Steffen, Wojtek

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Wojtek Steffen
Project Leader Enzyme and Protein Technologies, Roche Diagnostics GmbH/Germany

 

"Conventional chemical strategies for protein conjugation are often lacking in site-specificity, linkage stability and reaction conditions. This effected the development of biocatalysts that confer regioselectivity for site-specific modification. Microbial Transglutaminases have long been known as promiscuously 'protein-glueing' enzymes in food technology, but are now emerging as highly specific, versatile and inexpensive tools for a broad range of industrial applications."

 

Vita:

Since 2016: Project and Development Lead for Roche's industrial business platform CustomBiotech, offering fully customized solutions for industrial enzymes and test kits, as well as biotechnological raw materials and reagents for customers in Pharma, Academia and Diagnostics.

2013 - 2015: Postdoctoral research in Enzyme Structure/Function at the 'Interfakultäres Institut für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsmedizin', University of Tübingen, and at the Department of Enzyme and Protein Technologies, Roche Diagnostics GmbH

2009 - 2012: Dr. rer. nat. on the structure and biochemistry of respiratory enzyme complexes at the Institute of Microbiology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart

2002 - 2008: Studies of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Zürich, Master of Science in Biochemistry

 

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