Alumni

ANZENGRUBER Julia
Project: Glycosylation engineering of S-layer proteins for bioactivity
Supervisor: Christina Schäffer
BARBAY Diane
Project: Characterization of transcriptional regulatory proteins
Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser
BAUMSCHABL Michael
Project: Increasing efficiency of CO2 assimilation in synthetic autotrophic Pichia pastoris
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich
BENEDETTI Filippo
Project: Bispecific antibodies with monovalent antigen engagement in the Fc domain
Supervisor: Florian Rüker
BOBBILI Madhusudhan Reddy
Project: Extracellular vesicle trafficking in aging
Supervisor: Johannes Grillari
BÖNISCH Maximilian
Project: Engineering the interface of Fab fragments for the generation of bispecific antibodies
Supervisor: Johannes Grillari
BRESLMAYR Erik
Project: Changing the substrate specifity of lytic polysaccharide monooxygeanse
Joint-Supervisors: Roland Ludwig and Chris Oostenbrink
BREY Charlotte
Project: Developing rcSso7d-based chimeric antigen receptors
Supervisor: Christian Obinger
BRUGGER Dagmar
Project: Engineering of pyranose oxidoreductases for modified oxygen reactivity
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich
CHROMIKOVA Veronika
Project: Regulation of expression of recombinant pentameric IgM
Supervisor: Renate Kunert
DE Sonakshi
Project: Cellular Mechanisms of Regulation
Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser
DIETRICH Sylvia
Project: Engineering the interface of Fab fragments
Supervisor: Florian Rueker
DOBERSBERGER Markus
Project: Allosteric molecular recognition to improve tumor specificity
Supervisor: Michael Traxlmayr
DUTKIEWICZ Zuzanna
Project: Structure and Function of Hexosaminidases
Supervisor: Iain Wilson
ECKMAIR Barbara
Project: Characterisation of unusual glycosyltransferases from lower eukaryotes
Supervisor: Iain Wilson
EIDENBERGER Lukas
Project: Engineering and functional activities of polysialylated IgG antibodies
Supervisor: Herta Steinkellner
EISENHUT Peter
Project: Productivity optimisation of CHO cells by epigenome alterations
Supervisor: Nicole Borth
FÜHRER Johannes
Project: Enzymatic isotope−labeling of O-glycans for improved tumor biomarker analysis
Supervisor: Friedrich Altmann

FRIEDRICH Valentin
Project: Carbohydrate-active enzymes in S-layer protein glycosylation
Supervisor: Paul Messner

GASSELHUBER Bernhard
Project: Functional studies on catalase-peroxidases and design of mechanism-based inhibitor
Supervisor: Christian Obinger
GASSLER Thomas
Project: Metabolic engineering of Pichia pastoris
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich
GEIGER Barbara
Project: Directed Evolution of a Beta-Galactosidase into a Transgalactosidase
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich

GÖRITZER Kathrin
Project: Analysis of structure−function relationships of monomeric and dimeric human IgA1 and IgA2 with defined N− and O−glycosylation
Joint-Supervisors: Richard Strasser, Christian Obinger and Rupert Tscheliessnig

GONAUS Christoph
Project: Evolution and engineering of pyranose dehydrogenase for biofuel cell applications
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich
GRACIA I CARMONA Oriol
Project: Thermodynamics for allosteric modulation
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink
GRAF Michael
Project: Probing the active site of pyranose dehydrogenase
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich
GUZMAN RUIZ Leticia
Project: Seasonal influenza virus vaccine effectiveness through recombinant neuraminidase on VLPs
Joint-Supervisors: Reingard Grabherr and Alois Jungbauer
HAGER Fiona
Project: Molecular basis of pyruvylated cell wall polymer – SLH-protein interactions
Supervisor: Christina Schäffer
HARREITHER Eva
Project: Directed Evolution of CHO host cell lines
Supervisor: Johannes Grillari
HASENHINDL Christoph
Project: New generations of monoclonal antibodies based on the Fc-fragment of IgG1
Supervisor: Christian Obinger
HAUSJELL Christina
Project: Inducible regulation of baculovirus genes involved in secretion and virus budding
Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr
HEISTINGER Lina
Project: Engineering Pichia pastoris for antibody surface display
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich
HERMANN ENIKÖ
Project: Mechanistic synergism between bacterial pyranose oxidase and peroxidase in lignin depolymerization
Joint-Supervisors: Chris Oostenbrink and Clemens Peterbauer
HERNANDEZ - LOPEZ Inmaculada
Project: Genomic rearrangements in CHO producer cell lines
Supervisor: Nicole Borth

