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Researcher
Tom Desmet
- Keywords:biocatalysis, enzyme engineering, carbohydrate biotechnology
- Disciplines:Industrial molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins, Carbohydrates, Biocatalysis and enzyme technology
Affiliations
- Department of Biotechnology (Department)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2022 → Today - Department of Biotechnology (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2022 → Today - Department of Biotechnology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2018 → Today - Department of Biochemical and microbial technology (Department)
Member
From1 Apr 2006 → 31 Dec 2017 - Department of Biochemistry and microbiology (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2001 → 31 Mar 2006
Projects
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- Oligosaccharide purification system – effective purification of short oligosaccharidesFrom20 Dec 2023 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in lab
- The quest for an aldose C3-epimerase: the missing link in sugar conversionsFrom1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Guided by Nature: enzyme tunnel evolution as a tool for functional adaptationFrom1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Off the beaten path of protein evolution: insertions and deletions as drivers of functional innovationFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Rational design and synthesis of non-hallucinogenic psilocin analogues as selective 5-HT2A receptor agonists with therapeutic potentialFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: BOF - doctoral mandates
- Radical-based Enzymatic Degradation of Organic Pollutants (REDOP)From1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research Grant
- Cofunding core facility - HTS for SynBioFrom1 Jul 2022 → TodayFunding: BOF - research organisations
- MyCOS - Synthetic biology for a sustainable conversion of fungal chitin-rich waste streams into valuable biobased chitooligosaccharides for plant healthFrom1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2023Funding: FWO Thematic call for research projects in the field of bioeconomy
- Evolution in practice: converting hydrolases and transferases into phosphorylasesFrom1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Unlocking the specificity determinants in nucleotide sugar epimerasesFrom1 Nov 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
Publications
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- Capillary electrophoresis for the functional annotation of carbohydrate-active enzymes: two preliminary case studies
Authors: Maria João de Carvalho Maurício da Fonseca, Tom Desmet, Anita Van Landschoot, Ingeborg Stals
Pages: 12 - 12 - Production of bioflavours
Authors: Tom Desmet, An Cerdobbel, Erick Vandamme, Ashok Pandey, Christian Laroche, Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Claude-Gilles Dusap
Pages: 462 - 482 - Modulation of activity by Arg407 : structure of a fungal alpha-1,2-mannosidase in complex with a substrate analogue
Authors: Yuri Lobsanov, Takashi Yoshida, Tom Desmet, Wim Nerinckx, Patrick Yip, Annette Herscovics, Lynne Howell
Pages: 227 - 236 - Synthesis and evaluation of 2-deoxy-2-amino-β-cellobiosides as cellulase inhibitors
Authors: Tom Desmet, Kathleen Piens, Wim Nerinckx
Pages: 164 - 180
Patents
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- Mutant sucrose phosphorylases with improved glycosylation activity towards polyphenols (Inventor)
- A sucrose phosphorylase for the production of kojibiose (Inventor)
- Mutant sucrose phosphorylases with improved glycosylation activity towards polyphenols (Inventor)
- A sucrose phosphorylase for the production of kojibiose (Inventor)
- Mutant sucrose synthases and their uses (Inventor)
- System for adaptive drug delivery (Inventor)