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  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Philipp Holliger is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls under the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Genetics, and areas intersecting with Ecology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, as well as Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Origins and Evolution of Life
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering

Philipp Holliger has contributed to the scientific community through various recent papers, notable examples being:

  • "Modified nucleic acids: replication, evolution, and next-generation therapeutics," 2020, published in BMC Biology
  • "Discovery and evolution of RNA and XNA reverse transcriptase function and fidelity," 2020, published in Nature Chemistry
  • "A modular XNAzyme cleaves long, structured RNAs under physiological conditions and enables allele-specific gene silencing," 2022, published in Nature Chemistry
  • "Rapid discovery of high-affinity antibodies via massively parallel sequencing, ribosome display and affinity screening," 2023, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • "A two-residue nascent-strand steric gate controls synthesis of 2'-O-methyl- and 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-RNA," 2022, published in Nature Chemistry

The venues most frequently publishing their research include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Chemistry
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • RSC Chemical Biology
  • BMC Biology

Collaborations are an important aspect of their work, with several frequent coauthors recorded, including:

  • Alexander I. Taylor
  • Emil L. Kristoffersen
  • Edoardo Gianni
  • Piet Herdewijn
  • Ebbe Sloth Andersen

Philipp Holliger is recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Engineered antibody fragments and the rise of single domains

    Philipp Holliger;Peter J Hudson

  • "Diabodies": small bivalent and bispecific antibody fragments

    Philipp Holliger;Terence Prospero;Greg Winter

  • Synthetic genetic polymers capable of heredity and evolution

    Vitor B. Pinheiro;Alexander I. Taylor;Christopher Cozens;Mikhail Abramov

  • Directed evolution of polymerase function by compartmentalized self-replication

    Farid J. Ghadessy;Jennifer L. Ong;Philipp Holliger

  • Mimicking Somatic Hypermutation: Affinity Maturation of Antibodies Displayed on Bacteriophage Using a Bacterial Mutator Strain

    Nigel M. Low;Philipp Holliger;Greg Winter

  • Ribozyme-catalyzed transcription of an active ribozyme.

    Aniela Wochner;James Attwater;Alan Coulson;Philipp Holliger

  • The C-Terminal Domain of TolA Is the Coreceptor for Filamentous Phage Infection of E. coli

    Lutz Riechmann;Philipp Holliger

  • Catalysts from synthetic genetic polymers

    Alexander I. Taylor;Vitor B. Pinheiro;Vitor B. Pinheiro;Matthew J. Smola;Alexey S. Morgunov

  • In-ice evolution of RNA polymerase ribozyme activity

    James Attwater;Aniela Wochner;Philipp Holliger

  • Crystal structure of a diabody, a bivalent antibody fragment.

    Olga Perisic;Philip A Webb;Philipp Holliger;Greg Winter

  • Generic expansion of the substrate spectrum of a DNA polymerase by directed evolution.

    Farid J Ghadessy;Nicola Ramsay;François Boudsocq;David Loakes

  • The XNA world: progress towards replication and evolution of synthetic genetic polymers

    Vitor B Pinheiro;Philipp Holliger

  • Ice as a protocellular medium for RNA replication

    James Attwater;Aniela Wochner;Vitor B. Pinheiro;Alan Coulson

  • Methods of increasing the concentration of a nucleic acid

    Phillip Hollinger;Farid Ghadassy;Jennifer Lee Ong

  • Directed Evolution of DNA Polymerase, RNA Polymerase and Reverse Transcriptase Activity in a Single Polypeptide

    Jennifer L. Ong;David Loakes;Szymon Jaroslawski;Kathleen Too

  • Molecular breeding of polymerases for amplification of ancient DNA

    Marc d'Abbadie;Michael Hofreiter;Alexandra Vaisman;David Loakes

  • Improved tumour targeting by disulphide stabilized diabodies expressed in Pichia pastoris.

    Kevin FitzGerald;Philipp Holliger;Greg Winter

  • Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)-specific T-cell activation in colon carcinoma induced by anti-CD3 x anti-CEA bispecific diabodies and B7 x anti-CEA bispecific fusion proteins.

    Philipp Holliger;Oliver Manzke;Mary Span;Robert Hawkins

  • Crystal structure of the two N-terminal domains of g3p from filamentous phage fd at 1.9 Å: evidence for conformational lability

    Philipp Holliger;Lutz Riechmann;Roger L Williams

  • Specific killing of lymphoma cells by cytotoxic T-cells mediated by a bispecific diabody

    Philipp Holliger;Jan Brissinck;Roger L. Williams;Kris Thielemans

Frequent Co-Authors

Greg Winter
Greg Winter University of Cambridge
Roger L. Williams
Roger L. Williams University of Cambridge
Roger Woodgate
Roger Woodgate National Institutes of Health
Jesper Wengel
Jesper Wengel Aalborg University
Eric T. Kool
Eric T. Kool Stanford University
Kevin M. Weeks
Kevin M. Weeks University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Hofreiter
Michael Hofreiter University of Potsdam
Hennie R. Hoogenboom
Hennie R. Hoogenboom Maastricht University
Alan Coulson
Alan Coulson Wellcome Sanger Institute

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