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Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
10497
World Ranking
12161
National Ranking
5199

Overview

Claudia Schmidt-Dannert is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected domains within molecular biology, engineering, and biotechnology.

The scientist has contributed to studies in molecular biology, biomedical engineering, biomaterials, pharmacology, and biotechnology. Their work also connects to a range of specific scientific topics, including:

  • Diatoms and Algae Research
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Biofuel Production and Bioconversion
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions

Frequent co-authors in Claudia Schmidt-Dannert's publications include Scott Baker, Harold Kistler, Nancy Hess, Errol Robinson, and Ashley Robinson, with collaboration counts ranging from 51 to 102 papers each.

Their research has appeared in various publication venues. The most frequent is the OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), with 51 publications. Other venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, Molecules, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Claudia Schmidt-Dannert include:

  • "Discovery of Antifungal and Biofilm Preventative Compounds from Mycelial Cultures of a Unique North American Hericium sp. Fungus" (2020, Molecules)
  • "Engineering Bacillus subtilis for the formation of a durable living biocomposite material" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "A trimodular bacterial enzyme combining hydrolytic activity with oxidative glycosidic bond cleavage efficiently degrades chitin" (2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry)
  • "Organizing Multi-Enzyme Systems into Programmable Materials for Biocatalysis" (2021, Catalysts)
  • "Molecular Identification and Antimicrobial Activity of Foliar Endophytic Fungi on the Brazilian Pepper Tree (Schinus terebinthifolius) Reveal New Species of Diaporthe" (2021, Current Microbiology)

Best Publications

  • Molecular breeding of carotenoid biosynthetic pathways

    Claudia Schmidt-Dannert;Daisuke Umeno;Frances H. Arnold

  • Metabolic engineering towards biotechnological production of carotenoids in microorganisms

    P. C. Lee;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

  • Traversing the fungal terpenome

    Maureen B. Quin;Christopher M. Flynn;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

  • Directed evolution of industrial enzymes.

    Claudia Schmidt-Dannert;Frances H Arnold

  • Multi-enzymatic synthesis

    Fernando Lopez-Gallego;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

  • Thermoalkalophilic lipase of Bacillus thermocatenulatus. I. Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequence, purification and some properties

    Claudia Schmidt-Dannert;M.Luisa Rúa;Haruyuki Atomi;Rolf D Schmid

  • Screening, purification and properties of a thermophilic lipase from Bacillus thermocatenulatus

    Claudia Schmidt-Dannert;Helena Sztajer;Walter Stöcklein;Ulrich Menge

  • A Continuous Spectrophotometric Assay for P450 BM-3, a Fatty Acid Hydroxylating Enzyme, and Its Mutant F87A

    Ulrich Schwaneberg;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert;Jutta Schmitt;Rolf Dieter Schmid

  • Biosynthesis of plant-specific stilbene polyketides in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli

    Kevin T Watts;Pyung C Lee;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

  • Applications of quorum sensing in biotechnology.

    Swati Choudhary;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

  • Diversity of sesquiterpene synthases in the basidiomycete Coprinus cinereus

    Sean Agger;Fernando Lopez-Gallego;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

  • Exploring Recombinant Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Metabolically Engineered Escherichia coli

    Kevin T. Watts;Pyung Cheon Lee;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

  • Thermoalkalophilic lipase of Bacillus thermocatenulatus large-scale production, purification and properties: aggregation behaviour and its effect on activity.

    M Luisa Rúa;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert;Sabine Wahl;Achim Sprauer

  • Draft genome of Omphalotus olearius provides a predictive framework for sesquiterpenoid natural product biosynthesis in Basidiomycota

    Grayson T. Wawrzyn;Maureen B. Quin;Swati Choudhary;Fernando López-Gallego

  • Discovery of a substrate selectivity switch in tyrosine ammonia-lyase, a member of the aromatic amino acid lyase family

    Kevin T. Watts;Benjamin N. Mijts;Pyung Cheon Lee;Andrew J. Manning

  • Total synthesis and functional overexpression of a candida rugosa lip1 gene coding for a major industrial lipase

    Stefania Brocca;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert;Marina Lotti;Lilia Alberghina

  • Engineered protein nano-compartments for targeted enzyme localization.

    Swati Choudhary;Maureen B. Quin;Mark A. Sanders;Ethan T. Johnson

  • Biosynthesis of structurally novel carotenoids in Escherichia coli.

    Pyung Cheon Lee;Abu Zafar Ruhul Momen;Benjamin N. Mijts;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

  • Metabolic engineering of Pichia pastoris X-33 for lycopene production

    Anuj Bhataya;Claudia Schmidt-Dannert;Pyung Cheon Lee

  • Engineering novel carotenoids in microorganisms

    Claudia Schmidt-Dannert

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf D. Schmid
Rolf D. Schmid University of Stuttgart
Uwe T. Bornscheuer
Uwe T. Bornscheuer University of Greifswald
Bernhard Hauer
Bernhard Hauer University of Stuttgart
Wolfgang Wohlleben
Wolfgang Wohlleben University of Tübingen
Mark D. Distefano
Mark D. Distefano University of Minnesota
Haruyuki Atomi
Haruyuki Atomi Kyoto University
Frances H. Arnold
Frances H. Arnold California Institute of Technology
Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad
Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Jean-Marc Nicaud
Jean-Marc Nicaud Agro ParisTech

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