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Stoffwechsel 2.0: Retrosynthese des mikrobiellen Metabolismus

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Synthetic biology is a fast growing field with big promise for biotechnological applications. In our laboratory, we aim at realizing synthetic metabolism in a truly de novo approach via metabolic retrosynthesis. This includes the discovery and engineering of novel enzymes to sustain our designer pathways, the in vitro reconstitution and optimization of the synthetic routes, as well as the transplantation of these artificial pathways into living organisms.

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Terrestrische Mikrobiologie und Zentrum für Synthetische Mikrobiologie (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10, D-35043, Marburg, Deutschland

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Tobias J. Erb 1999–2005 Chemie- und Biologiestudium an der Universität Freiburg. 2005–2009 Doktorarbeit an der Universität Freiburg und der Ohio State University, USA, ausgezeichnet mit dem VAAM-Promotionspreis 2010. 2009–2011 Postdoc am Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, USA. 2011–2014 Nachwuchsgruppenleiter an der ETH Zürich, Schweiz. Seit 2014 Leiter der Gruppe „Biochemie und Synthetische Biologie des Mikrobiellen Metabolismus“ am Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg.

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Erb, T.J. Stoffwechsel 2.0: Retrosynthese des mikrobiellen Metabolismus. Biospektrum 23, 264–266 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-017-0792-6

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