Dr. Dominik Bernhagen

- Creating and monitoring offers - Scientific and commerical support of customer requests - Active customer support - Contract Negotiation - Business Development, evaluation of new markets, customers and distribution channels - Representation of the company on exhibitions and symposia - Active support in the creation of marketing tools

• Research: Development of integrin-binding peptides o Establishment of a fast and cost-effective assay to screen libraries of peptides for integrin binders o Successful isolation of high affinity integrin αvβ3- and α5β1-binding peptides (manuscript in preparation) • Evaluation of research results, presentation on various conferences and network meetings, writing scientific papers • Fellow of European Union’s project “BIOGEL”: Engineering responsive and biomedical materials for biomedical applications

Synthesis of peptide-functionalized 3D polyisocyanopeptide hydrogels Biocompatibility tests with adipose-derived stem cells

Confocal microscopy studies of cancer cell lines using high affinity, fluorescently-labeled RGD peptides

Synthesis and characterization of peptide-functionalized ELRs and ELR hydrogels

Synthesis of peptide-functionalized PEG hydrogels Biocompatibility tests with mouse fibroblasts

Herstellung von Emulsionen Herstellung von Vesikeln via Phasentransfer Spektroskopische und mikroskopische Charakterisierung

Development of integrin-binding, constrained peptides for application in diagnostics and biomaterials

Polymerchemie, Rhelogie, Organische Synthese, Bioorthogonale Chemie

Kolloid- und Grenzflächenchemie, UV-Vis-Spektroskopie, Fluoreszenzspektroskopie