Alumni

Email:Patricia Aguilar
BioToP-Project: Partitioning of virus-like particles and protein superstructures in charged hydrogels
(Supervisor: Alois Jungbauer)
Current position: PostDoc at acib GmbH

BioToP-Project: Enzyme scaffolding and cellular compartments for metabolic engineering endeavours
(Supervisor: Michael Sauer)

BioToP-Project: Glycosylation engineering of S-layer proteins for bioactivity
(Supervisor: Christina Schäffer)
Current position: Product Stability Specialist, Shire

BioToP-Project: Characterization of transcriptional regulatory proteins
(Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser)

Project: Identification of Lewis a containing glycoproteins from Arabidopsis thaliana and characterization of their involvement in pathogen defence
(Supervisor: Richard Strasser)

BioToP-Project: Oral health: Development of genetic tools for Selenomonas sputigena to unravel mechanisms of dental plaque colonization
(Supervisor: Christina Schäffer)
Current position: Clinical Research Associate, Novo Nordisk Pharma GmbH

BioToP-Project: Extracellular vesicle trafficking in aging
(Supervisor: Johannes Grillari)
BioToP-Project: Biochemical and Molecular Analysis of the Cell Wall Glyco(prote)ome of Lactobacillus buchneri
(Supervisor: Paul Messner)
Current position: Operational Management Trainee, Shire

BioToP-Project: Engineering the interface of Fab fragments for the generation of bispecific antibodies
(Supervisor: Johannes Grillari)
Current Position: PostDoc at the Department of Biotechnology, BOKU, Vienna

Email:Matthias Braun
Project: Structure−function analysis of a phylum-wide conserved glycosyltransferase central to a novel protein O−glycosylation pathway
Joint-Supervisors: Christina Schäffer and Friedrich Altmann

BioToP-Project: Changing the substrate specifity of lytic polysaccharide monooxygeanse
(Supervisors: Roland Ludwig, Chris Oostenbrink)

BioToP-Project: Developing rcSso7d-based chimeric antigen receptors
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)

BioToP-Project: Engineering of pyranose oxidoreductases for modified oxygen reactivity
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current position: Deputy Head of Unit Production, Boehringer, Vienna

BioToP-Project: Understanding the source of variation in protein N-glycosylation patterns of recombinant proteins generated in CHO cells
(Supervisors: Nicole Borth, Richard Strasser)

BioToP-Project: Regulation of expression of recombinant pentameric IgM
(Supervisor: Renate Kunert)
Current position: Postdoc at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

BioToP-Project: Cellular Mechanisms of Regulation
(Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser)
Current position: PostDoc at acib GmbH

BioToP-Project: Engineering the interface of Fab fragments
(Supervisor: Florian Rueker)
Current position: Research Scientist, Agenus, USA

BioToP-Project: Characterisation of unusual glycosyltransferases from lower eukaryotes
(Supervisor: Iain Wilson)

EISENHUT Peter
Email: Peter Eisenhut
Project: Productivity optimisation of CHO cells by epigenome alterations
Supervisor: Nicole Borth, Department of Biotechnology
Current position: PostDoc at acib GmbH

Email: Johannes Führer
BioToP-Project: Enzymatic isotope−labeling of O-glycans for improved tumor biomarker analysis
(Supervisor:Friedrich Altmann)
Current position: Research and Development at VelaLabs GmbH

FRIEDRICH Valentin
Email: Valentin FriedrichBioToP-Project: Carbohydrate-active enzymes in S-layer protein glycosylation
(Supervisor: Paul Messner)
Current position: Junior Process Specialist, Octapharma

BioToP-Project: Functional studies on catalase-peroxidases and design of mechanism-based inhibitor
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)
Current position: Stability Manager, Boehringer, Vienna

Project: Metabolic engineering of Pichia pastoris
(Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich)
Current position: PostDoc at the Department of Biotechnology, BOKU

BioToP-Project: Directed Evolution of a Beta-Galactosidase into a Transgalactosidase
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current position: Validation specialist, Shire

