Dr. Leonie Kertess

Tailored advice, initiation and support for innovative national/European R&I projects-Identification of innovative ideas and creating networks-academics/MDs (e.g. basic, interdisciplinary, translational research incl. clinical studies) to the private sector (Start-Ups, SMEs) in the field of (Digital) Health, Medtech and Biotech- information and partnering events - Represention of the BayFOR at conferences/workshops/summits/fairs

Visiting Researcher, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Prof. Fraser Armstrong (FRS) “Can Hydrogenase Mechanisms be Unified?” - Mutagenesis (genomic level), homologous expression and purifitcation (Äkta) of a membrane bound [NiFe]-Hydrogenases - Characterization of [NiFe]-Hydrogenases by Protein Film Electrochmistry - Comparison of catalytic features of [FeFe]- and [NiFe]-Hydrogenases

„Functional Interplay Between the Protein Scaffold and the H-Cluster in [FeFe]-Hydrogenases of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Clostridium pasteurianum“ - Proteinengineering - recombinant expression-protein purification - in-vitro maturation - protein crystallization - UV/Vis spectroscopy-X-ray structure analysis - FTIR -EPR -protein film electrochemistry Supervision of 3 practical classes, 3 internship students, 2 Bachelor students and 1 Master student

Masterthesis in the group Chimie Biologique et Applications Thérapeutiques, Dr. Myriam Seemann „Site-directed mutagenesis of LytB, an iron-sulfur cluster enzyme: What happens to its cluster, structure and activity?“ 15,736/20 ("bien"​); standings: 1/14

Bachelorthesis at the Institute of Hydrochemistry, TUM, Prof. Dr. D. Knopp „Optimization of extraction and immunological determination (ELISA) of Deoxynivalenol in crops“ - Responsible for the project „GoBiochem“ of the TUM designated for high school students