Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel
Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel
Chair of Biomaterials
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
Job History
| since 11/2007 | Full Professor, Chair of Biomaterials, University of Bayreuth |
| 06/2007 – 10/2007 | Lecturer at the Chair of Biotechnology, TU München, Germany |
| 11/2001 – 10/2007 | Group leader at the chair of biotechnology at TU München |
Education
| 2007 | Habilitation in biochemistry at TU München at the chair of biotechnology (Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchner) |
| 11/1998 – 10/2001 | Postdoc at University of Chicago, IL, USA (Prof. Dr. Susan Lindquist) |
| 1998 | Dr. rer. nat. at the chair of biophysics and physical biochemistry at the University of Regensburg (Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchner) |
| 1994 | Diploma thesis at the chair pf biophysics and physical biochemistry at the University of Regensburg (Prof. Dr. R. Jaenicke), degree: Dipl. Biochem. |
Awards and other responsibilities
Guest Professorship
| since 2012 | Guest lecturer at Universidad Polytecnica de Madrid, Spain |
| since 05/2003 | Guest lecturer at the University of Bordeaux |
Others
| since 12/2020 | Editorial Advisory Board Member of “Biopolymers” (Wiley) |
| since 05/2020 | Advisory Board Member German Association for Resource Efficiency and Additive Manufacturing |
| since 04/2020 | Member of the review board “biomaterials” of the DFG |
| since 04/2020 | Director BayHost (Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe) |
| since 07/2018 | Editorial Board Member of “PLOS One” |
| since 01/2018 | Co-chairman TranregioSFB TRR225 “Biofabrication” |
| since 01/2017 | Chairman of the DAAD network Bayreuth-Melbourne |
| since 10/2016 | Vice president of the University of Bayreuth for Internationalization, Gender Equality and Diversity |
| since 04/2016 | Group leader “Biomaterials” NMB GmbH, Germany |
| 06/2015 – 06/2016 | Chairman of the scientific advisory board AMSilk GmbH, Germany |
| since 12/2014 | Member of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) |
| 09/2014 – 08/2019 | Advisory Board Member Freiburg Centre for interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT), University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 05/2014 – 04/2019 | Advisory Board Member Projekthaus NanoBioMater, University Stuttgart, Germany |
| since 07/2012 | Editorial Board Member of “Scientific Reports” (Nature publisher) |
| 02/2011 – 05/2015 | Deputy advisory board chairman AMSilk GmbH, Germany |
| since 12/2010 | Editorial Board Member of “BioNanoScience” (Springer publisher) |
| since 04/2009 | Founder and chairman of the technical committee „Bioinspired materials and bionics“ of the German Material Foundation (DGM) |
| since 10/2008 | Founder and consultant of AMSilk GmbH, Martinsried, Germany |
| 06/2008 – 05/2013 | Advisory board member of competence network Biomimetik of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Awards
| 11/2013 | Dechema-Award of the Max-Buchner Foundation |
| 07/2013 | Dr R A Mashelkar Endowment Lecture on Advanced Materials, National Chemical Laboratory, India |
| 12/2008 | Karl-Heinz-Beckurts-Award |
| 12/2007 | Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Medal |
| 06/2006 | Winner of the Science4life VentureCup (business plan) |
| 06/2006 | Innovation award of the Bavarian prime minister |
| 03/2006 | Awardee of the bionics competition, German Ministry of science and education |
| 10/2005 | Promega journalist price „Main Thing Biology“ |
| 09/2004 | Junior Scientist Award of the New Materials Competence Center |
Chair of Biomaterials
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
Protein-based materials are in the center of our research interests.
Specifically, we are interested in:
- Protein folding and self-assembly:
Structure determination of proteins, protein folding kinetics, assembly kinetics, trigger of assembly - Recombinant protein engineering and production:
Engineering and design of novel functional proteins, biotechnological production of proteins in bacteria, yeast and cell lines - Protein processing into materials:
Development of protein processing technologies to gain particles, capsules, fibers, hydrogels, nonwoven meshes, 3D structures (printing), coatings - Technical applications of protein materials:
Textiles, filters, coatings (antifouling, haptic, optics) - Medical applications of protein materials:
Wound coverage, drug delivery, tissue repair
Chair of Biomaterials
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
10 ausgewählte Publikationen
A complete list of publications of Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel is available here.
Interplay of different major ampullate spidroins during assembly and implications for fiber mechanics
Saric, M.; Eisoldt, L.; Döring, V.; Scheibel, T.
Advanced Materials 2021, 2006499
Engineered spider silk-based 2D and 3D materials prevent microbial infestation
Kumari, S.; Lang, G., DeSimone, E.; Spengler, C.; Trossmann, V.; Lücker, S.; Hudel, M.; Jacobs, K.; Krämer, N.; Scheibel, T.
Materials Today 2020, 41, 21
Surface modification of spider silk particles to direct biomolecular corona formation
Weiss, A.; Herold, H.; Lentz, S.; Faria, M.; Besford, Q.; Ang, C.-S.; Caruso, F.; Scheibel, T.
Appl. Mater. Interface 2020, 12, 24635
Copolymer/clay nanocomposites for biomedical applications
Murugesan, S.; Scheibel, T.
Advanced Functional Materials 2020, 1908101
Biomedical applications of recombinant silk-based materials
Aigner T.B.; DeSimone E.; Scheibel T.
Advanced Materials 2018, 1704636
Surface features of recombinant spider silk protein eADF4(κ16)-made materials are well-suited for cardiac tissue engineering
Petzold, J.; Aigner, T.; Touska, F.; Zimmermann, K.; Scheibel, T.; Engel F.
Adv. Funct. Mat. 2017, 27, 1701427
Microfluidics-produced collagen fibers show extraordinary mechanical properties
Haynl, C.; Hofmann, E.; Pawar, K.; Förster, S.; Scheibel, T.
ACS Nano Letters 2016, 16, 5917
Strategies and molecular design criteria for 3D printable hydrogels
Jüngst, T.; Smolan, W.; Schacht, K.; Scheibel, T.; Groll, J.
Chem. Rev. 2016, 116, 1496
Biofabrication of cell-loaded, 3D recombinant spider silk constructs
Schacht, K.; Jüngst, T.; Schweinlin, M.; Ewald, A.; Groll, J.; Scheibel, T.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 2816
Biomimetic fibers made of recombinant spidroins with the same toughness as natural spider silk
Heidebrecht, A.; Eisoldt, L.; Diehl, J.; Schmidt, A.; Geffers, M.; Lang, G.; Scheibel, T.
Advanced Materials 2015, 27, 2189
Chair of Biomaterials
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee | KeyLab coordinator
Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel
University of Bayreuth | BPI Executive committee
KeyLab coordinator
Prof.-Rüdiger-Bormann-Str.1
95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6700
E-mail: thomas.scheibel@bm.uni-bayreuth.de
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