(2019)
Biocatalytic strategies towards [4+2] cycloadditions.
Chemistry 25(28),
6864-6877.
(Review)
Dr Hajo Kries
Biosynthetic Design of Natural Products · Head +49 3641 532 1735 hajo.kries@leibniz-hki.deCurriculum vitae
Professional Career
| 2023 | Substitute Professor W3 Organic Chemistry I, University of Bayreuth |
| since 2016 | Junior Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Hans-Knöll-Institute), Jena |
| 2014-2016 | Postdoc, John Innes Centre, Norwich (UK), with Prof. Sarah E. O'Connor |
| 2009-2014 | PhD "Tailor-made biocatalysts by enzyme design, redesign, and directed evolution" at ETH Zurich with Prof. Donald Hilvert |
| 2007-2009 | MSc in Chemistry, ETH Zurich |
| 2006-2007 | BSc in Biochemistry, University of Geneva |
| 2003-2006 | Studies of Biochemistry, University of Jena |
| 2002 | Abitur at the Gymnasium Heide-Ost |
Awards · Appointments · Scientific Activities
| 2021 | Max Buchner Fellowship, DECHEMA |
| 2020 | Medac Research Prize |
| 2019 | FCI material cost allowances |
| 2017-2019 | Fellowship of the Daimler and Benz Foundation |
| 2015-2016 | Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship (H2020), project 658155 |
| 2015 | Friedrich-Weygang-Preis, awarded by the Max-Bergmann-Kreis |
| 2015 | ETH Medal for the PhD thesis |
| 2014-2015 | Early Postdoc.Mobility fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) |
| 2011-2014 | PhD Fellowship of the Stipendienfonds der Schweizerischen Chemischen Industrie (SSCI) |
| 2010-2012 | PhD Fellowship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation |
| 2008-2009 | Oskar Jeger Fellowship for master studies (ETH Zurich) |
| 2008 | Novartis Master Fellowship |
| 2007-2009 | DAAD grant for foreign studies |
| 2005-2009 | Fellowship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation |
Publications
(2019)
HAMA: A multiplexed LC-MS/MS assay for specificity profiling of adenylate-forming enzymes.
Chem Sci 10(44),
10395-10399.
(2019)
Adenylation domains in nonribosomal peptide engineering.
ChemBioChem 20(11),
1347-1356.
(Review)
(2018)
Nonribosomal biosynthesis of backbone-modified peptides.
Nat Chem 10(3),
282-287.
(2017)
Inverted stereocontrol of iridoid synthase in snapdragon
J Biol Chem 292(35),
14659-14667.
(2016)
Identification and Characterization of the Iridoid Synthase Involved in Oleuropein Biosynthesis in Olive (Olea europaea) Fruits.
J Biol Chem 291(11),
5542-5554.
(2016)
Biosynthetic engineering of nonribosomal peptide synthetases.
J Pept Sci 22(9),
564-570.
(2016)
Structural determinants of reductive terpene cyclization in iridoid biosynthesis.
Nat Chem Biol 12(1),
6-8.
(2016)
Biocatalysts from alkaloid producing plants.
Curr Opin Chem Biol 31,
22-30.
(Review)
(2016)
Site-Specific Polymer Conjugation Stabilizes Therapeutic Enzymes in the Gastrointestinal Tract.
Adv Mater 28(7),
1455-1460.
