Education
The project has several students in connection to the project.
Masters students:
Solveig Bøyesen Klyve (2020) at NTNU: Protein extraction of from brown seaweed Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta - The effect of ultrasonication and enzymatic treatment. Supervisor: Turid Rustad (NTNU)
Monika Katarzyna Kopczyk (2020) at NTNU: Searching for efficient methods of extraction and characterization of protein from Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta. Supervisor: Turid Rustad (NTNU)
Karoline Kongsrud (2020) at NTNU: Enzyme engineering of alginate modifying enzyme. Supervisor: Finn Aachmann (NTNU)
Anastastia Brativnyk (2020) at NTNU: Functionalization and Application of Alginate oligomers. Supervisor: Finn Aachmann (NTNU)
Mari Skoglund Godal (2020) at NTNU: The ASC-MSC Seaweed (Algae) Standard. Supervisor John Eilif Hermansen (NTNU), co-supervisor Celine Rebours (Møreforskning).
Markus Lie Skadal (2019) at NTNU: Antimicrobial and antioxidative properties of Alaria Esculenta – The use of A. Esculenta as an absorbent in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) Supervisor: Jørgen Lerfall (NTNU)
Stian Kopperud (2019) at NTNU: The Utilization of bioactive compounds from Alaria Esculenta to increase the shelf life of modified atmosphere packaged Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) Supervisor: Jørgen Lerfall (NTNU)
Hanna Østvik (2020) at NTNU: The use of bioactive compounds extracted from Alaria Esculenta in active packaging systems to increase the safety and shelf life of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) fillets. Supervisor: Jørgen Lerfall (NTNU)
Randi Sund (2020) at NTNU: Studies of thaw water from sugar and winged kelp, Supervisor: Turid Rustad (NTNU), co-supervisor Finn Aachmann (NTNU)
Nora Gotaas Buøen (2020) at NTNU: Polyphenol extraction and antioxidant activity – effect of drying and extraction solvent, Supervisor: Turid Rustad (NTNU)
Maria Stavnes Sletta (2021) at NTNU: Blanching of cultivated brown seaweeds Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta. Supervisor: Turid Rustad (NTNU)
Synnøve Strand Jacobsen (2021) at NTNU: Extraction and characterisation of fucoxanthin from cultivated brown seaweeds Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta. Supervisor: Finn L. Aachmann (NTNU), co-supervisor Jorunn Skjermo (SINTEF Ocean) and Leesa J. Klau (NTNU)
Harrison Evbayowieru Aighobahi (2021) at NTNU: Evaluation of CTec2 and Ctec3 in Alginate Extraction from cultivated Saccharina latissima and Alaria esculenta. Supervisor: Finn L. Aachmann (NTNU)
Ravina Jassal Skogli: Metoder for å undersøke prebiotiske effekter av komponenter fra tare. Supervisor: Finn L. Aachmann (NTNU), co-supervisor Anne Tøndervik (SINTEF Industry) and Inga Marie Aasen (SINTEF Industry)
Kari Sollerud: Structure and functional characterization of alginate modifying enzyme KgdF. Supervisor: Finn L. Aachmann (NTNU)
Charlotte Lund-Hanssen: Functional characterization of alginate modifying enzymes – Enzyme kinetics of AlgE4 and profile of the alginate lyases PsPL7A-C and PsPL8. Supervisor: Finn L. Aachmann (NTNU)
PhD students:
Katharina Nøkling-Eide
PhD candidate, SINTEF Industry (Industrial and Marine Biotechnology) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
https://www.sintef.no/en/all-employees/employee/8075/
Macroalgae contain chemical compounds unique for them (including biopolymers, polyphenols and pigments), with many desirable bioactivities targeting food, feed and medical applications. I am working with standardisation of extraction, purification and characterisation methods of the macroalgal compounds, to better understand the relationship between chemical structure and biological activity, such as anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects. Working with material both from cultivated and wild growing macroalgae, the aim is to find products that could facilitate a further upscaling of the macroalgal industry in Norway.
Maren Oftebro
PhD candidate, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NOBIPOL group
https://www.ntnu.no/ansatte/maren.oftebro
I work on characterizing the structure of fucoidan, a valuable bioactive polysaccharide isolated from brown seaweed, as well as isolating and characterizing novel fucoidan active enzymes. Fucoidan is a highly complex sulfated polysaccharide that poses problems with regards to structural determination and fine characterization, due to its heterologous buildup of varying sulfation degree, different substituents and sub-structural groups. Screening for new fucoidan active enzymes, and establishing their activity on fucoidan from different species, can aid in the understanding the relationship between fucoidan structure and its function as a bioactive component.
PhD students (continued):
Paulina Sandberg Birgersson (NTNU) https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/paulina.s.birgersson
Bjørn Pedersen (NMBU) https://www.nmbu.no/ans/bjorn.pedersen
Cecilie Wirenfeldt Nielsen (DTU/NTNU) https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/persons/cecilie-wirenfeldt-nielsen
Post doc:
Leesa J. Klau (NTNU) https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/leesa.klau
Gitte Koksvik (NTNU) https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/gitte.koksvik
Nanna Rhein-Knutsen (NMBU) https://www.nmbu.no/emp/nanna.rhein-knudsen