GÖRITZER Kathrin
Email: Kathrin GöritzerBioTP-Project: Analysis of structure−function relationships of monomeric and dimeric human IgA1 and IgA2 with defined N− and O−glycosylation
(Supervisors: Richard Strasser, Christian Obinger, Rupert Tscheliessnig)
Current position: PostDoc at the Institute for Infections and Immunity, St. George's University of London

BioToP-Project: Evolution and engineering of pyranose dehydrogenase for biofuel cell applications
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current position: Senior Scientist, Biomin, Tulln

BioToP-Project: Probing the active site of pyranose dehydrogenase
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current position: Process Engineer Upstream Manufacturing, Boehringer, Vienna

Email: Fiona Hager
Project: Molecular basis of pyruvylated cell wall polymer – SLH-protein interactions
Supervisor: Christina Schäffer, Department of NanoBiotechnology

BioToP-Project: Directed Evolution of CHO host cell lines
(Supervisor: Johannes Grillari)
Current position: Postdoc at the Institute of Biotechnology in Plant Production, BOKU Vienna
BioToP-Project: New generations of monoclonal antibodies based on the Fc-fragment of IgG1
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)
Current position: Research Scientist at Austrianni, Vienna

BioToP-Project: Engineering Pichia pastoris for antibody surface display
(Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich)
Current position: PostDoc at the Department of Biotechnology, BOKU

Email: Julia Hennicke
BioToP-Project: Understanding and controlling the expression of recombinant oligomeric immunoglobulins
(Supervisor: Renate Kunert)

BioToP-Project: Genomic rearrangements in CHO producer cell lines
(Supervisor: Nicole Borth)
Current position: Computational Biologist, IRB-Barcelona, Spain

HERZOG Peter
Project: Development of high-throughput-screening of flavin- and heme-dependent oxidoreductases using genetically encoded redox sensors
(Joint-Supervisors: Clemens Peterbauer and Christian Obinger)
Current position: DirectSens GmbH, Head of Enzyme Development

BioToP-Project: Artificial storage organelles for the optimal production of biopharmaceuticals in plants and plant cells
(Supervisor: Eva Stöger)
Current position: Research Senior Scientist Hematology, Shire, Vienna

BioToP-Project: Biocatalysis of chlorite dismutation
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)
Current position: Priv.Doz.at the Department of Chemistry, BOKU

BioToP-Project: MicroRNOMics of CHO host and production cell lines
(Supervisor: Johannes Grillari)
Current position: Senior Scientist, ACIB Vienna

BioToP-Project: Efficient free energy and enhanced sampling calculations of protein-protein interactions
(Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink)
Current position: PostDoc at the Dep. of Material Sciences and Process Engineering, BOKU

BioToP-Project: Understanding molecular transport processes for improved metabolic engineering approaches
(Supervisor: Michael Sauer) Department

BioToP-Project: Plant glyco-engineering towards synthesis of recombinant proteins with polysialylated N-glycans
(Supervisor: Herta Steinkellner)
Current position: Postdoc at the Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, BOKU
BioToP-Project: Influenza virus-like particles as antigen carrier platform for conserved influenza viral epitopes
(Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr)
Current position: Senior Scientist, ACIB Vienna

BioToP-Project: Investigation and Enhancement of Growth Characteristics of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells
(Supervisor: Nicole Borth)
Current position: Senior Scientist, ACIB Vienna

Email: Krisztina Koczka
BioToP-Project: Molecular engineering of baculoviral based protein expression in insect cells
(Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr)

BioToP-Project: Engineering of a novel fungal esterase by means of directed evolution and site-directed mutagenesis
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current position: Postdoc at the University of Manchester, UK

BioToP-Project: Engineering of pyranose oxidoreductases for modified oxygen reactivity
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current position: Quality Specialist, Pfizer

BioToP-Project: Expression cloning of immunomodulatory glycan-modifying enzymes in insect cells
(Supervisor: Iain Wilson)
Current position: Program Manager Life Sciences at Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)

BioToP-Project: Contribution of enthalpy and entropy in molecular association
(Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink)
Current position: Postdoc at the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

