Tobias J. Erb
Tobias J. Erb (born 9 May 1979.[1]) is a German biologist and chemist at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany. His research interest are microbial biochemistry and synthetic biology.
Life[edit]
Erb was born in Emmendingen. He studied chemistry and biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany, where he graduated with a diploma in biology and a master's degree in chemistry in 2005. From 2005 to 2009 he did his PhD in microbiology at the University of Freiburg and the Ohio State University. After his graduation, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois. From 2011 to 2014, Erb headed a junior research group at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. In 2014, Tobias Erb relocated to the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany, where he was promoted to director in 2017[1]. Since 2018, Erb is also professor for microbiology at the University of Marburg.
Research[edit]
Erb's research focuses on microbial carbon metabolism, in particular the biochemistry and synthetic biology of carbon dioxide conversion. His studies concentrate on the discovery, the function and the design of novel biocatalysts for the conversion of carbon dioxide from bacteria, algae and plants, as well as their use for artificial photosynthesis. In 2016, Erb and his team succeeded to realize the first synthetic pathway for CO2 fixation[2]. In 2020, they could demonstrate the first artificial chloroplast[3]
Awards (selection)[edit]
- 2013–2018 member of the Junge Akademie
- 2013 Encouragement Award of the Swiss Society of Microbiology[4]
- 2015 C&EN's Talented 12 American Chemical Society[5]
- 2016 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize of the German Research Foundation[6]
- 2017 Research Award of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM)
- 2018 Otto-Bayer Award, Bayer Foundation[7]
- 2019 Elected member European Academy of Microbiology[8]
- 2021 Elected member European Molecular Biology Organization[9]
Selected work[edit]
- M. Scheffen, D.G. Marchal, T. Beneyton, S.K. Schuller, M. Klose, C. Diehl, J. Lehmann, P. Pfister, C. Carrillo, H. He, S. Aslan, N.S. Cortina, P. Claus, D. Bollschweiler, J-C. Baret, J.M. Schuller, J. Zarzycki, A. Bar-Even und T.J. Erb, A new-to-nature carboxylation module to improve natural and synthetic CO2 fixation. In: Nature Catalysis, volume 4, 2021, p. 105-115.
- T.E. Miller, T. Beneyton, T. Schwander, C. Diehl, M. Girault, R. McLean, T. Chotel, P. Claus, N.S. Socorro Cortina, J-C. Baret, und T.J. Erb, Light-powered CO2 fixation in a chloroplast mimic with natural and synthetic parts. In: Science, volume 368, 2020, p. 649-654.
- L. Schada von Borzyskowski, F. Severi, K. Krüger, L. Hermann, A. Gilardet, F. Sippel, B. Pommerenke, P. Claus, N.S. Socorro Cortina, T. Glatter, S. Zauner, J. Zarzycki, B.M. Fuchs, E. Bremer, U.G. Maier, R.I. Amann, und T.J. Erb Marine Proteobacteria metabolise glycolate via the β-hydroxyaspartate cycle. In Nature, volume 575, 2019, p. 500-504
- T. Schwander, L. Schada von Borzyskowski, S. Burgener, N.S. Cortina, und T.J. Erb A synthetic pathway for the fixation of carbon dioxide in vitro. In: Science, volume 354, 2016, p. 901-904.
Weblinks[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Member profile of Tobias Erb". www.mpg.de. Retrieved 2021-09-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Using synthetic photosynthesis to combat climate change". www.mpg.de. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ↑ "Photosynthesis in a droplet". www.mpg.de. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ↑ "Awards". www.swissmicrobiology.ch. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ↑ "Tobias Erb: The CO Wrangler". Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 93 (27): 13. 2015-07-06. doi:10.1021/cen-09327-cover3. ISSN 0009-2347.
- ↑ "Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prizes 2016". www.dfg.de. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ↑ PatrickGage (2018-05-22). "2018 Otto Bayer Award Announced – The Bayer Foundation". Industrial Chemical Blog. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ↑ "New EAM Member: Prof. Tobias Erb". FEMS. 2021-06-08. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ↑ "EMBO member profile". people.embo.org. Retrieved 2021-09-20. Unknown parameter
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