Studying Biochemistry and focusing on Genetics, Microbiology and Physical Biochemistry helped me a lot to understand Materials and Processes used in Biotechnology. I was really fascinated what can be created in a small reagent probe or in a petri tissue.
As a real exciting result of my diploma thesis was to reveal the dimer structure of HIV related protein (Formation of transient dimers by a retroviral protease, Biochem J (2010) 427 (2): 197–203).
Knowing about designing, producing, analyzing and understanding, DNAs, RNAs, mRNAs and their products, the proteins, is the basis of further evolution in this very wide technological field.
A lot of techniques have been actively used by me, like PCR, Immunoassays, NMR structural analysis, and the data has been evaluated, literature research done and the results have been brought into a bigger picture among the research community but also within the industry.
Cooperations took place with BASF, Cognis and Shiseido. My PhD thesis was the first use of recombinant proteins, so called hydrophobins, as emulgator for diverse applications, including cosmetics and biotechnology.
Different scientific papers have been released:
· Unique emulsions based on biotechnically produced hydrophobins, Soft Matter, 2011,7, 8248-8257
· Pickering emulsions stabilized by novel clay–hydrophobin synergism, Soft Matter, 2011,7, 11021-11030
· Hydrophobin coated boehmite nanoparticles stabilizing oil in water emulsions, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Volume 368, Issue 1, 15 February 2012, Pages 378-386
· Pickering emulsions stabilized by amphiphile covered clays, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Volume 413, 5 November 2012, Pages 25-32
· Boosting the stability of protein emulsions by the synergistic use of proteins and clays, Colloid and Polymer Science volume 290, pages631–640 (2012)
There is still a lot of interest, desire and hope in my mind to leverage relevant projects there.