Our team, from North to South
Our lab is located in the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), a Top 100 global leading university located in the town of Lyngby with 55,000 residents, 10 km north of Copenhagen. The lab has people from several different countries, and we welcome new members from all around the world. Variety is not only represented among countries, but also among research and educational backgrounds. There is one common key: We are all passionate and hard-working scientists with an entrepreneurial mindset that strive to use science to create societal impact.
Current members
Andreas H. Laustsen-Kiel
ProfessorHe is specialized in antibody discovery and toxinology. Co-founded: Biosyntia, Antag Therapeutics, Chromologics, Bactolife, and VenomAid.
Anne Ljungars
Senior ResearcherAnne is working on discovery of broadly neutralizing antibodies against snake venom toxins.
Timothy Jenkins
Assistant ProfessorH.C. Ørsted fellow working on droplet microfluidic and bioinformatic approaches to discover non-antibody (DARPin) antitoxins.
Esperanza Rivera de Torre
Assistant ProfessorEsperanza is working on the discovery of broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against funnel-web spider venom
Shirin Ahmadi
SpecialistShirin is working on the discovery of broadly neutralizing recombinant human monoclonal antibodies against cobra cytotoxins.
Arijit Paul
PostdocArijit is working on the development of nanobodies and nanobody constructs targeting virulence factors from pathogenic E. coli.
Josefine Kofoed Corneliussen
PostdocJosefine is working on the development of an mRNA-vaccine against allergies.
Thomas Fryer
Industrial PostdocThomas is an Innovationsfonden Industrial Postdoc working on the discovery and development of non-antibody scaffolds for enzyme inhibition
Melisa Benard Valle
Visiting PostdocMelisa is a biologist with experience in venom composition analysis, working on the discovery of antibodies against coral snake neurotoxins.
Suthimon Thumtecho, MD
PHD StudentShe is working on developing recombinant antivenoms and diagnostics.
Darian Wolff
Industrial PhD student (Novozymes)Darian will be focusing on discovering and rationally engineering nanobodies against high-value industrial enzymes, as well as characterisin
Max Overath
PhD StudentCombining high-throughput in vitro technologies with next-generation sequencing and machine learning to tackle snakebite.
Nick Burlet
PHD studentNick is working on the discovery of broadly binding nanobodies for recombinant antivenoms.
Jonas Jürgensen
Entrepreneur-in-houseM.Sc. in Molecular Biomedicine. He works on commercializing a diagnostic test for stratification of snakebites.
Tasja Wainani Ebersole
Laboratory TechnicianTasja assists with research in broadly neutralizing antibodies against snake venoms as well as with overall lab management
Camilla Holst Dahl
Laboratory TechnicianCamilla is a Laboratory Technician with interest and experience in protein chemistry, molecular biology and immunology
Emily Urvi Glegg-Sørensen
Laboratory technicianEmily is a laboratory technician working and assisting with expression in Pichia pastoris and protein purification.
Tom Jansen
Research AssistantTom is working on the development of nanobodies for the neutralization of virulence factors in E. Coli.
Emil Storm Elmose
Research AssistantEmil is working on the construction of a naïve phage display library, to be validated against snake toxins.
Alfredo Mena
Research AssistantAlfredo is working on the discovery of venom-neutralizing nanobodies and development of recombinant antivenoms
Adam Basile
Master StudentAdam is doing his Master's thesis, working on characterizing and testing broadly neutralizing antibodies against snake toxins.
Elpida Lytra
Research AssistantElpida is currently working on the characterization of snake-toxin neutralizing nanobodies
Àlex Müller Bort
Bachelor StudentAlex is working on the purification and characterization of nanobodies and snake toxins
Ece Bahar Yıldırım
Master StudentEce is doing a special course, working on the characterization of a broadly neutralizing biparatopic nanobody for neutralizing snake toxins.
Maiken Høgh
Student AssistantMaiken works as an assistant for the laboratory technicians at CAT.
Edward Meier
PHD StudentEdward is working on antibody-based cancer therapy
Kasper Haldrup Björnsson
POSTDOC
Cecilie Knudsen
PostdocCecilie works on finding binders against snake venom toxins.
Alumni
Giang Thi Tuyet Nguyen
PostdocShe is working on the development of advanced antibodies against snake venom toxins.
