alekhina, Laboratory of Eukaryote Genetics, PNPI, Russia Prof. Giovanni Vannacci and Dr. Sabrina Saccorro. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Pisa, Italy Dr. Scott Baker, PNNL, Washington State, US OTHER PROFESSIONAL TASKS: Participation in more than 30 international congresses, workshops, symposia and meetings:Oral or poster presentations Invited speaker at international and national congresses, workshops, symposia and meetings. Teaching experience: Teaching and Supervision at B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. level Has initiated and been responsible for Ph.D. courses within PCR and genetic transformation techniques of filamentous fungi Referee for 18 international scientific journals Referee on international research proposals from: FWF Der Wissenschaftsfonds, Austria, and the Villum Kann Rasmussen Foundation, Denmark Member of the international subcommission on Trichoderma and Hypocrea(ICTF Subcommission on Trichoderma) ICTF= International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi. http://www.isth.info/ 1998- Member of the board of the "Jordbrugsvidenskabelige Ph.D. forening" 2006- 2008-present: Leader of the Molecular Laboratory at Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, CIT-AAU Member of the assessment teams for Ph.D. students and for evaluation of Associate Professors Member of the Trichoderma atroviride genome annotation project Partner in the following patent application: "Grass containing genetically modified endophytes". Application no. 00610096.0-2405. Patent no. 191103. Published by the European Patent Office in European Patent Bulletin no. 2002/13. PARTICIPANT IN EU-PROJECTS: Safe Organic Vegetables: "Safe organic vegetables and vegetable products by reducing risk factors and sources of fungal contaminants throughout the production chain: the carrot-Alternaria model." 1999-2004. Contract no. QLK1-1999-0986. TrichoEST: "Functional genomics and proteomics of Trichoderma antagonist strains for industry and agriculture." 2002-2006. Contract no. QLK3-2002-02032. SUPRABIO: "Sustainable products from economic processing of biomass in highly integrated biorefineries" 2010-2014. PUBLICATIONS: Total number of peer reviewed papers: 30, book chapters: 6, other scientific contributions: 20 |
