Bioprospecting for drug and enzymes discovery from from Antarctic and Arctic sub-sea sediments.Mobile researcher: Concetta De Santi, Italy

Microorganisms living in hash extreme polar environments have through evolution been adapted to low temperature. These microorganisms produce cold-adapted (psychrophilic) enzymes, which generally display high catalytic efficiency at low temperature making these biocatalysts particularly interesting either for investigating stability/flexibility relationships, or for their wide applications.