Systems & Synthetic Biology

Organization

The division of Systems and Synthetic Biology is part of the new Department of Biology and Biological Engineering.

Systems and Synthetic Biology is headed by Professor Jens Nielsen and is composed of several labs and faculty. Each lab has a leader who is responsible for directing particular research themes. The lab and computational facilities are shared among all members of Systems and Synthetic Biology.

Systems and Synthetic Biology has a central role in LifeScience@Chalmers, which is one of eight Areas of Advance at Chalmers University of Technology. The director of Life Science Engineering Area of Advance is Professor Ivan Mijakovic.

Hohmann Lab			Larsson Lab
We are interested in understanding and using the dynamic behavior of signal transduction pathways.			Our lab is focused on understanding the physiology and metabolic regulation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and to apply this knowledge in various metabolic engineering projects.

Mijakovic Lab			Nielsen Lab
We work on signaling and regulation in bacterial cells, focusing in particular on regulatory phenomena based on protein phosphorylation.			Our research focus is on systems biology of metabolism. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is our key organism for experimental research.

Petranovic Lab			Engqvist Lab
We are combining methods of molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics and systems biology with the scope to study how cells regulate aging and death pathways.			Our research focuses on bioinformatics and experimental high-throughput biochemical characterization of metabolic enzymes.

Last update: 10-Jul-2017

Latest News

Jens Nielsen’s presentation at the Molecular Frontiers Symposium in Stockholm available on YouTube

Jens Nielsen's research covered in GP (Göteborgs-Posten)

Leif Väremo’s thesis entitled “Systems Biology of Type 2 Diabetes in Skeletal Muscle” was selected as the best preclinical thesis by the Swedish Diabetes Association.

Jens Nielsen was appointed Honorary Professor at East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Jens Nielsen was appointed as Adjunct Professor at Jiangnan University, Wuxi, China

Through sequencing 10 penicillia genome SysBio identified a large number of new secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters were identified. The study was published in Nature Microbiology and featured in Cosmos Magazine.