Nicolas Mermod
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Biography
Nicolas Mermod is Professor of Biotechnology at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne, and a co-founder of Selexis SA, a biotech company. Nic completed his PhD at the University of Geneva in environmental biotechnology, followed by post-doctoral studies at the University of California at Berkley, USA, with Professor Robert Tjian. Nic then joined the University of Lausanne as an Assistant Professor, to become full Professor and the director of the Institute of Biotechnology. Nic’s Laboratory for Molecular Biotechnology at EPFL, which gained recognition in the field of gene expression in eukaryotic cells by publishing over 100 papers in peer reviewed renowned journals. Besides his scientific publications, Nic has authored a number of patents on epigenetic regulatory elements and gene transfer.
Abstract
Abstract : DNA Recombination Engineering for Improved and More Reliable Protein Expression from DNA Vectors