Hans Brandstetter, Prof. Dr.
Expertise: protein structure & function; biochemical and biophysical characterisation of biomolecules, including spectroscopy, enzymology, biomolecular interaction
Brandstetter lab: Structural Biology
Research interest: post-translational protein editing, proteolysis
Web: https://plus.ac.at/brandstetter
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6089-3045
My younger self: What I enjoyed most was the opportunity to focus (almost exclusively) on my interesting research project. The DSP should help me to balance the focus on my PhD project with the wider horizon in the biosciences and to recognise important challenges and methodological developments in modern biosciences as a whole.
What a PhD student can expect from me: A PhD student can expect me to provide enthusiasm and support for his/her research project, a project that is of high relevance and where the PhD student can make a difference.
Me as a biomolecule: While the DNA makes RNA makes protein dogma is the foundation of molecular biology, my fascination lies in the mechanistic understanding of the regulation and modification of transcripts and proteins, i.e. the post-genetic code of biomolecular editing. Therefore, as a biomolecule, I am an enzyme that modifies other biomolecules. My favourite enzymes are proteases, irreversible decision makers, but other enzymes are cool too.