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

HOFBAUER Stefan
Project: Biocatalysis of chlorite dismutation
Supervisor: Christian Obinger
HONORATO Victor
Project: Impact of cellular redox state on protein production and secretion in yeast
Joint-Supervisors: Brigitte Gasser and Jürgen Zanghellini
JADHAV Vaibhav
Project: MicroRNOMics of CHO host and production cell lines
Supervisor: Johannes Grillari
JAKOB Leo
Project: Protein solubility in buffers with kosmotropic salts and polyols
Supervisor: Alois Jungbauer
KIENZL Nikolaus
Project: Enzymatic properties and evolutionary origin of the cancer-associated protease cathepsin O
Joint-Supervisors: Lukas Mach and Dietmar Haltrich
KOCZKA Krisztina
Project: Molecular engineering of baculoviral based protein expression in insect cells
Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr
KOSTELAC Anja
Project: Increasing thermostability of pyranose oxidase by enzyme evolution
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich
KRONDORFER Iris
Project: Engineering of pyranose oxidoreductases for modified oxygen reactivity
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich
LAI Balder
Project: Contribution of enthalpy and entropy in molecular association
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink
LAURENT Christophe
Project: Mechanism and dynamics of extracellular cellulolytic protein interactions
Joint-Supervisors: Chris Oostenbrink and Roland Ludwig
LOBNER Elisabeth
Project: Structural and functional characterization of Fcab-antigen interaction
Supervisor: Christian Obinger
MACCANI Andreas
Project: Cross-Species Comparison of Expression Systems
Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr
MAURER Manuela
Project: Advanced molecular modeling tools to quantify protein-protein interactions
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink

MITIC Bernd
Project: Advanced analytical strategies for investigation of alternative methanol assimilation in methylotrophic yeasts
Joint-Supervisors: Stephan Hann and Diethard Mattanovich

MONTERO-MORALES Laura
Project: Immunoglobulin E (IgE) and glycosylation
Supervisor: Herta Steinkellner
MOTYCKA Bettina
Project: Resolving dynamic protein conformations in multidomain enzymes with SAXS
Joint-Supervisors: Roland Ludwig and Rupert Tscheliessnig
NAGELREITER Fabian
Project: Specialized ribosomes: implications for protein synthesis, cell behaviour and health
Supervisor: Johannes Grillari
NAGY Gabor
Project: Structure and dynamics of cellobiose dehydrogenase and cytochrome P450
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink
ORTMAYR Karin
Project: Quantitative Metabolomics by LC–MS
Supervisor: Gunda Köllensperger

PENA NAVARRO David
Project: Rational systems design of protein-producing yeasts: eliminating metabolic limitations
Joint-Supervisors: Brigitte Gasser and Jürgen Zanghellini

PFANZAGL Vera
Project: Divergent evolution of the CDE superfamily
Supervisor: Christian Obinger

PILS Vera
Project: Extracellular Vesicles: Proteome, miRnome and influence on stem cells
Supervisor: Johannes Grillari
RAMPLER Evelyn
Project: Yeast Cell Wall Characterisation
Supervisor: Gunda Köllensperger
REBNEGGER Corinna
Project: Regulation of heterologous protein production in relation to cell growth
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich
REICHHART Thomas
Project: Engineering of Cellobiose Dehydrogenase for Glucose Biosensors
Supervisor: Roland Ludwig
RUGGERI Caterina
Project: Synthetic biology tools to control expression of multiple genes in a pathway
Supervisor: Nicole Borth
RUOCCO Valentina
Project: Effects of N-glycans on structure and dynamics of IgAs and their implications on receptor binding
Joint-Supervisors: Richard Strasser and Rupert Tscheließnig