Jann Ledergerber
Master studentMachine learning guided de novo design of next generation antivenoms
Anna Damsbo Jensen
PhD studentB.Sc. and M.Sc. in biochemistry. She works on broadly neutralizing antibodies against snake toxins and recombinant expressed toxins.
Lise-Lotte L. Benten
Master StudentLise-Lotte has a special project at CAT.
Anna Mayilyan
Erasmus + InternOptimization of snake venom serine protease-inhibiting nanobodies
Yessica Wouters
PostdocYessica is working on the development of broadly neutralizing nanobodies against snake venom toxins
Weiqiao Rao
PHDCPhDc at DTU. Working on the project of unlocking the toxic arsenal of bioactive proteins from snake venoms for biotherapeutic applications.
Jesper Kildemand
Master studentPharmaceutical design and Engineering. Jesper is working on a broad spectrum allergy treatment based on designed allergens.
Emelie N. S Riis
Bachelor studentBachelor student of Biochemistry at KU. Emelie is working with the technique of phage display on snakes with neurotoxic venom.
Evangelia Manousaki
Erasmus + internEvangelia is working on the characterization and purification of nanobodies that bind to toxins found in snake venoms.
Charlotte Rimbault
PostdocCharlotte is working on developing broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against snake venom toxins
Casey Xiangyou Meng
Master studentCasey has helped write a series of popular scientific articles on venomous snakes for the Danish popular science news media, videnskab.dk.
Alex Gallissà Calzado
Research AssistantAlex is working on the discovery of broadly neutralizing nanobodies against snake venom toxins.
Emilie Sølling Henriksen
Master studentMaster student in Pharmaceutical Design & Engineering. Emilie is working on finding DARPins able to neutralize Indian snake venom toxins.
Anastasia Aslanoglou
Erasmus+ InternAnastasia works on discovery of neutralizing antibodies against venomous animals from tropical regions.
Stefanos Lampadariou
Erasmus+ InternB.Sc. in Pharmacy. Stefanos works on discovery of broadly neutralizing antibodies against scorpions and loxosceles in the MENA region.
Pelle Degnegaard Knudsen
Master studentMaster student in Biotechnology. He is working on designing snake consensus toxins to obtain broadly-neutralizing antivenoms.
Lorenzo Seneci
Visiting scientistLorenzo is a herpetologist specializing in the evolutionary history and clinical implications of snake venom.
Andreas Sixten Hallstein Rygaard
Bachelor studentVisiting bachelor student from KU investigating the use of different display techniques for the development of DARPins as snake Antivenoms.
Helena Højsted Eriksen
Bachelor studentBachelor student at Human Life Science Engineering. Helena is working on identification and analysis of antibodies against snake venoms.
Line Ledsgaard
PHDB.Sc. and M.Sc.Eng. Biotechnology. She is developing antibodies with special binding characteristics using phage display technology.
Frederikke Alexandra Jeppesen
Bachelor studentBachelor student of Human Life Science Engineering, DTU. Frederikke is working on identification of antibodies against snake venom antigens.
Spiros Pachis
PostdocSpiros is working on the discovery of novel antibodies and nanobodies with toxin-neutralizing properties.
Helen Wildenauer
Master StudentM.Sc. in Biochemistry at Freie Universität Berlin. Interested in cross-reactive antibodies against alpha-Cobratoxin and alpha-Bungarotoxin.
Cecilie L. Clausen
Laboratory traineeCecilie is a lab tech student learning about TPL’s method and work.
Katrine Jertrum Hansen
Research AssistantKatrine is working on expression of funnel-web spider toxins in yeast.
Mie Demant Björk
Special Course StudentMaster student in Quantitative Biology and Disease Modelling. Mie is working with nanobodies, conjugation, and impedance flow cytometry.
Christin Kossmann
Industrial PostdocPh.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Her research is focused on developing novel peptide therapeutics using phage display
Sune Zoëga Andreasen
PostdocMSc and PhD in Physics & Nanotechnology. Sune is working on developing nanobody-based biosensor(s).
Emma Jappe
M.Sc.Eng.2014 | Minor Project: Discovery of peptide-based antitoxins against neurotoxins from green and black mamba Dendroaspis genus.
