Tom Desmet
Ghent University, Belgium
Biography
Tom Desmet is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Synthetic Biology, Ghent University, Belgium where he heads the Bio-catalysis unit. He is particularly interested in the semi-rational engineering of carbohydrate-active enzymes and has established several new processes for the synthesis of rare sugars (e.g. L-monosaccharides), functional oligosaccharides (e.g. Kojibiose) and glycosylated compounds (e.g. polyphenols, flavonoids).
Abstract
Abstract : Exploring and engineering the application potential of sucrose transglycosidases