My research interest lies at the intersection of Biology and Data. As a Bioinformatician with extended wet-lab research experience in recombinant protein production, and enzymology, I bridge the gap between the people behind the benches and those behind the screens.

 

EDUCATION
2014	Ph.D., Biochemistry, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
2010	M.Sc.Eng. Honours Elite Program, Biotechnology, DTU & Chr. Hansen A/S, Denmark
EMPLOYMENTS
2019-present	CAZy Database, Bioinformatician, Postdoctoral Fellow, Aix-Marseille University, France
2017-2019	Synbiomics, Bioinformatician, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada
2014-2017	JSPS, Structural Biologist, Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Tokyo, Japan
2013-2014	FøSu, Biochemist, Research Assistant, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
PUBLICATIONS
Arnal G, Stogios PJ, Asohan J, Attia M, Skarina T, Viborg AH, Henrissat B, Savchenko A, and Brumer H (2019), Substrate specificity, regiospecificity, and processivity in glycoside hydrolase family 74. Journal of Biological Chemistry, epub ahead of print. Viborg AH, Katayama T, Arakawa T, Abou Hachem M, Lo Leggio L, Kitaoka M, Svensson B, and Fushinobu S (2017), Discovery of α-L-arabinopyranosidases from human gut microbiome expands the diversity within glycoside hydrolase family 42. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 292:21092-21101. Viborg AH (2015), Diversity in β-galactosidase Specificities within Bifidobacterium: Towards an Understanding of β-Galactoside Metabolism in the Gut Niche. Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology, 27:E9-12. Viborg AH, Fredslund F, Katayama T, Nielsen SK, Svensson B, Kitaoka M, Lo Leggio L, and Abou Hachem M (2014), A β1-6/β1-3 galactosidase from Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bl-04 gives insight into sub-specificities of β-galactoside catabolism within Bifidobacterium. Molecular Microbiology, 94:1024-40. Møller MS, Jun Goh Y, Viborg AH, Andersen JM, Klaenhammer TR, Svensson B, and Abou Hachem M (2014), Recent insight in α-glucan metabolism in probiotic bacteria. Biologia: Section Cellular and Molecular Biology, 69:713-21. Viborg AH, Katayama T, Abou Hachem M, Andersen MCF, Nishimoto M, Clausen MH, Urashima T, Svensson B, and Kitaoka M (2014), Distinct substrate specificities of three glycoside hydrolase family 42 β-galactosidases from Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697. Glycobiology, 24:208-16. Viborg AH, Sorensen KI, Gilad O, Steen-Jensen DB, Dilokpimol A, Jacobsen S, and Svensson B (2013), Biochemical and kinetic characterisation of a novel xylooligosaccharide-upregulated GH43 β-d-xylosidase/α-l-arabinofuranosidase (BXA43) from the probiotic Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12. AMB Express, 3:56. Gilad O, Svensson B, Viborg AH, Stuer-Lauridsen B, and Jacobsen S (2011), The extracellular proteome of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 reveals proteins with putative roles in probiotic effects. Proteomics, 11:2503-14