Enzymology and Molecular Biology

Biography

Lene Lange is a Professor at Center for BioProcess Engineering, DTU Chemical Engineering, Denmark. She has held research director positions in both industry and academia; has hereby acquired extensive experience from all parts of the knowledge-value-chain: research, technology, innovation, patenting, environmental impact assessment, product development, knowledge management, business models, and commercialization. Current advisory positions: The Danish National Bioeconomy Panel, The Nordic Bioeconomy Panel, Scientific Committee for the BBI JU, Expert Group for the Review of the Bioeconomy and its Actionplan, IAB BIOTEC Thailand.

Research Interest

Discovery of novel enzymes for improved biomass conversion and biorefinery processes, with specific focus on generating value from agroindustrial side streams and waste products. Development of the new enzyme discovery platform, PPR, a non-alignment based sequence analysis method, predicting function directly from sequence. Using PPR analysis, combined with MS, phylogenetic analysis and activity screening for increased understanding of Nature´s enzymatic hot spots.