Trenton Stewart
Master studentM.Sc. in Biology at Lund University. Discovery of a DARPin-based antitoxin against long chain α-cobratoxins.
Henrik Flindt
M.Sc.2016 | Master Thesis: Uncovering the interactions between a peptide antitoxin and cobratoxin using H/D exchange.
Katrine Ledsgaard Jensen
Student helperBachelor student of biotechnology engineering
Felipe A. Cerni
Visiting PostdocPosdoc of University of São Paulo, Brazil. He works with antivenom production, isolation, and structural characterization of toxins.
Søren Helweg Dam
StudentStud.M.Sc.Eng. Bioinformatics and System Biology (DTU). Developer of Venomics Display and a diagnostic kit for stratification of snakebites.
Sofie Føns
STUDENTB.Sc. Molecular Biomedicine and M.Sc. cand. at the University of Copenhagen.
Aleksander Haack
studentB.Sc. Human Life Science Engineering (DTU). Development of a point of care diagnostic test against Brazilian snakes.
Mikkel Rank
M.Sc.Eng.2015 | Master thesis: Cloning, heterologous expression, and analysis of disulfide-rich snake venom proteins.
Anna SD Deleuran
Master studentB.Sc. and M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering. Discover single-domain antibodies targeting P. Aeruginosa LasB for infection diagnostics.
Manuela B. Pucca
Visiting ProfessorProfessor at the Medical School of the University of Roraima, Brazil. She works with antivenom production and venom-based drug discovery.
Jonas Johannesen
M.Sc.2014 | Master thesis: Discovery of peptide binders of α-cobratoxin from Naja kaouthia using phage display.
Andreas Munk
M.Sc.2015-2014 | Minor Project: Discovery of peptide-based antitoxins against Myotoxin II (Bothrops asper) and neurotoxins (Dendroaspis genus).
Eva Filippa Scott Johansen
Bachelor studentBachelor student of Chemistry and Technology at DTU.
Christina Milbo
M.Sc.Eng.2014 – 2015 | Master thesis: Discovery of binders of toxins from Dendroaspis polylepis using phage display.
Mie Fabricius Pedersen
Industrial Post DocPhD in the molecular pharmacology of GPCRs. She works with phage display to identify novel peptides against therapeutically relevant receptors
Johanna Bjärtun
M.Sc.2015 – 2016 | Semester Project: Discovery of Inhibitory peptides against Myotoxin II from Fer-de-Lance Bothrops asper.
Martin Jespersen
M.Sc.Eng.2015 – 2016 | Minor Project: Epitopic profiling of antibody response against neurotoxins from the Dendroaspis polylepis.
Line P. Lauridsen
M.Sc.Eng.2016 | Master thesis · 2015 – 2016 | Minor Project: Venomics analyses of the venoms of Dendroaspis angusticeps and Naja melanoleuca.
Astrid Filt
Student helperBachelor student of Human Life Science Engineering with an interest in bioinformatics and immunology
Søren D. Petersen
M.Sc.Eng.2016 | Minor Project: New display of snake venom proteomes.
Majken L. Olesen
M.Sc.2016 | Minor Project: Assessment of human scFvs targeting snake venom neurotoxins.
Karoline Skree-Lassen
Student helperBachelor student of Human Life Science Engineering.
Laura B. Møller
M.Sc.Eng.2016 | Minor Project: Discovery of human antibodies against Naja nigricollis.
Mireia S. Colom
M.Sc.Eng.2015 – 2016 | Minor Project: Optimization of peptide-based inhibitors on α-cobratoxin from Naja kaouthia.
Queralt C. Serra
M.Sc.Eng.2016 | Minor Project: Discovery of human antibodies against green mamba toxins.
Charlotte Frydenlund Michelsen
Entrepreneur-In-HouseMBA and PhD in biotechnology. She works on commercializing a diagnostic test for infectious diseases in farm animals.
Sandra W. Thrane
PhD2016 | Collaboration: Black mamba genome assembly.
Kristoffer Haurum
PhDc2016 | Collaboration: Analysis of future manufacturing costs for recombinant antivenoms.
