Dr. Stephanie Mertens

Coordination of 4 team members, optimization of production processes - Process analysis & optimization using Lean/Six-Sigma - Development & validation of production processes incl. documentation (ISO-9001) - Establish high-throughput methods (antibody conjugate analysis) - Scale up (top sellers) - Scale down models (screening) - Integration of new analytical methods - Qualification, calibration & maintenance of new lab equipment - Writing & programming of documents using VBA - Resource & capacity management

Scholarship holder of the international research training group SeleCa. Training in metal- and biocatalysis through research projects and selected courses. Chemoenzymatic cascade reactions - Combination of transition metal catalysts and biocatalysts in aqueous media - Reaction condition engineering - Enzyme characterization - Analytical methods (GC, GC-MS, HPLC, MALDI-TOF) - Biohybrid & whole cell catalysis

Project-related exchange to Japan for research on artificial metalloenzymes. Three months of research training at Osaka University (Graduate School of Engineering) in the field of Applied Bioinorganic Chemistry.

P450 BM3 as model for the comparison of iterative and simultaneous site-saturation mutagenesis

Evolutive Protein Design: Generation of a Bacillus subtilis lipase A mutant library and screening for improved catalytic activity Expression and FACS analysis of eGPF-variants

Curl-retention of human hair after thermal treatment and tension tests. Solubility of keratin after chemical treatment for the food industry Thermal analysis (DSC, TGA) and moisture measurements

Expression of VEGF after shockwave-therapy of chondrocytes and osteoblasts - Cell culture / High-density culture - ELISA - Cell viability assays - qRT-PCR - Physical treatment of bone and cartilage cells with shock waves

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