Galway, Ireland

The Department of Biochemistry is working on production, characterization, molecular genetics and biotechnological application of eukaryotic glycoproteins and novel biocatalysts, with emphasis on glycosyl hydrolases, oxidoreductases and proteases as well as proteomics, structure-function analysis and cell biology of important cell-surface lectins/glycoproteins and enzymes and the regulation of gene expression and glycoprotein secretion in filamentous fungi.