Monday, September 7 is the show Bacteria Land on TV (RUV). Matís' employee, Viggó Marteinsson, is a significant part of the show.
French actors made a film about bacteria and humans, i.e. effects and usefulness of micro-organisms on humans. The angle of the actors is the good side of microorganisms for humans, but in> 99.9% cases they are vital to us. But we seldom hear of this, but we get a lot of discussion about these <than 1% as they can harm humans.
Matís is at the forefront of research, discovery and development of new enzymes for use in the research, food, pharmaceutical and energy industries. Algae is used as a production system and the use of metabolic engineering in the design of production organisms for chemical production. Isolation, production, transformation and development of bioactive substances and foods are also carried out and their properties (eg antihypertensive and antioxidant properties) are determined by different research methods. Most of this research and projects take place in the field of Biotechnology and Biochemistry at Matís.
Much of the division's work is based on years of research on enzymes that have been isolated from thermophilic microorganisms, and a large part of its activities involves screening and exploration of new enzymes from organisms that live under the extreme conditions of life, high temperatures, high cold, low acidity and so on. in industry.
The division is working on projects in the field of microbiology, such as environmental assessment and analysis of species composition in mixed samples, eg from hot springs, sea, sediment and wastewater. Here, an ecological approach is based on a genetic basis, i.e. sequencing of a species-identifying gene where the cultivation of micro-organisms is no longer necessary.
Matís has for some time been in good collaboration with the Blue Lagoon, among other things regarding research on the growth conditions of algae and blue-green bacteria, their isolation and purification.
Further information about the show which will be on the program at 20:20, can be found at http://dagskra.ruv.is/nanar/4577/
For further information, please contact Viggó Marteinsson, viggo.marteinsson@matis.is.