Author: Marko Snrm

The winter seminar/retreat of the ValgepeaLab for 2025 took place in wintery South-East Estonia. Before getting serious with science, we had the most wonderful snowshoe hike in the Meenikunno bog with the excellent guide Taavi Nagel. We were rewarded with clear skies, plenty of snow, crisp berries, and good vibes. This was followed by sauna…

Henri Ingelman successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Systems-level characterisation and improvement of Clostridium autoethanogenum metabolism” on the 26th of September 2024. Henri did a great job at his presentation and also in the following discussion with opponent Prof. Diana Sousa from Wageningen University. The thesis was a great achievement after multiple setbacks from the COVID-19 pandemic made Henri…

Two research articles have been published together with collaborators that exploited adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) for the first time to improve phenotypes of wild-type Clostridium autoethanogenum. First article led by the ValgepeaLab team with collaborators from Australia, the USA, and Switzerland utilised ALE to engineer superior strains with faster growth, no need for yeast extract, and robust bioreactor…