Dr. Henrike Niederholtmeyer

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Henrike Niederholtmeyer conducts research in the field of cell-free synthetic biology. Her approach uses cell-free expression systems to rapidly characterize new genetic constructs and proteins, aiming to build life-like systems from simple biochemical components. Her team studies the effects of spatial order in complex biochemical systems and aims to engineer specialized compartments for practical applications. She studied biotechnology at the University of Münster and Harvard Medical School, completed her PhD at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of California, San Diego. From 2020 to 2022, she led the Emmy Noether Research Group 'Cell-Free Synthetic Biology' at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg before being appointed as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Synthetic Biology at the Technical University of Munich in 2022.

Research Interests

Experience

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

2022-01-01 — Present

Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany

Leading research in Synthetic Biology, focusing on cell-free systems.

Leader of Emmy Noether Research Group

2020-01-01 — 2022-01-01

Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology • Marburg, Germany

Conducting research in cell-free synthetic biology.

Postdoctoral Researcher

2019-01-01 — 2020-01-01

University of California, San Diego • San Diego, USA

Focusing on cell-free expression systems.

Awards

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ERC Starting Grant "SYNSEMBL"

2022-01-01
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Emmy Noether Research Group Grant

2020-01-01
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Postdoc Fellowships

2015-01-01