BioToP-Project: Mechanism and dynamics of extracellular cellulolytic protein interactions
(Supervisors: Chris Oostenbrink and Roland Ludwig)

BioTop-Project: Structural and functional characterization of Fcab-antigen interaction
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)
Current position: PostDoc at the Department of Biotechnology, BOKU

BioToP-Project: Cross-Species Comparison of Expression Systems
(Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr)
Current position: Development Scientist, Shire

BioToP-Project: Advanced molecular modeling tools to quantify protein-protein interactions
(Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink)

BioToP-Project: Influence of amino acid sequence on growth and secretion of recombinant CHO cell lines
(Supervisor: Renate Kunert)
Current position: PostDoc at the Department of Biotechnology, BOKU

BioToP-Project: Assembly and interaction mechanisms of S-layer glycoproteins for applications in nanobiotechnology
(Supervisor: Paul Messner)
Current position: Scientist, Pharmaceutical Development, Sandoz, Schaftenau

Project: Antibody production in seed tissues: evaluating their subcellular deposition, N-glycan modification and functionality
(Supervisor: Eva Stöger)
Current position: PostDoc at the Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology

Project: Biochemistry of actinobacterial coproheme decarboxylase (ChdC) from Corynebacterium diphteriae
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)

BioToP-Project: Establishing platforms for the production of recalcitrant proteins for functional and structural studies
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current position: Postdoc at the MFPL, Vienna

BioToP-Project: Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and glycosylation
(Supervisor: Herta Steinkellner)

Project: Specialized ribosomes: implications for protein synthesis, cell behaviour and health
(Supervisor: Johannes Grillari)

BioToP-Project: Structure and dynamics of cellobiose dehydrogenase and cytochrome P450
(Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink)
Current position: PostDoc at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen

BioToP-Project: Receptor specificity of the H1 haemagglutinin of the H1N1 swine-origin influenza A virus (S-OIV)
(Supervisor: Friedrich Altmann)
Current position: Scientist Process Science/process analytics, Böhringer

BioToP-Project: Development of food-grade gene expression vectors in lactic acid bacteria
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current position: Lecturer, Da Nang University of Technology, Vietnam

BioToP-Project: Structural and functional characterisation of a novel bacterial peroxidase with homology to human heme peroxidases
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)
Current position: Scientist at q-bios GmbH, Germany

BioToP-Project: Isolation and functional characterization of Nicotiana benthamiana papain-like cysteine proteinases
(Supervisor: Lukas Mach)
Current position: Head of QC Lab Support, Octapharma

BioToP-Project: Generation and presentation of membrane protein targets using influenza virus−like particles
(Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr)

BioToP-Project: Interrelation of core metabolism with the production of heterologous proteins in yeast
(Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich)
Current position: PostDoc at EMBL, Heidelberg

BioToP-Project: Quantitative Metabolomics by LC–MS
(Supervisor: Gunda Köllensperger)
Current position: PostDoc at ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology

PENA NAVARRO David
BioToP-Project: Rational systems design of protein-producing yeasts: eliminating metabolic limitations
(Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser and Jürgen Zanghellini)
Current position:Senior Scientist at Valanx Biotech

BioToP-Project: Divergent evolution of the CDE superfamily
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)
Current Position: Postdoc at the Department of Chemistry, BOKU

Email: Vera Pils
BioToP-Project: Extracellular Vesicles: Proteome, miRnome and influence on stem cells
(Supervisor: Johannes Grillari)

BioToP-Project: Investigation of cellobiose dehydrogenase and lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase for application in industry
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current Position: Spin-off Fellowship of FFG for start-up company ALDOX

BioToP-Project: Isolation and functional characterization of Nicotiana benthamiana serine proteinases involved in the degradation of recombinant proteins
(Supervisor: Lukas Mach)

BioToP-Project: Yeast Cell Wall Characterisation
(Supervisor: Gunda Köllensperger)
Current position: Postdoc at the University of Vienna

