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Biography
Since Oct. 2013 Research Associate, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy
and Immunology
Focus:
• Heterologous expression and purification of metalloproteases
• Biochemical characterization of metalloproteases
• Structure elucidation of metalloproteases
• Cell based assay development
• Project management
July 1997 – April 2013 Research Associate, Probiodrug AG
Focus:
• Physicochemical and biochemical analysis of Aβ
• Development of GIP receptor antagonists as novel anti diabetic drugs
• Structure elucidation of GIP receptor N-terminal domain
• Development of Dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors as novel antidiabetic drugs
(PhD thesis)
Sept. 1994 – Sept. 1997 Research Associate, Hans-Knöll-Institute Jena
Focus:
• Liquid and solid phase peptide synthesis
• Synthesis of peptide-based protease inhibitors
• Enzyme kinetic characterization of protease inhibitors
Sept. 1986 – May 1993 Study of Biochemistry, Martin-Luther-University Halle-
Wittenberg