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Biology and Biochemistry
Norway
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
106
Citations
38863
World Ranking
1155
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Vincent G. H. Eijsink is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Engineering, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader fields, their work focuses on subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, and Biomaterials.

Their research topics cover areas including biofuel production and bioconversion, enzyme-mediated dye degradation, enzyme production and characterization, lignin and wood chemistry, studies on chitinases and chitosanases, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, and advanced cellulose research studies.

Some of the frequent co-authors collaborating with Vincent G. H. Eijsink are:

  • Anikó Várnai
  • Anton A. Stepnov
  • Zarah Forsberg
  • Svein Jarle Horn
  • Morten Sørlie

They have published numerous articles in venues that regularly feature their work. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Biochemistry

Recent publications by Vincent G. H. Eijsink include:

  • Polysaccharide degradation by the Bacteroidetes: mechanisms and nomenclature, 2021, Environmental Microbiology Reports
  • Enzymatic processing of lignocellulosic biomass: principles, recent advances and perspectives, 2020, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
  • Molecular mechanism of the chitinolytic peroxygenase reaction, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Unraveling the roles of the reductant and free copper ions in LPMO kinetics, 2021, Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • Kinetic insights into the peroxygenase activity of cellulose-active lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs), 2020, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • An oxidative enzyme boosting the enzymatic conversion of recalcitrant polysaccharides.

    Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Bjørge Westereng;Svein J. Horn;Zhanliang Liu

  • Novel enzymes for the degradation of cellulose

    Svein Jarle Horn;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Bjørge Westereng;Vincent Gh Eijsink

  • Biosynthesis of bacteriocins in lactic acid bacteria

    Ingolf F. Nes;Dzung Bao Diep;Leiv Sigve Håvarstein;May Bente Brurberg

  • Production of Chitooligosaccharides and Their Potential Applications in Medicine

    Berit B. Aam;Ellinor B. Heggset;Anne Line Norberg;Morten Sørlie

  • Rational engineering of enzyme stability.

    Vincent G.H. Eijsink;Alexandra Bjørk;Sigrid Gåseidnes;Reidun Sirevåg

  • Structural insights into the catalytic mechanism of a family 18 exo-chitinase

    D. M. F. van Aalten;D. Komander;B. Synstad;S. Gåseidnes

  • Directed evolution of enzyme stability

    Vincent G.H. Eijsink;Sigrid Gåseidnes;Torben V. Borchert;Bertus van den Burg

  • Production of class II bacteriocins by lactic acid bacteria; an example of biological warfare and communication

    Vincent G H Eijsink;Lars Axelsson;Dzung B Diep;Leiv S Håvarstein

  • Oxidative cleavage of polysaccharides by monocopper enzymes depends on H2O2.

    Bastien Bissaro;Bastien Bissaro;Åsmund K Røhr;Gerdt Müller;Piotr Chylenski

  • Discovery of LPMO activity on hemicelluloses shows the importance of oxidative processes in plant cell wall degradation

    Jane W. Agger;Trine Isaksen;Anikó Várnai;Silvia Vidal-Melgosa

  • The Non-catalytic Chitin-binding Protein CBP21 from Serratia marcescens Is Essential for Chitin Degradation

    Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Svein J. Horn;Daan M.F. van Aalten;Bjørnar Synstad

  • Extracellular electron transfer systems fuel cellulose oxidative degradation.

    Daniel Kracher;Stefan Scheiblbrandner;Alfons K. G. Felice;Erik Breslmayr

  • Comparative Studies of Class IIa Bacteriocins of Lactic Acid Bacteria

    Vincent G. H. Eijsink;Marianne Skeie;P. Hans Middelhoven;May Bente Brurberg

  • Cleavage of cellulose by a CBM33 protein.

    Zarah Forsberg;Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Bjørge Westereng;Anne C Bunæs

  • Engineering an enzyme to resist boiling

    Bertus Van den Burg;Gert Vriend;Oene R. Veltman;Gerard Venema

  • A C4-oxidizing Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase Cleaving Both Cellulose and Cello-oligosaccharides

    Trine Isaksen;Bjørge Westereng;Bjørge Westereng;Finn L. Aachmann;Jane W. Agger

  • Antagonistic Activity of Lactobacillus plantarum C11: Two New Two-Peptide Bacteriocins, Plantaricins EF and JK, and the Induction Factor Plantaricin A

    Erlend L. Anderssen;Dzung Bao Diep;Ingolf F. Nes;Vincent G. H. Eijsink

  • Crystal structure and binding properties of the Serratia marcescens chitin-binding protein CBP21

    Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Douglas R. Houston;Anna H.K. Riemen;Vincent G.H. Eijsink

  • Structure of a two-domain chitotriosidase from Serratia marcescens at 1.9-Å resolution

    D. M. F. van Aalten;B. Synstad;M. B. Brurberg;E. Hough

  • The chitinolytic machinery of Serratia marcescens – a model system for enzymatic degradation of recalcitrant polysaccharides

    Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad;Svein J. Horn;Morten Sørlie;Vincent G. H. Eijsink

Frequent Co-Authors

Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad
Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Svein J. Horn
Svein J. Horn Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Ingolf F. Nes
Ingolf F. Nes Norwegian University of Life Sciences
May Bente Brurberg
May Bente Brurberg Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Daan M. F. van Aalten
Daan M. F. van Aalten University of Dundee
Kjell M. Vårum
Kjell M. Vårum Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Dietmar Haltrich
Dietmar Haltrich BOKU University
Roland Ludwig
Roland Ludwig BOKU University
Jon Nissen-Meyer
Jon Nissen-Meyer University of Oslo

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