SADIO Flavio
Project: Engineering of T-cell receptor for bispecificity
Supervisor: Florian Rüker

SATZER Peter
Project: Influence of surface curvature on unfolding of proteins on nanoparticles
Supervisor: Alois Jungbauer
SCHACHINGER Franziska
Project: Routing the flow of electron from cytochromes to oxidoreductases
Supervisor: Roland Ludwig
SCHIAVINATO Matteo
Project: Genomic and epigenomic analysis of a plant-based expression platform for recombinant glycoproteins
Joint-Supervisors: Heinz Himmelbauer and Lukas Mach
SCHWAIGER Lorenz
Project: Cytochromes as electron transfer mediators for bioelectrodes
Supervisor: Roland Ludwig
SCHWAIGERLEHNER Linda
Project: In silico guided humanization of antibodies
Supervisor: Renate Kunert
SCHWESTKA Jennifer
Project: Designed protein storage organelles and their uptake into target cells
Supervisor: Eva Stöger
SEIGNER Jacqueline
Project: The cancer immunotherapy antigen CD19 and its molecular interaction network
Joint-Supervisors: Christian Obinger and Renate Kunert
SEVCNIKAR Benjamin
Project: Biochemistry of invertebrate peroxidasins
Supervisor: Christian Obinger
SOMMEREGGER Wolfgang
Project: Powerful expression of recombinant proteins
Supervisor: Renate Kunert
SOUDI Monika
Project: Human peroxidasins – new multidomain oxidoreductases in the vascular system
Supervisor: Christian Obinger
SOUKUP Klara
Project: MAPK and JAK/STAT Signaling in Immune Regulation by Dendritic Cells
Supervisor: Lukas Mach
SPONGA Antonio
Project: Structural characterization of Z-disk complex
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich
STENITZER David
Project: Methylated N-glycans in moss – annoying or useful for biotechnology?
Supervisor:Friedrich Altmann
SULEIMAN Ehsan
Project: Protein-liposome conjugates as novel HIV vaccine candidates
Supervisor: Karola Vorauer-Uhl
SYLVANDER ELise
Project: Engineering a small molecule regulated heterodimerization system for the control of CAR T cells
Joint-Supervisors: Chris Oostenbrink and Christian Obinger
SZELIOVA Diana
Project: Quantitative metabolic flux analysis in CHO cells
Supervisor: Nicole Borth
TEUFL Magdalena
Project: Development of a novel binder scaffold
Supervisor: Christian Obinger
TSVIK Lidiia
Project: Novel Lactate-Oxidizing Enzymes for Biosensor Applications
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich
TURUPCU Aysegül
Project: Modelling and simulations of glycosylated proteins
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink
UETZ Pia
Project: O-glycan engineering of N. benthamiana for structure-function characterization of human IgA1
Joint-Supervisors: Eva Stöger and Richard Strasser
VÄLIMETS Silja
Project: Design of a minimal enzyme set for lignin depolymerization
Joint-Supervisors: Michael Sauer and Clemens Peterbauer
VIRGINIA Ludovika Jessica
Project: Accessory Activities 3: Novel Flavoprotein Oxidoreductase from bacterial sources
Supervisor: Clemens Peterbauer
VOGT Stefan
Project: Extracellular vesicles as tool for drug delivery
Supervisor: Florian Rüker
WAGNER Anja
Project: Nsun5 methylates rRNA: 'specialized' ribosomes in stress resistance and aging
Supervisor: Johannes Grillari
YAO Yuelang
Project: Effect of membrane organization on weak acid transport proteins
Joint-Supervisors: Karola Vorauer-Uhl and Michael Sauer
ZAVEC Domen
BioToP Project: Characterization of microbial methanol metabolism
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich