Dr. Manfred Suckow

Manfred Suckow studied biology at the University of Cologne, where he focused on genetics and performed his diploma (1990 – 1991) and doctoral theses (1991 – 1994) at the Institute of Genetics at Prof. Benno Mueller-Hill. The focus was transcription factor DNA binding specificity and gene regulation in E. coli and yeast. Thereafter he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Genetics in Cologne (Jan – Mar 1995) before he joined Prof. C.P. Hollenberg at the Institute of Microbiology at the Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany. Here he extended his studies towards yeast expression systems and optimization of non-conventional yeast expression systems for industrial protein expression. 1999 – 2008 he was as a Project Leader and later Head Expression Technologies at the Rhein Biotech GmbH/Dynavax GmbH in Duesseldorf where he was engaged for 7 years in design and set up of a yeast-derived glycoprotein to be used as a therapeutic HCV vaccine in human. During and after this period he focused on setup of new and optimization of existing microbial expression systems. 2008 – 2020 he worked as a Scientific Project Leader at the ARTES Biotechnology GmbH in Duesseldorf where he was again engaged set up of new and optimization of existing microbial expression systems but also in countless client projects studies regarding expression of difficult to express proteins. In 2021, he joined Charles River Erkrath where he acts as an SME with a focus on Microbiology. Beside the optimization of existing assays, he develops new assays useful in Microbiology in part together with Charles River colleagues in USA and Australia.

Manfred Suckow loves to ride his old BMW moto bike!

In addition, he is the proud owner of a white Guinea Fowl called “Beebee” who hatched by accident in his hands while he took care of brooded eggs for a school class. Beebee has been everybody’s darling and Manfred’s watchdog for five years now.