SynBiofoundry@TUM – Competencies
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Upscaling | Sustainability & Life Cycle Assessment | Entrepreneurship
Design
- Computational biochemistry and theoretical biophysics
- Professorship Protein Modeling
- Quantitative calculation of protein-ligand binding processes
- Professorship Protein Modeling
- Prediction of protein structure-function relationships
- Professorship Protein Modeling
Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources - Design of artificial nucleic acid structures (nucleic acid nanotechnology)
- Chair of Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems
- Design of gene circuits and in vivo computing
- Chair of Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems
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- Development of synthetic biology and genetic engineering tools
- Professorship Microbial Biotechnology
- Metabolic Engineering of novel and established microbial cell factories
- Professorship Microbial Biotechnology
- Development and application of enzyme engineering tools for diversification of protein sequences
- Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources
- Engineering of synthetic cellular and cell-fee systems
- Chair of Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems
Test
- Development and application of high-throughput analysis methods including microfluidics and robotics
- Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources
- Quantitative and systemic analysis of microbial systems
- Professorship Microbial Biotechnology
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- Development and application of novel bioinformatics methods to analyze biological and bio-chemical high-throughput data as well as different types of sequencing data
- Professorship Bioinformatics
- Development and application of statistical and machine-learning-based methods to analyze high-dimensional data and to build predictive models to gain a better understanding of the underlying biological processes
- Professorship Bioinformatics
- Development of specialized cloud- and web-applications as well as databases to store and analyze high-throughput data
- Professorship Bioinformatics
Upscaling
- Set up, upscaling and optimization of bioprocesses
- Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources
Professorship Microbial Biotechnology
Professorship Chemical Process Engineering - Measurement and modelling of thermo-physical properties
- Professorship Chemical Process Engineering
- Modelling and simulation of kinetics & technical bioprocesses
- Professorship Chemical Process Engineering
Sustainability & Life Cycle Assessment
- Determination of environmental impacts (Life Cycle Assessments) and economic performance
- Professorship Circular Economy
- Estimating social impacts and acceptance
- Professorship Circular Economy
Entrepreneurship
- Ideation of bio-based business opportunities
- Professorship Innovation and Technology Management
- Evaluation of bio-based business models
- Professorship Innovation and Technology Management