Urska Pus
M. Sc.2018 | Master thesis: Developing IgGs against toxins from several elapids.
Saioa Oscoz Cob
M.Sc. Eng.2016 | Master thesis: Discovery of the inhibitory action of several synthetic molecules agains snake bite.
Mikael Engmark
PhD2017 | PhD: investigating antibody cross-reactivity and toxin expression.
Erick Bermúdez Méndez
Affiliated researcherB.Sc. Pharmacy and M.Sc. cand. working on the discovery of human antibodies against toxins from the Central American coral snake.
Rasmus Dehli
StudentB.Sc. cand. in Life Human Sciences. He is conducting his bachelor thesis developing human recombinant antivenom against spitting cobra.
Kamille Elvstrøm Krause
Research AssistantWorked with peptide microarray data. She analyzed the cross-reactivity of antibodies in snake antivenoms.
Carina Skaarup
Research assistantWorked with peptide microarray data. She analyzed the cross-reactivity of antibodies in different snake antivenoms.
Mia Øhlenschlæger
M.Sc.Eng.2017 | Master thesis: Discovery of antitoxins for snake toxins.
Rahel Janke
InternB.Sc. in Biology at the University of Basel
Andrea Martos Esteban
Research AssistantB.Sc. in Biochemistry and M.Sc.Eng. in Pharmaceutical Engineering.
Malte B. Hallgren
B.Sc.2016 | Minor project: Fab-based antitoxins design against SVMPs from Bothrops asper.
Manon K. Chevalier
Bachelor thesis studentB.Sc. at Maastricht University. Discovery of human antibodies against alpha-latrotoxin from the Mediterranean widow spider.
Julius Knerr
Master studentDiscovery of human antibodies against Phospholipases A2 from cobra venoms.
Lídia Argemí Muntadas
InternMSc. graduate in Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University
Albert F. Madsen
STUDENTB.Sc. in Biotechnology and M.Sc.cand. in Biochemistry at KU. Working on cross-reactivity studies for neurotoxins from cobras and mambas.
Signe Lund Neergaard
Bachelor studentShe is working on the expression and purification of recombinant snake toxins and their effect on antibody binding.
Michal Bartczak
Erasmus + InternB.Sc. in Biotechnology, M.Sc. in Medicinal Chemistry. Michal works on discovery of broadly neutralizing antibodies against spider venom.
Line Damgaard Henriksen
Student helperBachelor student of Human Life Science Engineering.
Rasmus Wied Pedersen
StudentM.Sc. Honours student in Biotechnology (DTU). He works on the prototyping of a nanobody-based diagnostic device
Isabel Campos Pinto
PostdocIsabel is working on the discovery of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against snake venom toxins.
Rasmus U. W. Friis
StudentB.Sc. Human Life Science Engineering. He is collaborating on the design of Fab-based antitoxins against SVMPs from Bothrops asper.
Selma Belfakir
Master StudentMaster student in Biotechnology. Selma is working on developing diagnostic antibodies against scorpion venom toxins.
Oliver Morell
Bachelor StudentMulti Objective Bayesian Optimization of cross binding antibody affinity maturation. Development of Machine Learning models in proteomics.
Ida Bisbo
Master StudentIda uses phage display to discover broadly neutralizing antibodies against snake venoms.
Abril Diosdado Hernandez
Master StudentImplementation of computational approaches for in silico maturation of existing antibodies against long neurotoxins from snakes.
Vlad Rosca
Master StudentDesign of de novo protein binders against snake venom toxins through hallucination and diffusion models
Mathieu Roumet
InternMathieu is working on discovering nanobodies against coral snake venom neurotoxins.
Robert Friis-Møller
Student assistantB.Sc. student in Biotechnology at DTU. Assists with daily laboratory tasks, including venom fractionation via HPLC.
Nils Hofmann
Student AssistantNils studies Bioinformatics in his Masters and besides his studies he assists in the laboratory.
Simone Mammen Larsen
Master studentMaster student in Pharmaceutical design and Engineering. Simone is investigating antibodies in camel milk in collaboration with Bactolife.
Christian Peder Jacobsen
Master StudentMaster student in Bioinformatics. Christian is investigating nanobodies for distinguishing serine proteases from different snake species.
