Guest Seminar by Sergio Bordel Cancer Systems Biology: Prediction of anti-cancer drug targets using Genome Scale Metabolic Models When: 29.10.2018 – 13:00 Where: Nooruse 1, room 519 Speaker: Sergio Bordel, Senior Researcher Affiliations: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania and Universidad de Valladolid, Spain Sergio Bordel holds a PhD in […]
Synthetic Biology introduced at TEDx Tartu
ERA Chair holder Petri Lahtvee is going to talk about Synthetic Biology at the TEDx Tartu event on November 3rd, 2018. More information about the event: http://tedxtartu.org/ TED Conferences LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a media organization that posts talks online for free distribution under the slogan “ideas worth spreading.” […]
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jennifer Ewald Visited the Institute
On Friday, September 28, 2018, we had the pleasure to welcome Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jennifer Ewald at the Institute of Technology in Tartu. In a seminar, she gave us a deep insight into the crosstalk between metabolism and the cell cycle. Dr. Ewald recently acquired the Junior-Professorship in Molecular Cell Biology […]
SynBio Group Trip
On September 13 & 14, 2018, the SynBio group did a group trip in the south of Estonia. New and current members had the chance to get to know each other better to build up a strong team. Among other things, a canoe ride on Võhandu river was done, where […]
University of Tartu and Graanul Invest cooperate to develop wood valorisation technology
The Estonian Centre for Synthetic Biology initiated a strategic collaboration project between University of Tartu and Graanul Invest AS – an Estonian company receiving €20.96 million from Bio-based Industries to set up a demo factory on producing biomass-derived sugars. Read more: here
Celestial mini-conference in Copenhagen
In the framework of H2020 Widespread Teaming project Celestial, University of Tartu and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability organized a mini-conference on May 19th at the Danish University of Technology, Lyngby, to discuss more efficient collaboration plans. The program involved 24 talks, lab tours and extensive discussion sessions. […]
Bioinnovation Days 2018 was a success
ERA Chair in Synthetic Biology, NPO Startmeup and other partners were coorganizing the first Bioinnovation Days 2018 event, taking place on April 27-28 at SparkHUB, Tartu, Estonia. Ninety eight participants from 9 different countries took part to come up and pitch ideas in the fields of bioeconomy, biotechnology and biomedicine. International […]
New project on Next Generation Probiotics
Estonian Center for Synthetic Biology, University of Tartu and Center for Food and Fermentation Technologies received a funding of 1.46 mEUR over the period of three years from Private Enterprice Estonia to develop a high throughput platform for growth improvement of next generation probiotics. ERA Chair Petri Lahtvee is leading the […]
Modern Alchemy Revalues Residues – Article in Research Estonia
Dr. Petri Lahtvee was interviewed by the Research Estonia to explain the opportunitties related to the developments in synthetic biology. Article entitled ‘Modern Alchemy Revalues Residues’ fosuses on the the potential of Estonian natural resources to be valorized via industrial biotechnology. Read the full article here.
Open Ph.D. student position in Systems Metabolic Engineering
We are seeking a Ph.D. student in Systems Metabolic Engineering, a collaboration project with an industrial partner Graanul Invest AS, for efficient conversion of lignocellulose-derived sugars into value-added chemicals. Full description of the position: here Apply via email: lahtvee [at] ut.ee