
Dr. Uwe Horn
Biotechnikum
Telefon: +49 3641 532-1500 Telefax: +49 3641 532-2500 E-Mail: uwe.horn@leibniz-hki.de
- Entwicklung und Optimierung biotechnologischer Prozesse für Naturstoffe und Proteine
- Ultra High Throughput Screening von Naturstoff-Produzenten in mikrofluidischen Systemen
- Entwicklung von Technologien zum in vivo Monitoring von Bioprozessparametern
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
seit 2004 | Leiter des Biotechnikum, Leibniz Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie – Hans-Knöll-Institut (HKI) Jena |
1996-2004 | Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am HKI |
1994-1996 | Post-Doktorand in der AG von Prof. Dr. Andreas Plückthun, Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Schweiz, Finanzierung über EMBO Fellow Ship |
1994 | Dr. rer. nat. in Mikrobiologie, „magna cum laude“, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institut für Allgemeine Mikrobiologie |
1989-1994 | Wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Institut für Allgemeine Mikrobiologie der Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg |
1989 | Diplom in Biologie an der Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg |
1986-1989 | Studium der Biologie an der Martin Luther Universität, Halle-Wittenberg |
1984-1986 | Studium der Biologie an der Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität, Greifswald |
Auszeichnungen · Ämter · wissenschaftliche Aktivitäten
Mitglied im Editorial Board von Microbial Research und Reviewer von biotechnologisch orientierten Journalen z.B.: Appl Environ Microbiol.; Appl Microbiol Biotechnol.; Microbial Cell Factories; Microbial Research. |
(2016) The glycolytic enzyme enolase represents a plasminogen-binding protein on the surface of a wide variety of medically important fungal species. Int J Med Microbiol 306(1), 59-68. Details PubMed
(2016) Molecular architecture of Aβ fibrils grown in cerebrospinal fluid solution and in a cell culture model of Aβ plaque formation. Amyloid 23(2), 76-85. Details PubMed
(2016) Draft genome sequences of fungus Aspergillus calidoustus. Genome Announc 4(2), e00102-16. Details PubMed
(2016) Electron tomography reveals the fibril structure and lipid interactions in amyloid deposits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 113(20), 5604-5609. Details PubMed Supplement
(2016) Nanorough titanium surfaces reduce adhesion of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus via nano adhesion points Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 145, 617-625. Details PubMed
(2016) Enhanced Fibril Fragmentation of N-Terminally Truncated and Pyroglutamyl-Modified Aβ Peptides. Angew Chem Int Ed 55(16), 5081-5084. Details PubMed
(2014) Injury-induced biosynthesis of methyl-branched polyene pigments in a white-rotting basidiomycete J Nat Prod 77, 2658-2663. Details PubMed
(2014) Oligomer-targeting with a conformational antibody fragment promotes toxicity in Aβ-expressing flies. Acta Neuropathol Commun 2:43, Details PubMed Open Access PDF
(2013) Simultaneous analysis of the non-canonical amino acids norleucine and norvaline in biopharmaceutical-related fermentation processes by a new ultra-high performance liquid chromatography approach. Amino Acids 44(4), 1225-1231. Details PubMed Open Access PDF
(2013) Trace element associated reduction of norleucine and norvaline accumulation during oxygen limitation in a recombinant Escherichia coli fermentation. Microb Cell Fact 12, 116. Details PubMed Open Access PDF
(2012) Molecular basis of β-amyloid oligomer recognition with a conformational antibody fragment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(31), 12503-12508. Details PubMed Open Access PDF
(2012) Differential expression of silent polyketide biosynthesis gene clusters in chemostat cultures of Aspergillus nidulans. J Biotechnol 160(1-2), 64-71. Details PubMed
(2011) Phosphate and HEPES buffers potently affect the fibrillation and oligomerization mechanism of Alzheimer's Aβ peptide. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 409(3), 385-388. Details PubMed
(2011) Pattern recognition with a fibril-specific antibody fragment reveals the surface variability of natural amyloid fibrils. J Mol Biol 408(3), 529-540. Details PubMed
(2011) Amyloid fibril recognition with the conformational B10 antibody fragment depends on electrostatic interactions. J Mol Biol 405(2), 341-348. Details PubMed
(2011) Two induced fungal polyketide pathways converge into antiproliferative spiroanthrones. Chembiochem 12(12), 1836-1839. Details PubMed
(2011) Proteolytic cleavage of covalently linked cell wall proteins by Candida albicans Sap9 and Sap10. Eukaryot Cell 10(1), 98-9109. Details PubMed Open Access PDF
(2010) Activation of a silent fungal polyketide biosynthesis pathway through regulatory cross talk with a cryptic nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene cluster. Appl Environ Microbiol 76(24), 8143-8149. Details PubMed Open Access PDF Supplement
(2010) Production and derivate composition of trisporoids in extended fermentation of Blakeslea trispora. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 88(1), 241-249. Details PubMed
(2010) Novel approach of high cell density recombinant bioprocess development: optimisation and scale-up from microliter to pilot scales while maintaining the fed-batch cultivation mode of E. coli cultures. Microb Cell Fact 9, 35. Details PubMed Open Access
(2009) Facile promoter deletion in Escherichia coli in response to leaky expression of very robust and benign proteins from common expression vectors. Microb Cell Fact 8, 8. Details PubMed Open Access PDF
(2008) Interleukin-13 acts as an apoptotic effector on lung epithelial cells and induces pro-fibrotic gene expression in lung fibroblasts. Clin Exp Allergy 38(4), 619-628. Details PubMed
(2007) Directed selection of a conformational antibody domain that prevents mature amyloid fibril formation by stabilizing Abeta protofibrils. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(49), 19232-19237. Details PubMed
(2007) A dual expression platform to optimize the soluble production of heterologous proteins in the periplasm of Escherichia coli. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 76(6), 1413-1422. Details PubMed
(2007) An online monitoring system based on a synthetic sigma32-dependent tandem promoter for visualization of insoluble proteins in the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 75(2), 397-406. Details PubMed
(2007) A fluorogenic substrate as quantitative in vivo reporter to determine protein expression and folding of tobacco etch virus protease in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif 52(2), 478-484. Details PubMed