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Stipendiat Melcy Philip ved NMBU

New research could lead to more efficient marine monitoring

In a new doctoral thesis from NMBU, Melcy Philip aims to develop rapid and efficient bioinformatic methods to predict the impact of aquaculture on the seafloor. The new methods could revolutionize the…

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New research contradicts previous findings on enzymatic degradation of plastic

Several researchers have tried to find enzymes in nature that can degrade plastic. Such a discovery was published as groundbreaking research in 2022, but now a research team from Norway and the US has…

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Researchers create first ever resource of Atlantic salmon-derived bacterial genomes

To make salmon farming more sustainable and the salmon healthier, we need to replace seafood-based salmon feed with other types of feed. But how do gut bacteria help the salmon digest the feed and abs…

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New international multidisciplinary training network to advance to the novel field of hologenomics

NMBU will coordinate a new Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network that will advance understanding of how microorganism and host genetics interact. The network will train 11 doctorial students…

NMBU-forsker Pawel Lycus på laboratoriet

Researchers aim to create fertilizers that reduce greenhouse gas emissions

– Our goal is to make farming better for the planet and all the living things on it, says Pawel Lycus.

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New method could reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

Norwegian researchers aim to use soil bacteria to cut greenhouse gas emissions from food production. Their research is now published in Nature.

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NMBU researchers publish ground-breaking study on LPMO enzymes in Nature Communications

Researchers from NMBU have published an article in Nature Communications about lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMO). In the study, they show that LPMOs transfer holes (radicals) generated during…

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Why study at NMBU?

With a combination of leading academic environments, small and personable class sizes and a central location close to Oslo, NMBU students are rated Norway's most satisfied.

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Knitting scientist explains Covid-19-numbers at UNESCO art exhibition

When statistician Kathrine Frey Frøslie explained the R-number using crochet, the video went viral in Norway. Her knitted and crocheted corona art is now available in English, and on display in an int…

LPMOs acting on surfaces: An LPMO (green) bound to a polymeric surface (chitin; bluish). The blue (nitrogen), red (oxygen) and orange (copper) spheres indicate the catalytic center of the enzyme.

NMBU research gives new opportunities for recirculating plastics

Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenases (LPMOs) are unique mono-copper enzymes evolved to act on the surfaces of insoluble crystalline polysaccharides, such as cellulose.