User:Juergen Mairhofer

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Juergen Mairhofer (an artistic interpretation)

• Juergen Mairhofer
• University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
• Vienna Institute of BioTechnology (VIBT)
• Muthgasse 11
• A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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Education

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Research interests

1. Sytnthetic Biology
2. Systems Biology
3. E. coli host engineering
4. Applied Microbiology / Bioprocessing

Publications

1. Mairhofer J, Cserjan-Puschmann M, Striedner G, Nöbauer K, Razzazi-Fazeli E, and Grabherr R. Marker-free plasmids for gene therapeutic applications--lack of antibiotic resistance gene substantially improves the manufacturing process. J Biotechnol. 2010 Apr 1;146(3):130-7. DOI:10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.01.025 |

   recent paper on the production of marker-free plasmid DNA using E. coli strain JM108

2. Mairhofer J and Grabherr R. Rational vector design for efficient non-viral gene delivery: challenges facing the use of plasmid DNA. Mol Biotechnol. 2008 Jun;39(2):97-104. DOI:10.1007/s12033-008-9046-7 |
3. Mairhofer J, Pfaffenzeller I, Merz D, and Grabherr R. A novel antibiotic free plasmid selection system: advances in safe and efficient DNA therapy. Biotechnol J. 2008 Jan;3(1):83-9. DOI:10.1002/biot.200700141 |
4. Pfaffenzeller I, Mairhofer J, Striedner G, Bayer K, and Grabherr R. Using ColE1-derived RNA I for suppression of a bacterially encoded gene: implication for a novel plasmid addiction system. Biotechnol J. 2006 Jun;1(6):675-81. DOI:10.1002/biot.200600017 |

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