BioToP-Project: Glycoprofiling of oral pathogens – identification of novel glycoproteins and impact of glycosylation on biofilm formation
(Supervisor: Christina Schäffer)
Current position: International Drug Regulatory Affairs Manager, Octapharma
BioToP-Project: Regulation of heterologous protein production in relation to cell growth
(Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich)
Current position: PostDoc at the Department of Biotechnology, BOKU

SADIO Flavio
BioToP-Project: Engineering of T-cell receptor for bispecificity
(Supervisor: Florian Rüker)
Current position: Junior Scientist at Austrianni GmbH

BioToP-Project: Developing rcSso7d-based inhibitory receptors for improving the specificity and safety of NKG2D-CAR-T cells
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)

BioToP-Project: Influence of surface curvature on unfolding of proteins on nanoparticles
(Supervisor: Alois Jungbauer)
Current position: Research Scientist at ACIB, Vienna
BioToP-Project: Comparative structural and functional studies on chlorite dismutases and DyP-type peroxidases
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)
Current position: Coordinator of Core Facility Biomolecular Analysis, BOKU

BioToP-Project: Genomic and epigenomic analysis of a plant-based expression platform for recombinant glycoproteins
(Supervisor: Heinz Himmelbauer and Lukas Mach)

BioToP-Project: Structural and mechanistic studies on chlorite dismutase (Cld) from Cyanothece sp. PCC7425
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)

SCHÜTZ Georg
BioToP-Project: Structure-function relationships in the electron transfer reactions of cellobiose dehydrogenase
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current position: PostDoc at Department of Food Science and Technology

BioToP-Project: In silico guided humanization of antibodies
(Supervisor: Renate Kunert)

Email: Benjamin Sevcnikar
Project: Biochemistry of invertebrate peroxidasins
Supervisor: Christian Obinger, Department of Chemistry

BioToP-Project: Modelling of interactions in microRNA and gene expression and validation of predicted targets
(Supervisor: David Kreil)
Current position: Lecturer Clinical Bioinformatics at FH Campus Vienna, Austria

BioToP-Project: Powerful expression of recombinant proteins
(Supervisor: Renate Kunert)
Current position: Process Engineer, Bilfinger Industrietechnik Salzburg
BioToP-Project: Human peroxidasins – new multidomain oxidoreductases in the vascular system
(Supervisor: Christian Obinger)
Current position: Validation Specialist, Pfizer

BioToP-Project: MAPK and JAK/STAT Signaling in Immune Regulation by Dendritic Cells
(Supervisor: Lukas Mach)
Current position: PostDoc at the Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland

Email: Antonio Sponga
Project: Structural characterization of Z-disk complex
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

BioToP-Project: Recreation of ancestral members of the GMC family of FAD-dependent oxidoreductases
(Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich)
Current position: PostDoc at Department of Food Science and Technology

Project: Protein-liposome conjugates as novel HIV vaccine candidates
(Supervisor: Karola Vorauer-Uhl)

Email: Diana Szeliova
BioToP-Project: Quantitative metabolic flux analysis in CHO cells
(Supervisor: Nicole Borth)
Current position: PostDoc at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna

Email: Nora Tir
BioToP-Project: Introduction of unnatural amino acids in recombinant proteins with the yeast Pichia pastoris
(Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich)
BioToP-Project: Glycoprofiling of the oral pathogen Tannerella forsythia for identifying novel strategies in pathogenicity
(Supervisor: Christina Schäffer)
Current position: PostDoc at the ETH Zürich, Switzerland

BioToP-Project: Development of a seed-based strategy for the design of a mucosal vaccine against S. pneumoniae
(Supervisor: Eva Stöger)

BioToP-Project: Modelling and simulations of glycosylated proteins
(Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink)

Email: Stefan Vogt
Project: Extracellular vesicles as tool for drug delivery
Supervisor: Florian Rüker, Department of Biotechnology

BioToP-Project: Change of the Global Methylation Pattern to Alter the Growth Phenotype of CHO-Cells
(Supervisor: Nicole Borth)
BioToP-Project: Generation and presentation of membrane protein targets using baculovirus surface display
(Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr)

BioToP Project: Characterization of microbial methanol metabolism
(Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich)
Current position: PostDoc at the Department of Biotechnology, BOKU