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Luisa holds a PhD in Agro-Industrial Biotechnology and has over 15 years of experience in the field of molecular farming, utilizing plant platforms for the production of recombinant pharmaceutical proteins in both industry and academia. She has extensively explored the use of genome editing technologies, particularly the CRISPR/Cas9 system, to enhance plant production platforms. Since November 2017, she has been affiliated with the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM), where she leads the Molecular Applied Biotechnology group. Her focus is on producing advanced bio-based building blocks for polymers and developing plant and microbial engineering techniques for sustainable factory applications. Luisa's teaching portfolio includes courses on Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, and Biotechnology at both Master and Bachelor levels. Her research interests prominently feature plant molecular farming, recombinant protein expression, and genome editing technologies including CRISPR/Cas9. Additionally, she serves as an Associate Professor and is a Scientific Board member at AMIBM, having progressed through various academic roles since beginning her research career as a Postdoctoral researcher.
AMIBM, Maastricht University • Geleen
AMIBM, Maastricht University • Geleen
Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, RWTH-Aachen • Aachen
Nomad Bioscience GmbH • Garching
Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona • Verona
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