Prof. Dr. Yvonne Mast, Leibniz Institute DSMZ
On the event of this 12 months“s Leibniz Conference on Bioactive Compounds, Prof. Dr. Yvonne Mast, head of the division Bioresources for Bioeconomy and Health Research of the DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH and professor on the Institute of Microbiology on the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, acquired the award Leibniz Drug of the Year 2024. Her analysis group on the DSMZ acquired the award along with colleagues from the University of Stuttgart, the University of Gothenburg and researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig on the finish of April 2024 for a examine describing a brand new genetic engineering strategy in the direction of the derivatization of bioactive compounds. Precisely, this entails a biotransformation-coupled mutasynthesis process for the technology of novel pristinamycin derivatives. Pristinamycin is an antibiotic synthesized by the bacterium Streptomyces pristinaespiralis. The Leibniz Conference on Bioactive Compounds is held by the Leibniz Research Network Bioactive Compounds. It gives various networking and dialogue alternatives for researchers, amongst one another and with trade representatives. This 12 months, it was hosted by the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz-Lipmann-Institute (FLI) in Jena. On April 24 and 25, 70 scientists from world wide met to assemble within the Thuringian analysis hub. For additional info, please go to
Original publication:
Hennrich O, Weinmann L, Kulik A, Harms Ok, Klahn P, Youn J-W, Surup F, Mast Y (2023) Biotransformation-coupled mutasynthesis for the technology of novel pristinamycin derivatives by engineering the phenylglycine residue. RSC Chem Biol. 4:1050-1063.
doi: 10.1039/d3cb00143a.
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