Jörn Saupe

Jörn studied chemistry at the University of Potsdam. In 2007, he received his diploma in chemistry (with honors distinction) with Prof. Dr. Martin G. Peter on the synthesis of thioanalogue carbohydrates. In 2011, he obtained his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Joerg Rademann at the Free University of Berlin and Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology. His Ph.D. research was primarily in the area of identification and optimization of inhibitors for protein-protein interactions, mainly on the ligands for the PDZ domains of the proteins Shank3 and Dishevelled 3. He worked at the Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology before he joined Prof. Dr. Todd Lowary's group in 2012. Currently, his project involves the synthesis of modified glycopeptidolipids derived from Mycobacterium foruitum.