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- Prof. Dr. Nediljko Budisa
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Name: Nediljko Budisa
Date of birth: 21. November 1966
Place of birth: Sibenik, Croatia
Nationality: Croatian
Family status: married, two sons
| 2001 - 2005 | Habilitation in Biochemistry, Technical University Munich. |
| 1993 - 1997 | PhD (summa cum laude) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. R. Huber at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. |
| 1989 - 1993 | MSc in Molecular Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Zagreb University. |
| 1986 - 1990 | BSc Teacher Training in Chemistry and Biology, Zagreb University. |
| 2010 - to date | Full Professor and Chair of Biocatalysis at the Institute of Chemistry, Technical University Berlin. |
| 2006 - 2010 | Lecturer in Biochemistry and Biotechnology in "Chemical Protein Engineering" at the Technical University Munich. |
| 2005 - 2010 | Head of Independent Junior Research Group "Molecular Biotechnology" at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. |
| 2001 - 2005 | Assistant member and group leader in the field of protein engineering at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry. |
| 1999-2000 | Founding of the company Proteros Biostructures GmbH. |
| 1997 - 1999 | Research Associate in the Department of Structural Research (R. Huber) at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich. |
| 2014 | One of the founders and leading figures in the field of Xenobiology. |
| 2013 | Founder of the first Berlin synthetic biology iGEM team (Gold medal 2014). |
| 2012 | Editorial Advisory Board of the SynBio-Journal "Symplectic Biology". |
| 2011 | Member of the ERA-Net ERASynBio Advisory Board. Member of the BBAW "Gentechnologiebericht" research group for Synthetic Biology. Member of the COST Network. |
| 2010 | Member of the Steering Committee of the Max-Planck Society of Synthetic Biology. |
| 2008 | Member of the "Synthetic and Systems Biology" research group of DECHEMA, Frankfurt; Strategic Advisory Board Member (since 2012). |
| 2007 | Member of the excellence cluster CIPSM of the Ludwig Maximilian Universität / Technischen Universität München (2007 – 2010). |
| 2004 | Reviewer and Advisior for BMBF, EU-FP7, DFG, NSF, MRC and various peer-reviewed scientific journals. |
| 2004 | BioFuture Award of German Federal Ministry for Research and Education (BMBF). |
| 2001 | Examiner of the Graduate School IMPRS at the Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich. |
| 2001 | Founder and Member of the German Society for Proteome Research. |
| 1998 | BioRegio Award for start-up biotech company "Proteros Biostructures" in Martinsried. |
| Main achievement: | One of the founders and pioneer of the research field of genetic code engineering. |
| Main vision: | Genome-wide redesign of the standard genetic code as the most promising route to change and expand the fundamental chemistry of life (i.e. to create synthetic life). |
| Main research goal: | To change the genetic code experimentally. |
| Scientific interests: | Synthetic Biology & Xenobiology; Bioorthogonal Chemistries; De novo protein and proteome design by combining directed enzyme evolution; Metabolic engineering; Synthetic chemistry and classical genetics (strain engineering and evolution); Engineering of the genetic code and protein synthesis apparatus; Protein stability, folding and design. |
| Various written contributions and book reviews as well as active organization of interdisciplinary workshops on the topic synthetic biology and artificial life. „Was ist Leben?“, Leopoldina, 2011. Visions of Synthetic Biology, Bremen, 2012. „Synthetische Biologie im Dialog“, Marburg, 2013. Summer School "Analyzing the Societal Dimensions of Synthetic Biology“, organized by the European Academy of Technology Innovation and Assessment, Berlin, 2014. |
| Activities for the promotion / popularization of science in the general public. |