Research Field
Food Technology and Biotechnology
Research Field
This interdisciplinary research focus is an area in which more than 10 scientific staff members and professors of the courses of studies in bio- and environmental technology, process engineering production as well as plant construction work. An excellent infrastructure with analytics equipment, pilot plants, simulation tools and even an own experimental and training brewery is available in approx.15 laboratories
In the field of bioenergy, one of the largest working groups in Austria is researching the production processes of "advanced biofuels" (bioethanol from straw), optimizing biogas processes and developing integrated biorefinery concepts. In the basic research area, biodiesel production is being investigated in the "Next Generation Biodiesel" project with the help of yeasts from residues such as maize spindles and glycerin. We are currently working on 5 national and international projects (Regio13 / EU), as well as on various industrial projects. An outstanding team of analysts as well as the team Downstream processing (membrane technology, etc.) complete the working groups.
In the field of food technology, the primary goal is research on plant ingredients and their mode of action is at the molecular level. The objective is to gain an understanding of how these ingredients interfere with and control the human metabolism. From this it is possible to develop so-called functional foods. The following key areas are being dealt with:
>> Ingredients of apples and their impact on carbohydrate metabolism as well as on carcinogenicity
>> Ingredients from cabbage and apples and their effect on cytochrome activity and the liver metabolism
>> Ingredients from apples, blueberries, cherries etc. and their effects on adrenergic receptors
>> Further development of technologies in the field of protein-protein interaction
In the field of bioenergy, one of the largest working groups in Austria is researching the production processes of "advanced biofuels" (bioethanol from straw), optimizing biogas processes and developing integrated biorefinery concepts. In the basic research area, biodiesel production is being investigated in the "Next Generation Biodiesel" project with the help of yeasts from residues such as maize spindles and glycerin. We are currently working on 5 national and international projects (Regio13 / EU), as well as on various industrial projects. An outstanding team of analysts as well as the team Downstream processing (membrane technology, etc.) complete the working groups.
In the field of food technology, the primary goal is research on plant ingredients and their mode of action is at the molecular level. The objective is to gain an understanding of how these ingredients interfere with and control the human metabolism. From this it is possible to develop so-called functional foods. The following key areas are being dealt with:
>> Ingredients of apples and their impact on carbohydrate metabolism as well as on carcinogenicity
>> Ingredients from cabbage and apples and their effect on cytochrome activity and the liver metabolism
>> Ingredients from apples, blueberries, cherries etc. and their effects on adrenergic receptors
>> Further development of technologies in the field of protein-protein interaction
- Andrea Aschauer BSc MA
- Richard Atzmüller BSc
- Denise Atzmüller MSc
- Dr. Marion Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer
- Andreas Haghofer M.Sc.
- FH-Prof. Mag. Dr. Jürgen Hagler
- FH-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Otmar Höglinger
- FH-Prof. Dipl.-Bio. Dr. Dr.h.c. Alexander Jäger
- DI (FH) Klaus Krennhuber
- FH-Prof. DI DI Mag. Dr. Michaela Kröppl MSc
- Dr. techn. Peter Lanzerstorfer BSc MSc
- FH-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katrin Mathmann
- Ulrike Müller BSc
- Sandra Oberleitner BSc MSc
- Johannes Pitsch
- FH-Prof. Dipl.Wirtsch.Ing. Dr. Christiane Rau
- Dr. rer. nat. Juliane Richter
- Priv.-Doz. Mag. Clemens Röhrl PhD
- Georg Philipp Sandner MSc
- Dr. Bettina Schwarzinger
- Daniel Alexander Sulzenbacher BSc MSc
- Douglas Vaught MA
- FH-Prof. Dr. Julian Weghuber
- FH-Prof. PD DI Dr. Stephan Winkler
- Dr.-Ing. Bettina Zieher
2019
D. Atzmüller, F. Hawe, D. Sulzenbacher, A. Cristobal Sarramian - Wheat straw and lipids: UV-mutagenized Yarrowia lipolytica for the conversion of wheat straw hydrolysate into lipids - Agronomy Research, 2019
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2019
A. König, B. Schwarzinger, V. Stadlbauer, P. Lanzerstorfer, M. Iken, C. Schwarzinger, S. Schwarzinger, O. Höglinger, D. Weghuber, J. Weghuber - Glucose Resorption in a Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Study - Nutrients, Vol. 11, No. 7, 2019
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T. Grivalský, K. Ranglová, J. Câmara Manoel, G. Lakatos, M. Lukeš, S. Oberleitner, R. Gundolf, J. Richter - Genetically modified Synechocystis PCC 6803 for starch and bioethanol production - Conference: 9th Symposium on Microalgae and Seaweed Products in Plant/Soil-Systems, Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary,…
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2019
R. Gundolf, S. Oberleitner, J. Richter - Evaluation of New Genetic Toolkits and Their Role for Ethanol Production in Cyanobacteria - ENERGIES, Vol. 12, No. 18, 2019
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2018
R. Gundolf, J. Richter - Production of Valuable Carbon Containing Products with a new Module-Based Vector System in Cyanobacteria - Production of Valuable Carbon Containing Products with a new Module-Based Vector System in Cyanobacteria, Třeboň, Czech Republic, 2018
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A. Jäger - Beer and health - a question of statistics? - BierIG-Magazin, Vol. 50, No. 3, 2018, pp. 14-15
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U. Müller, F. Stübl, B. Schwarzinger, G. Sandner, M. Iken, M. Himmelsbach, C. Schwarzinger, N. Ollinger, V. Stadlbauer, O. Höglinger, P. Lanzerstorfer, J. Weghuber - In vitro and in vivo inhibition of intestinal glucose transport by guava (Psidium guajava) extracts - Molecular nutrition and food research,…
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2018
Y. Yoneyama, P. Lanzerstorfer, F. Hakuno, J. Weghuber, S. Takahashi - IRS-1 acts as an endocytic regulator of IGF-I receptor to facilitate sustained IGF signaling - eLIFE, 2018
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R. Haselgrübler, F. Stübl, V. Stadlbauer, P. Lanzerstorfer, J. Weghuber - An In-ovo Model for Testing Insulin-Mimetic Compounds - JOVE, 2018
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2018
The food industry is of great economic and social importance to the Austrian society. Thus, in 2016, the production of food and beverages generated a turnover of 5.96 billion euros (WKOÖ, 2017). Private…
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Die Mikrostruktur eines Lebensmittels dominiert hauptverantwortlich das Texturempfinden des Konsumenten. Somit ist das objektivierte Verständnis der strukturellen Zusammenhänge in komplexen Lebensmittelsystemen…
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Biogas production is a well established, widely accepted process for alternative energy production. The theoretical biogas potential is only tapped to a minor degree - valuable energy resources remain…
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