Bernhard Krismer PhD

Bernhard Krismer studied Biology in Innsbruck, Austria, and Tübingen, Germany, and obtained Diploma and PhD degrees in Microbiology. He held a postdoctoral position in the lab of Friedrich Gotz in Tubingen. In 2002 he joined the company DR. PETRY genmedics GmbH as CSO (chief scientific officer), being responsible for contract research, development of large scale protein expression and purification with a proprietary expression system, and screening of natural product libraries. Since 2008 he is a member of the group of Prof. Andreas Peschel focusing on the human nose as habitat for pathogenic S. aureus and the development of new antiinfectives.