Projects

Developing efficient biostimulants for agriculture use under climate changes

Climate changes lead to increases in temperatures, drought and extreme weathers, which result in reduced agricultural productivity. Microorganismss can help plants cope with abiotic stresses and biotics stresses. Our research focuses on discovery of beneficial microorganosms and microbial secondary metabolites to increase plants resilience, especially against drought and infections.

Omics-driven methods in discovery of novel drug leads for human health

Natural products remain an important drug source to treat cancer, bacterial infections and other human diseases. Actinobacteria are very rich in secondary metabolites. Our research focuses on discovery of novel drug leads from rare Actinobacteria species.

Metabolomics-based approaches in deciphering natural roles of secondary metabolites

Microorganisms play important roles in the natural ecosystem and interact closely with plants, animals and other microbes in their specific niche. Often, those interactions are mediated by small molecules. The lab is also part of the Center for Microbial Secondary Metabolites (CeMiSt, cemist.dtu.dk) with a major mission to understand the role of secondary metabolites in nature led by Prof. Lone Gram. We are using metabolomics tools to detect, identify and quantify these molecules.