 Group Leader:
Dr. Wing Sung
(613) 990-2114
Wing.Sung@nrc.gc.ca
Business Contact:
Scott Ferguson,
(613) 990-5948 /
Scott.Ferguson@nrc.gc.ca
Group Focus:
The mandate of the Glycosidases Group is two-folded, firstly to discover improved enzymes that can efficiently degrade plant biomass, and secondly, to apply these enzymes to process plant fibres for various industrial applications. The Team:
Dr. Wing Sung, Diana Zahab, Fang Huang, Mark Wood and Dr. Wenzu Zheng Ongoing Research Activities and Projects: - Application of glycosidases to extract plant fibres for bio-composite materials and textiles
- Enzymatic decolonization of the food pathogen Campylobacter jejuni in poultry
- Protein engineering of glycosidases
Partnering Opportunities:
We are interested in scientific and industrial collaborators in the following areas: - Protein engineering of enzymes
- Bioprocessing of plant biomass
- Isolation and purification of plant fibres
Expertise and Available Technologies: - Gene synthesis, mutagenesis and expression
- Molecular evolution of proteins
- Enzyme engineering
- Enzymatic extraction and purification of different plant fibres
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