(2015)
A subdomain swap strategy for reengineering nonribosomal peptides.
Chem Biol 22(5),
640-648.
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
(2014)
Reprogramming nonribosomal peptide synthetases for "clickable" amino acids
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 53(38),
10105-10108.
(2014)
The effect of phosphomonoesterases on the oxygen isotope composition of phosphate.
Geochim Cosmochim Acta 125,
519-527.
(2013)
Precision is essential for efficient catalysis in an evolved Kemp eliminase.
Nature 503(7476),
418-421.
(2013)
De novo enzymes by computational design.
Curr Opin Chem Biol 17(2),
221-228.
(Review)
(2011)
Tailor-made peptide synthetases.
Chem Biol 18(10),
1206-1207.
(2010)
Design, selection, and characterization of a split chorismate mutase.
Protein Sci 19(5),
1000-1010.
