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Rolf D. Schmid is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart in Germany. Their research spans various interconnected disciplines, with a focus on the intersections of molecular biology, biotechnology, and environmental health. Their work reflects significant involvement in bioeconomy and sustainability development, biomedical ethics and regulation, and chemistry and chemical engineering.

Notable publications by Schmid include:

  • Biotech in China 2021, at the beginning of the 14th five-year period ("145"), 2021, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • China's environmental solutions, 2023, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Made in Japan: Moonshot program for human well-being, 2021, Nachrichten aus der Chemie

They have contributed to topics like biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties as well as sustainable supply chain management. Their broader research subjects also cover microplastics and plastic pollution.

Co-authors frequently collaborating with Schmid include:

  • Frauke Zbikowski
  • Xin Xiong
  • Adam W. Franz
  • Stefan Buchholz
  • Rolf Albach

Their publications appear predominantly in venues such as:

  • Nachrichten aus der Chemie
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Green Carbon
  • Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Their research fields and subfields include molecular biology, general agricultural and biological sciences, physiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and electrical and electronic engineering.

Best Publications

  • Lipases: Interfacial Enzymes with Attractive Applications.

    Rolf D. Schmid;Robert Verger

  • Crystal structure of glucose oxidase from Aspergillus niger refined at 2.3 A resolution.

    H.J. Hecht;H.M. Kalisz;J. Hendle;R.D. Schmid

  • Anatomy of lipase binding sites: the scissile fatty acid binding site

    Jürgen Pleiss;Markus Fischer;Rolf D Schmid

  • The open conformation of a Pseudomonas lipase.

    Joseph D. Schrag;Yunge Li;Miroslaw Cygler;Dietmar Lang

  • Extracellular lipase of Pseudomonas sp. strain ATCC 21808: purification, characterization, crystallization, and preliminary X-ray diffraction data.

    M Kordel;B Hofmann;D Schomburg;R D Schmid

  • Engineering Cytochrome P450 BM-3 for Oxidation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    Qing-Shan Li;Jun Ogawa;Rolf D. Schmid;Sakayu Shimizu

  • Microbial P450 enzymes in biotechnology

    Vlada B. Urlacher;Sabine Lutz-Wahl;Rolf D. Schmid

  • Cloning and characterization of a new laccase from Bacillus licheniformis catalyzing dimerization of phenolic acids.

    Katja Koschorreck;Sven M. Richter;Augusta B. Ene;Emil Roduner

  • Directed evolution of the fatty-acid hydroxylase P450 BM-3 into an indole-hydroxylating catalyst.

    Qing-Shan Li;Ulrich Schwaneberg;Peter Fischer;Rolf D. Schmid

  • 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

  • Lipase engineering database: Understanding and exploiting sequence–structure–function relationships

    Jürgen Pleiss;Markus Fischer;Marcus Peiker;Claudia Thiele

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

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

  • Improved multianalyte detection of organophosphates and carbamates with disposable multielectrode biosensors using recombinant mutants of Drosophila acetylcholinesterase and artificial neural networks.

    Till T Bachmann;Béatrice Leca;Francois Vilatte;Jean-Louis Marty

  • Optimization of the high-level production of Rhizopus oryzae lipase in Pichia pastoris.

    Stefan Minning;Alicia Serrano;Pau Ferrer;Carles Solá

  • 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

  • Reporter gene bioassays in environmental analysis.

    S Köhler;S Belkin;R D Schmid

  • A piezoelectric immunobiosensor for atrazine in drinking water.

    George G. Guilbault;Bertold Hock;Rolf Schimid

  • A disposable multielectrode biosensor for rapid simultaneous detection of the insecticides paraoxon and carbofuran at high resolution

    Till T. Bachmann;Rolf D. Schmid

  • The 3D structure of glucose oxidase from Aspergillus niger. Implications for the use of GOD as a biosensor enzyme

    H.J. Hecht;D. Schomburg;H. Kalisz;R.D. Schmid

  • A P450 BM-3 mutant hydroxylates alkanes, cycloalkanes, arenes and heteroarenes.

    Daniel Appel;Sabine Lutz-Wahl;Peter Fischer;Ulrich Schwaneberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Bernhard Hauer
Bernhard Hauer University of Stuttgart
Jürgen Pleiss
Jürgen Pleiss University of Stuttgart
Uwe T. Bornscheuer
Uwe T. Bornscheuer University of Greifswald
Vlada B. Urlacher
Vlada B. Urlacher Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Wolf-Dieter Deckwer
Wolf-Dieter Deckwer Technische Universität Braunschweig
Ulrich Schwaneberg
Ulrich Schwaneberg RWTH Aachen University
Claudia Schmidt-Dannert
Claudia Schmidt-Dannert University of Minnesota
Dietmar Schomburg
Dietmar Schomburg Technische Universität Braunschweig
Wolfgang Wohlleben
Wolfgang Wohlleben University of Tübingen
Sakayu Shimizu
Sakayu Shimizu Kyoto University

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