Anders Broberg

Many organisms produce so called secondary metabolites that are used in interactions with other organisms. For example, many plants produce compounds that make them less attractive or even toxic to herbivores and many microorganisms produce compounds of antibiotic type to combat competing microorganisms. Some examples of research questions we try to answer are:

Can we find new and efficient antibiotic compounds from cultures of fungi and bacteria?
How are selected secondary metabolites biosynthesised, i.e. which metabolic pathways are involved?
Which ecological role or function do specific secondary metabolites have?

I teach on the department's course in natural products chemistry (KE0076, 10 hp), but during the last years also on the basic course in chemistry (KE0077 and KE0063). 2025 I was awarded the ULS' pedagogical price for my work with one of the basic chemistry courses, and 2013 I received the same price for my contributions to the natural products chemistry course.