Pharmaceutical Biocatalysis

Peter Grunwald studied chemistry at the Universities of Saarbrücken and Hamburg, Germany. He graduated in the field of high-frequency spectroscopy and then became a staff member of the Institute of Physical Chemistry. After receiving his PhD in physical chemistry, he founded a biotechnology research group. He was appointed professor in 2001.

Fermentative Production of Vitamin B6. Exploring Alternative Taxol Sources: Biocatalysis of 7-β-Xylosyl-10-Deacetyltaxol and Application for Taxol Production. Molecular Farming through Plant Engineering: A Cost Effective Approach to Produce Therapeutic and Prophylactic Proteins. Microbial Biotransformations in the Production and Degradation of Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals. Successful Screening of Potent Microorganisms Producing L-Asparaginase. Biotransformation of Xenobiotics in Living Systems. Degradation of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds by White-Rot Fungi and Their Ligninolytic Enzymes. Removal of Pharmaceutical Pollutions from Municipal Sewage Mediated by Laccases. Mechanism of Drug Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Future Drug Discovery. Genome Editing and Gene Therapies: Complex and Expensive Drugs. Epigenetic and Metabolic Alterations in Cancer Cells: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Approaches.