Karen P. Dierksen
Research Associate (Post Doc)
Department of
Microbiology
Karen P. Dierksen
Research Associate (Post Doc)
Department of
Microbiology
Background
Education
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Ph.D., Oregon State University, Microbiology
Research
My research in the Trempy Lab is focused on developing new strains of lactic acid bacteria of potential interest to the food, dairy and/or pharmaceutical industries. Our original patent strain, Lactococcus lactis Ropy 352, which produces a unique exopolysaccharide, has been licensed commercially.