Dr Ditte Hobbs

Biography

Job Title: Professor of Food Biotechnology Responsibilities: Head of Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences

Research Interest

currently have a team of postdoctoral research fellows and PhD students funded by UK, European and US industry, BBSRC, overseas governments and the EU. The main research activity is the development of biotechnological manufacturing methods for novel oligosaccharides for application as functional food ingredients and as pharmaceutical agents. This involves the following technologies: Development of enzymatic synthesis approaches for oligosaccharides based on the use of microbial and plant glycosidases as synthetic catalysts. The aim is to develop an economical manufacturing technology for novel and bioactive oligosaccharides. Production of microbial polysaccharides, polysaccharide degrading enzymes and bacteriophage by fermentation.