Heli
Tirkkonen
Doctoral Researcher, Department of Life Technologies
Doctoral Researcher, Biochemistry
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Areas of expertise
streptomyces
natural products chemistry
microbial interactions
Research
I study microbial interactions between Streptomyces and other microbes. Streptomyces utilize enzymes and natural products in their warfare against other microbes. By studying these interactions, we can uncover new antimicrobial compounds.
Publications
Engineering BioBricks for Deoxysugar Biosynthesis and Generation of New Tetracenomycins (2023)
ACS Omega
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Evolution-inspired engineering of anthracycline methyltransferases (2023)
PNAS nexus
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )