liisa.nohynek

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Job title: 
Senior Scientist
Eurocaroten role: 
Management Committee Substitute
First name: 
Liisa
Last name: 
Nohynek
Short research description: 

I did my Ph.D in microbiology at University of Helsinki (1999), and since then I have been working at VTT Ltd Finland, currently as Senior Scientist in Plant Biotechnology and Metabolomics team. I am specialized in plant biotechnology, including establishment, cultivation and characterization of plant cell cultures, especially of Nordic berry species. My special interest is to characterize and develop our plant cultures for production of primary and secondary metabolites with commercial value (bioactivity, colour, flavour etc.). I have expertise in scaling-up processes enabling large scale production of plant cells and their metabolites for industrial applications. As microbiologist, antimicrobial activities of plant material and cell cultures against human pathogens have been my special interest. Recently I have also focused on new research field including exploitation of plant waste from nature, gardens and industrial side-streams aiming to valorise the waste.

Techniques routinely used: 
plant cell culture technologies, scale-up and large scale cultivation of plant cells, antimicrobial activity assays, viability assays for plant cells and microbes
Instrumentation/Facilities: 
plant cell culture facilities, bioreactors up to 1200 l, facilities for human pathogens (hazard group 2)
Country: 
Finland
City: 
Espoo
Institution: 
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
Department: 
Industrial Biotechnology
Address: 

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
Tietotie 2
P.O.Box 1000
FI-02044 VTT Finland

Zip Code: 
FI-02044 VTT
Phone: 
+358405746802
Matrix: 
Foods
Feeds
Microorganisms
Waste
By-products
Sidestreams
Plants
Plant Cell Cultures
Gender: 
Female
WG option 1: 
WG4
WG option 2: 
WG3
Scientific approach: 
Fundamental
Applied
Industrial
Areas: 
Agro-food
Biochemistry
Health
Industrial Biotechnology
Nutrition
Production
Other keywords: 
Applications
Biosynthesis
Food Quality
Functional Foods
Industry
Processing
Safety
STMS hosting: 
Yes
Meetings hosting: 
Yes

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