• Metabolic and Cell Engineering

  • Yeast Molecular Biotechnology

  • Industrial Microbiology

  • Applied Microbiology

Mission Statement

The IMMB investigates microorganisms of relevance to industry and the environment. We study their genetics, cell biology and metabolism with state of the art systems and synthetic biology methods, and engineer them for better performance in industrial bioprocesses.

Research Groups / Labs

Metabolic and Cell Engineering

Diethard Mattanovich

  • Metabolic Engineering
  • Cell and Process Engineering
  • Genome Diversity

Industrial Microbiology

Michael Sauer

  • Microbial Chemical Production
  • Biodiversity
  • Membrane Transport

Yeast Molecular Biotechnology

Brigitte Gasser

  • Systems and Synthetic Biology of Pichia pastoris
  • Protein Production and Secretion
  • Yeast Cell Engineering
  • Redox Engineering
  • Epigenetics

Applied Microbiology

Peter Holubar

  • Optimization of Fermentations
  • Fermentation of DHA and Squalene

Leitung und Sekretariat

Leiter

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn.
 Diethard Mattanovich
Stellvertreter

Ass.Prof. Dipl.Natw. ETH FH-Prof. Dr.
 Michael Sauer

Adressen & Kontakt

H79200 Institut für Mikrobiologie und Mikrobielle Biotechnologie

DBT/IMBB
Muthgasse 18/V
1190 Wien

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