is a Biotech company founded in 2020 by Claudia Rinnofner. We focus on the production of protein-based (biological) molecules with unique physical and biochemical properties. We are located in Graz at the Zentrum für Wissens- und Technologietransfer in der Medizin (ZWT), Neue Stiftingtalstraße 2 | 8010 Graz, Austria.
Claudia Rinnofner earned her PhD at Graz University of Technology (TUG) in the research group of Prof. Anton Glieder at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology. Her doctoral thesis was devoted to the expression of recombinant proteins in Pichia pastoris employing synthetic promoters. Following her PhD she worked at ACIB GmbH (Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology) in an industrial multi-firm project. Claudia Rinnofner has more than 15 years experience as a scientist, working with Pichia pastoris and strain engineering including the recombinant expression of various heterologous proteins.
Sandra Fecker studied Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biomedicine at the University of Graz. She joined myBIOS in late 2021. Prior to it she was working in a diagnostics company. In the last 2 years she gained experience in the field of Pichia research and development and is currently working as lab-Team leader at myBIOS.
Alexandra Deibuk studied Molecular Biology in frame of her bachelor’s degree and is currently completing her master studies in Biochemistry and Molecular Biomedicine as well as Biotechnology. She did her master thesis at Graz Technical University in collaboration with myBIOS (master thesis in review). She is currently working at acib.
Azra Bjelic studies Molecular Biology and is working part-time at myBIOS.
Elma Zukancic studies Molecular Biology and is working part-time at myBIOS.
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Fürst, M., Kerschbaumer, B., Rinnofner, C., Migglautsch, A., Winkler, M., Fraaije, M., 2019. Exploring the Biocatalytic Potential of a Self-Sufficient Cytochrome P450 from <i>Thermothelomyces thermophila</i> Adv. Synth. Catal. https://doi.org/10.1002/adsc.201900076
Hartner, F.S., Ruth, C., Langenegger, D., Johnson, S.N., Hyka, P., Lin-Cereghino, G.P., Lin-Cereghino, J., Kovar, K., Cregg, J.M., Glieder, A., 2008. Promoter library designed for fine-tuned gene expression in Pichia pastoris. Nucleic Acids Res. 36, e76. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkn369
Hashem, C., Stolterfoht, H., Rinnofner, C., Steinberger, S., Winkler, M., Pichler, H., 2020. Secretion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lipoxygenase by Pichia pastoris upon Glycerol Feed. Biotechnol. J. 15, 2000089. https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.202000089
Mellitzer, A., Ruth, C., Gustafsson, C., Welch, M., Birner-Grünberger, R., Weis, R., Purkarthofer, T., Glieder, A., 2014. Synergistic modular promoter and gene optimization to push cellulase secretion by Pichia pastoris beyond existing benchmarks. J. Biotechnol. 191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.08.035
Näätsaari, L., Mistlberger, B., Ruth, C., Hajek, T., Hartner, F.S., Glieder, A., 2012. Deletion of the pichia pastoris ku70 homologue facilitates platform strain generation for gene expression and synthetic biology. PLoS One 7. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039720
Rinnofner, C., Kerschbaumer, B., Weber, H., Glieder, A., Winkler, M., 2019. Cytochrome P450 mediated hydroxylation of ibuprofen using Pichia pastoris as biocatalyst. Biocatal. Agric. Biotechnol. 17, 525–528. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BCAB.2018.12.022
Ruth, C., Buchetics, M., Vidimce, V., Kotz, D., Naschberger, S., Mattanovich, D., Pichler, H., Gasser, B., 2014. Pichia pastoris Aft1 – a novel transcription factor, enhancing recombinant protein secretion. Microb. Cell Fact. 13, 120. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12934-014-0120-5
Ruth, C., Glieder, A., 2010. Perspectives on synthetic promoters for biocatalysis and biotransformation. ChemBioChem 11. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.200900761
Ruth, C., Zuellig, T., Mellitzer, A., Weis, R., Looser, V., Kovar, K., Glieder, A., 2010. Variable production windows for porcine trypsinogen employing synthetic inducible promoter variants in Pichia pastoris. Syst. Synth. Biol. 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11693-010-9057-0
Stolterfoht, H., Rinnofner, C., Winkler, M., Pichler, H., 2019. Recombinant Lipoxygenases and Hydroperoxide Lyases for the Synthesis of Green Leaf Volatiles. J. Agric. Food Chem. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.9b02690