Markus-Frederik Bohn
Associate ProfessorMarkus is working on novel approaches to generate recombinant antivenoms
Tulika
PostdocB.Sc. and Msc. Biotechnology. She works on developing advanced antibodies through phage display technology against venom toxins
Jack Wade
PostdocJack is an expert on structural biology and is working on several different in vitro and in silico protein structure projects
Laura-Christine Astrupgaard
Bachelor StudentLaura works on discovery of neutralizing antibodies against black widow toxins using designed antigens.
Charlotte Risager Christensen
MSc Special ProjectCharlotte's project will investigate the potential of hallucinating CDRH3 sequences against small plant toxins.
Carol O’Brien
PostdocCarol is working on the development of broadly neutralizing antibodies against snake venom toxins.
Isadora Sousa De Oliveira
Guest Postdoc ResearcherIsadora is a Postdoc Researcher at FCFRP-USP (Brazil), and now she is doing part of her research with us.
Nynne Skok Ladegaard
Laboratory TraineeNynne is a lab tech trainee learning about TPL’s method and work.
Jennifer Sørensen
Bachelor studentJennifer works on structural determinants of cross-reactive and pH-sensitive antibody fragments against α-neurotoxins.
Emil Victor Solvang Lundquist
Bachelor StudentEmil works on structural determinants of cross-reactive and pH-sensitive antibody fragments against alpha-neurotoxins.
Ana Paula Rodríguez del Moral
BSc InternBiotechnology Engineering student from Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City. Currently part of the Digital Biotechnology Lab.
César Noé Villalobos Carrizosa
BSc InternBachelor student working in screening and characterization of nanobodies for neurotoxin neutralization.
Ximena Melgar Feregrino
BSc InternXimena is currently working on toxin expression optimization in Pichia pastoris and enzymatic assays to asses toxin neutralization.
Oliver Sonne Buch
Bachelor StudentOliver is working on an automated pH adjustment workflow for formulation development in a collaboration with Novo Nordisk.
Silvia Colocucci
Erasmus InternM.Sc in Health Biology. Silvia is working on the discovery of neutralizing antibodies against snake venom.
Anne Glavind
Master StudentAnne is establishing purification procedures for non-tagged bispecific antibodies in collaboration with the biotech company Symphogen.
Helena Højsted Eriksen
MSc Special ProjectMaster student in Pharmaceutical design and Engineering. Helena is working on expression and characterization of cross-reactive allergens.
Mathias Bonde Sørensen
Bachelor studentEmpowering de novo sequencing through deep learning algorithms for peptide assembling. Developing proteomic machine learning models.
Iben Nordentoft Sommerand
Student assistantB.Sc. student in Biotechnology at DTU. Assists with daily laboratory tasks.
Mark von Bülow Møiniche
Research AssistantMark is working on identification of nanobodies for detection of serine proteases from specific snake species.
Klas Ola Blixt
Senior ResearcherOla has over 20 years of experience within the fields of chemical biology, glycosciences, monoclonal antibodies and biomarkers.
Monica Fernández-Quintero
Visiting ResearcherMonica is focusing on understanding structural determinants of antigen recognition using molecular dynamics simulations and cryo-EM.
Joep Lurvink
MSc InternJoep’s project is on the development of nanobodies and nanobody constructs targeting virulence factors from pathogenic E. coli.
João Costa Alves
MSc InternJoão is working on the discovery of nanobodies against neurotoxins found in elapid snakes.
Jordan Fernandes
Master studentMaster student in Pharmaceutical Design and Engineering. Jordan is working on nanopore sequencing of antibody clones from phage display.
Bernanda Begovic
Laboratory TechnicianBernanda is a lab. technician with an interest and experience in Immunology and Molecular biology
Melissa Hale
Research AssistantMSc. Molecular Biology of Parasites and Vector Borne Diseases & BSc. Zoology.
Ulrikke Marie Feldbæk Furland
Bachelor StudentUlrikke is establishing a cell assay to assess antibody blocking capacity in mice following vaccination with consensus allergen.
Blanca Morillo Rosado
Bachelor StudentBlanca is completing her bachelor thesis about the molecular determinants of allergy cross-reactivity.
Christoffer Sørensen
PostdocChris is working on the development of a rapid next-generation sequencing analysis pipeline for in vitro antibody discovery campaigns