The EUREMAP – European Research Infrastructure for Marine Bioprospecting invites you to its inaugural seminar, highlighting cutting-edge research in marine bioprospecting and natural product discovery. Featuring talks by project coordinator Jeanette Hammer Andersen and renowned biodiscovery expert Dr. Rohan Davis, this event will uncover the potential of marine organisms for scientific innovation.
Program:
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“EUREMAP: A Research Infrastructure for Marine Bioprospecting”
By Jeanette Hammer Andersen
An introduction to the project’s mission to accelerate the discovery of novel marine natural products. -
“Biodiscovery Using Great Barrier Reef Marine Sponges”
By Rohan Davis
Insights into how Australian marine sponges are revolutionizing the search for bioactive compounds.
About the Speakers
Jeanette Hammer Andersen
Jeanette Hammer Andersen is the coordinator of the EUREMAP project. She is a professor in marine bioprospecting at UiT and head of the natural products platform Marbio at UiT. Marbio has expertise in screening of extract libraries of natural product, including both terrestrial and marine micro- and macroorganisms, and has successfully characterized several novel bioactive compounds. In 2022, Andersen co-founded KinSea Lead Discovery AS, that has the mission to exploit the potential of marine bioactives for the treatment of human diseases. Get to know our team.
Rohan Davis
BIOSKETCH: Rohan’s research involves all aspects of biodiscovery including the isolation and structure elucidation of complex natural compounds, generation of natural product-based extract and fraction libraries for HTS, as well as the design and synthesis of unique discovery libraries. Rohan has authored 183 publications, holds 2 patents and has been awarded >$5M in research funding over the past 10 years. In 2023 and 2024 he was recognised by ClarivateTM as a “highly cited” researcher. Rohan has led both industry and academic projects that have resulted in the identification of >1000 natural products from plant, marine invertebrate, mushroom and microbial sources. A/Prof. Davis is the Manager of NatureBank, a unique Australian biodiscovery resource located at Griffith University.
Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to learn from leaders in marine bioprospecting!
Free registration required.
🕒 Time: 13h30 – 14h30 (WEST)
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