Student Projects

Bachelor and Master students from Danish and international universities can do a research project at the Center.

The projects are registered as a special course (10-20 ECTS) or Master thesis (30-60 ECTS). If you cannot find a suitable project in the list below, do not despair! You can also formulate a project in dialogue with a supervisor. You can also search for all projects at DTU in the DTU project database.

Student projects at DTU Biosustain	Deadline	Posted
Area: København og omegn Genome Engineering for Yeast Biotechnolo... We are looking for a master/bachelor students (special course, internship, thesis) to work on genome-wide gene editing S. cerevisiae. We aim to develop and apply these systems in:-CRISPR screenin... Area: København og omegn Deadline: 31 Dec Posted: 02 Aug	31 Dec	02 Aug
Area: København og omegn Optimization of plants p450 expression i... Master project/ Special course: Optimization of plant’s p450 expression in baker’s yeast The project A group of plant secondary metabolites called monoterpenoid indole alkalo... Area: København og omegn Deadline: 01 Jan Posted: 18 May	01 Jan	18 May
Area: København og omegn Genotype - Phenotype Predictions For Met... Motivation:Metabolic engineering research is based on the design - build - test - learn (DBTL) cycle. Over the past two decades, advances in molecular biology, the drop in DNA synthesis cost and the g... Area: København og omegn Deadline: 24 Oct Posted: 27 Apr	24 Oct	27 Apr
Area: København og omegn Development of microbial cell factories ... Are you interested in developing microbial supply chains for novel human therapeutics? Are you motivated by applied research addressing environmental and societal challenges? Then, conducting your ... Area: København og omegn Deadline: 02 Aug Posted: 09 Apr	02 Aug	09 Apr
Area: København og omegn Biocontainment strategy for probiotic ye... The human body is home to trillions of microorganisms, consisting of a diverse range of different communities, all playing a crucial role in your health and behaviour. Here at the Bacterial Synthetic ... Area: København og omegn Deadline: 01 Mar Posted: 15 Jan	01 Mar	15 Jan
Area: København og omegn GPCR biosensors for improved metabolic e... Master project: GPCR biosensors for improved metabolic engineering in yeast The projectG protein coupled receptors are a class of membrane proteins. They sense an enormous variety of molecul... Area: København og omegn Deadline: 31 Jul Posted: 20 Dec	31 Jul	20 Dec
Area: København og omegn Yummowia - Designing the future of food.... Meat is delicious! But meat is also ethically problematic and has negative consequences for the environment and human health. In the Yummowia project we are designing the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica t... Area: København og omegn Deadline: 04 Jan Posted: 25 Nov	04 Jan	25 Nov
Area: København og omegn Hybrid approach combining Model-driven a... Systems Medicine (SM) is an interdisciplinary emerging field building on the increasing amount of omics -and clinical data provided by different high-throughput platforms to study the human body... Area: København og omegn Deadline: 31 Dec Posted: 16 Nov	31 Dec	16 Nov
Area: København og omegn Combine Model-driven and multivariate an... Constraint-based analysis of genome-scale metabolic models has become a key methodology to gain insights into functions, capabilities, and properties of cellular metabolism. This systems biology ... Area: København og omegn Deadline: 31 Dec Posted: 16 Nov	31 Dec	16 Nov
Area: København og omegn Comunity model-driven analysis to unveil... The major cause of death from cancer is due to metastases that are resistant to therapy. In this sense more than 40% of cancer patients develop brain metastasis (BRM). The chemotherapy tre... Area: København og omegn Deadline: 31 Dec Posted: 16 Nov	31 Dec	16 Nov

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Generic Student Projects

Some of our scientific Group Leaders also offer students the possibility to do a project in their group - the specific time and terms can be determined in collaboration with the Group Leader or supervisor. Contact the responsible below for more information.

Synthetic Biology Tools for Yeast

Contact: Senior Scientist Michael Krogh Jensen

Directed evolution of biosensors and enzymes in yeast
Refactoring of natural product biosynthesis for human therapeutics in yeast
Development of synthetic evolution systems
Application of machine learning algorithms for forward engineering enzymes and pathways

Metabolic Engineering for Natural Products

Contact: Professor Dr. Tilmann Weber

Isolation and characterisation of metabolites active against gram-negative clinical isolates
Cloning, heterologous expression and characterisation of antibiotics biosynthetic pathways
Development of algorithms to predict substrate specificity of biosynthetic enzymes

Metabolic Engineering of Yeast

Contact: Professor Irina Borodina

Utilisation of systems-level data for metabolic engineering
Metabolic engineering of oleaginous yeast for high-value chemicals
Metabolic engineering of yeast for production of bulk chemicals from biomass feedstocks

Membrane Synthetic Biology

Contact: Senior Scientist Morten Nørholm

Molecular mechanisms of aging and evolution
Recombinant protein production
Synthetic Biology Tool Development

Optimizing sporulation and germination of Bacilli

(In collaboration with Chr HANSEN Plant Health Fermentation)
Contact: Professor Ivan Mijakovic

Studying the heterogeneity of sporulation in high density conditions
Studying the molecular mechanisms governing sporulation yield and germination speed
Improving spore yield and speed of spore germination
Methodology: genetic engineering, quantitative proteomics, phenotype characterisation

Updated by Anne Wärme Lykke on 28 August 2020