Plant Specialized Metabolism

As organic chemists, plants produce an amazing array of diverse metabolites and the unique natural products (also called specialized metabolites) are essential for plant fitness and survival. Our research focuses on plant specialized metabolites with the goal to gain understanding of pathway orchestration, transport processes from site of synthesis to storage and the role of specialized metabolites in the communication and interaction with other organisms in the surroundings. As model compounds we use the glucosinolates that function as defense compounds, signaling cues as well as nutritional factors. The gained knowledge is applied in pathway and transport engineering to increase plant disease resistance, remove anti-nutritional compounds in e.g. seed meal, and to promote human health.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distinguished Investigator, Novo Nordisk Foundation: February 2021 - January 2026 (10 mill.)

Villum Investigator, Velux Foundation: July 2021 - June 2027 (30 mill.)

Green Solution Center: 1 Sept 2023 - 31 August 2024 (300.000 DDK)

Pioneer Innovator grant, Novo Nordisk Foundation 1 Sept. 2023 - 31 Aug. 2024 (1 Mill. DDK)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group members

Navn Titel Telefon E-mail
Crocoll, Christoph Specialkonsulent +4535333369 E-mail
Theodorou, Christos Postdoc +4535324754 E-mail
Xu, Deyang Specialkonsulent +4535333555 E-mail
Niu, Fangfei Ph.d.-studerende E-mail
Thorsen, Jakob Skytte Ph.d.-stipendiat +4535324657 E-mail
Dethier, Laura Postdoc +4535328118 E-mail
Hansen, Line Lykke Ingen jobbeskrivelse VIP +4535326495 E-mail
Svenningsen, Louise Laborant +4535332358 E-mail
Poborsky, Michal Akademisk medarbejder +4535335911 E-mail
Li, Ruochen Ph.d.-stipendiat +4535329923 E-mail
Yang, Shiwen Ph.d.-studerende +4535327980 E-mail
Heilmann-Clausen, Silja Johanne Laboratorieassistent +4535320017 E-mail
Barbara Ann Halkier

Research Group Leader

Barbara Ann Halkier
bah@plen.ku.dk
+45 35 33 33 42