AHLHEIT Daniel
Email: Daniel Ahlheit
Project: Exploring energy metabolism on C1 carbon sources in the yeast Komagataella phaffii
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich

ALMEIDA Eduardo
Email: Eduardo Almeida
Project: Identifying innovative binders for the purification of secretory immunoglobulin A from complex matrices
Supervisor: Johannes Buyel

AMOROSO Chiara
Email: Chiara Amoroso
Project: New enzymes, reconstruction and design for industrial synthesis
Supervisor: Clemens Peterbauer

BRUNMAYR Philipp
Email: Philipp Brunmayr
Project: Developing a framework to enhance T-cell receptor functionality
Supervisor: Michael Traxlmayr

CAKMAK Ceren
Email: Ceren Cakmak
Project: Biomimicking mammalian ER in plants
Supervisor: Eva Stöger

CARRILLO-CASADO Raúl
Email: Raúl Carrillo-Casado
Project: Constructing a self-assembling system for improved biocatalyst immobilization
Supervisors: Christina Schäffer, Clemens Peterbauer, Roland Ludwig and Chris Oostenbrink

CASSIANI Alice
Email: Alice Cassiani
Project: Biochemistry of actinobacterial coproporphyrin ferrochelatase from Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Supervisor: Stefan Hofbauer

DO Thuc Dai Ngo
Email: Thuc Dai Ngo Do
Project: Transglycosylation of microbial β-N-acetylhexosaminidases for the biosynthesis of human milk oligosaccharide precursor structure
Supervisor: Thu-Ha Nguyen

ENDER Jakob
Email: Jakob Ender
Project: Importance of heme biosynthesis in the oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis
Joint-Supervisors: Stefan Hofbauer and Christina Schäffer

FABIANI Marco
Email: Marco Fabiani
Project: Repurposing enzyme activities for polymer degradation
Supervisor: Stefan Hofbauer

FALB Nikolaus
Email: Nikolaus Falb
Project: Variation of the linking loop in dimeric α-β barrel proteins
Supervisor: Stefan Hofbauer

FEGERL Isabella
Email: Isabella Fegerl
Project: Protein-protein interactions in prokaryotic heme biosynthesis: Substrate channeling, electron transfer and possibly more
Supervisor: Stefan Hofbauer

FERNANDEZ-GIRO Miriam
Email: Miriam Fernandez-Giro
Project: Developing novel descriptors for chromatographic protein separation
Supervisor: Johannes Buyel

FRADINGER Andreas
Email: Andreas Fradinger
Project:Understanding protein-body formation and purification
Joint-Supervisors: Johannes Buyel and Eva Stöger

GENIN Joachim
Email: Joachim Genin
Project: Interplay of glycosylation & cell surface display of T9SS cargo proteins in oral pathogens – New avenues for treatment of periodontitis?
Supervisor: Christina Schäffer

HÖRTNAGEL Dominik
Email: Dominik Hörtnagel
Project: Hybrid quantum / classical simulations of enzymes
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink

HUBER Sophie
Email: Sophie Huber
Project: Fast and reproducible generation of stable mammalian cells by baculovirus mediated genome integration
Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr

HUDAKOVÁ Laura
Email: Laura Hudaková
Project: Understanding protease selectivity for protein linker sequences
Supervisors: Buyel, Stöger, Gasser & Traxlmayr

JONIS Rastislav
Email: Rastislav Jonis
Project: The interactome of multimeric recombinant proteins in yeast cells with modified ER morphology
Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser

JURAČKA Stanislav
Email: Stanislav Juračka
Project: Advanced synthetic biology tools for yeast strain development
Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser

KALOGJERA Lara
Email: Lara Kalogjera
Project: Engineering transport of C1 substrates over yeast membranes
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich

KALTENBACH Vincent
Email: Vincent Kaltenbach
Project: What´s in there? - Developing rapid and high-purity organelle isolation methods for advanced subcellular metabolomics in yeast
Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser

