Thomas Lab
Chemical Biology and Peptide Design

Dr. Franziska Thomas (née Mende)

Curriculum Vitae
06.2015 – present Independent Research at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
10.2010 – 05.2015 Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. Dr. Derek N. Woolfson at the University of Bristol, UK
Projects: "Design and Characterization of Heterodimeric Coiled Coils"
"Design and Synthesis of Coiled-Coil Peptide Nanotubes by Native Chemical Ligation"
"Probing the Binding of Small Hydrophobic Molecules to α-Helical Barrels"
04.2010 – 08.2010 Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Dr.Oliver Seitz at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Project: "Applying the Fmoc-based Solid-Phase Synthesis of Peptide Thioesters with Self-Purifying Effect in the Construction of Immobilized SH3 Domains"
11.2004 – 04.2010 Ph.D. Student with Prof. Dr. Oliver Seitz at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Project: "Fmoc-based Solid-Phase Synthesis of Peptide Thioesters with Self-Purifying Effect - A Useful Tool for the Native Chemical Ligation in Parallel Formats"
01.2004 – 09.2004 Diploma Thesis with Prof. Dr. Oliver Seitz at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Project: "Development of an Fmoc-based Solid-Phase Synthesis of Peptide Thioesters with Self-Purifying Effect"
10.1999 – 09.2004 Diploma Studies in Chemistry at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
06.1999 Abitur (University Entrance Exam)
Awards and Fellowships
10.2012 Friedrich-Weygand-Preis
Max-Bergmann-Kreis
09.2012 Young Investigators "Dr Bert L. Schram" Award
European Peptide Society, ESCOM Science Foundation; awarded talk at the 32nd EPS
11.2010 – 11.2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
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