Microbiome research group

Members

Kaarel Adamberg

Head of the research team

Publications

Chemostat culturing reduces fecal eukaryotic virus load and delays diarrhea after virome transplantation
Journal / Periodical: eLife
Authors: Offersen, Simone Margaard; Adamberg, Signe; Spiegelhauer, Malene Roed; Mao, Xiaotian; Rasmussen, Torben Sølbeck; Larsen, Frej; Zhong, Jingren; Nguyen, Duc Ninh; Nielsen, Dennis Sandris; Aunsholt, Lise; Thymann, Thomas; Adamberg, Kaarel; Brunse, Anders
Year: 2026
Uncovering the potential of Bacillus licheniformis in the utilisation of lignin-derived aromatics: Insights from transcriptomic analysis
Journal / Periodical: SSRN Working Paper Series
Authors: Thirumal Muthu, Kannan; Ojangu, Eve-Ly; Zovo, Kairit; Jõul, Piia; Illarionov, Aleksandr; Ho, Thi Thuy Tran; Risti, Robert; Karpichev, Yevgen; Lukk, Tiit; Lahtvee, Petri-Jaan
Year: 2026
Validation of the fermented food frequency questionnaire to assess consumption across four European regions: a study within the promoting innovation of fermented foods cost action
Journal / Periodical: Frontiers in Nutrition
Authors: Magriplis, Emmanuella; Smiliotopoulos, Theodoros; Myrintzou, Niki; Burton-Pimentel, Kathryn Jane; Adamberg, Signe; Adamberg, Kaarel; Agagündüz, Duygu; Atanasova-Pancevska,Natalijam; Beglaryan, Meline; Brouwer Brolsma, Elske M.; Burtscher, Johana; Cerjak, Marija; Ciesarová, Zuzana; Ciprovica, Inga; De Filippis, Francesca; Gandía, Mónica; Hillesheim, Elaine; Hoxha, Luziana; Borch Ibsen, Daniel; Ivanova, Nastia; Jenssen, Håvard; Jones, Petra; Kalea, Anastasia; Begum Kalyoncu Atasoy, Zeynep; Kitryte-Syrpa, Vaida; Kostic, Aleksandar; Laranjo, Marta; Meslier, Victoria; Nagybákay, Nóra Emilia; Nakov, Gjore; Nikola, Malviina; Pafilas, Christos; Papademas, Photis; Pavli, Foteini; Pitsi, Tagli; Pohjanheimo, Terhi; Pravst, Igor; Rajic, Jelena; Russo, Pasquale; Sar, Taner; Starowicz, Małgorzata; Taljic, Irzada; Trajkovska, Biljana; Vergères, Guy; Vidovic, Bojana; Chassard, Christophe; Syrpas; Michail
Year: 2025

Projects

Binding kinetics and interactions of taste receptors with the focus on sweet receptor T1R2/T1R3
Year: 2026 - 2030
The overconsumption of sugar is one of the main reasons cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes have reached pandemic proportions. While the obvious solution would be to eat less and make healthier lifestyle choices, the desire for sweetness in our food remains strong. Artificial sweeteners are widely used to lower calorie intake. Several of them, however, are suspected to pose health risks of their own, and many do not taste as well as sucrose, often leaving a lingering off-taste. The development of novel sweeteners is hindered by the scarcity of measurable data on what constitutes an ideal non-caloric sweetener. We aim to develop biochemical assays to determine these metrics, facilitating the discovery of healthy, sustainable, and good-tasting sweeteners.
Infrastructure of Food Innovation Technologies
Year: 2025 - 2029
Investigation of hypertriglyceridemia drug candidates
Year: 2024 - 2025
Using surface plasmon resonance and calorimetry, the binding of hypertriglyceridemia drug candidates to lipoprotein lipase was tested.

Recognitions

Acknowledgement for supervision of the Kaspar Valgepea’s doctoral thesis winning the first prize at the competition of Estonian student thesis

Kaarel Adamberg

2014
The best young scientist of Tallinn University of Technology

Kaarel Adamberg

2012
2nd prize (shared) for my master’s thesis in Estonian national competition of student scientific works 2006, in category Natural sciences and engineering, master’s level students.

Taivo Lints

2006