KERESZTY Réka
Email: Réka Kereszty
Project: The impact of ER morphology on the assembly and interactions of sIgA in the endomembrane system of plants
Supervisor: Eva Stöger

KUVEK Tea
Email: Tea Kuvek
Project: Binding site dynamics and solvation
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink

KUZMAN Miriam
Email: Miriam Kuzman
Project: Grafting the ribulose monophosphate cycle for methanol assimilation into Komagataella phaffii
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich

LEITGEB Urban
Email: Urban Leitgeb
Project: Deciphering the folding and inhibition mechanism of the staphylococcal myeloperoxidase inhibitor SPIN
Supervisor: Christian Obinger

LIER Bettina
Email: Bettina Lier
Project: Free-energy calculations in metalloproteins
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink

MALECKI Pawel
Email: Pawel Malecki
Project: Synthetic biology-based cell engineering of the yeast Pichia pastoris
Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser

MALTROVSKY Lina
Email: Lina Maltrovsky
Project: Boosting CAR T cell anti-tumor potency through endomembrane engineering
Supervisor: Michael Traxlmayr

MAYER Julia
Email: Julia Mayer
Project: Engineering OR-gated CAR T cells to prevent resistance due to antigen loss
Supervisor: Michael Traxlmayr

MOHD FAUZIEE Nur Afifah Binti
Email: Nur Afifah Binti Mohd Fauziee
Project: Novel sialidases for enzymatic recovery of sialic acid from edible bird's nest (EBN) co-products
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich

MORITZ Charles
Email: Charles Moritz
Project: Enzyme engineering and evolution for improvement of methanol utilization in yeast
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich

OROU Noel
Email: Noel Orou
Project: Who does what – and where? Diverse roles of bacterial peroxidases and their location
Supervisor: Clemens Peterbauer

PALANDRE Pauline
Email: Pauline Palandre
Project: Predicting protein complex binding affinity by integrating dynamic features and high-throughput screening data with deep learning
Supervisor: Stefan Hofbauer, Chris Oostenbrink and Michael Traxlmayr

PATHMINI VINOD KUMAR Meenakshi
Email: Meenakshi Pathmini
Project: Understanding the molecular basis of functional and structural stability of peroxygenases
Supervisor: Stefan Hofbauer

PHIROM-ON Konlarat
Email: Konlarat Phirom-on
Project: Exploitation of transglycosylation activities of bifidobacterial glycoside hydrolases for the synthesis of human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) structures
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich

RIEDL Markus
Email: Markus Riedl
Project: Multi-omics analysis of CHO cell lines
Supervisor: Nicole Borth

ROBINS Ria
Email: Ria Robins
Project: Quantification of protein-protein interactions from molecular simulations
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink

SCHACHINGER Valentin
Email: Valentin Schachinger
Project: Exploring the potential of pectin as a sustainable substrate for yeast biotechnology
Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser

SCHUBERT Fabian
Email: Fabian Schubert
Project: Plant-based production and bioencapsulation of immunotherapeutics for allergy treatment
Supervisor: Eva Stöger

SCHUH Marc
Email: Marc Schuh
Project: Protein-protein interactions
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink

SEBASTIAN Ivy Rose
Email: Ivy Rose Sebastian
Project: Identification of both coding and non-coding genomic regions that contribute to bioprocess relevant behaviour
Supervisor: Nicole Borth

SPREITZER Fiona
Email: Fiona Spreitzer
Project: More than just letters – the impact of protein sequence variation on expressibility and host cell responses
Joint-Supervisors: Brigitte Gasser, Clemens Peterbauer and Michael Traxlmayr

STADLMAYER Dorian
Email: Dorian Stadlmayer
Project: Reshaping the yeast ER
Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser

SUMESGUTNER Delia
Email: Delia Sumesgutner
Project: Elucidating the molecular mechanism of engineered binders targeting the activated conformation of EGFR
Supervisor: Michael Traxlmayr

WALCHER Stephanie
Email: Stephanie Walcher
Project: Glycobiology aspects of Tannerella serpentiformis
Supervisor: Christina Schäffer