Dr. Benjamin Grau

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Technical adviser
Certified biologist, PhD with a focus on molecular biology, neurobiology, and biophysics

• Drafting of German and European patent applications and responses to office actions in the field of life sciences, e.g. molecular biology, biochemistry, microbiology and genetics
• state of the art and legal status searches

Technical Education:
Studies in biology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich focusing on Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiological Botany, Systematic Botany, and Ecology
Specialized in neurobiology, molecular biology, genetics, and microscopy

Scientific Activities:
Research project funded by a Marie-Curie Fellowships with the focus in the regulation of genexpression on a transcriptional level in eukaryotic cells at the Cajal Institute, CSIC, Madrid
PhD-thesis on the “Influence of purinergic compounds on the growth of sensory neurons“ at the BioImaging Centre of the LMU Munich
Botanical Institute of the LMU Munich
Institute for pharmaceutical Biology of the LMU Munich

Professional Experience:
Responsible for biological Security according § 3GenTG at the BioImaging Centre of the LMU Munich
Resident Engineer at TILL Photonics, Munich
Reorganisation und design of the web-presentation of the Department Biology 1 of the LMU Munich
Systems administrator at the BioImaging Centre of the LMU Munich

Legal Background:
Studies of general and intellectual property law at the University of Hagen.

Publications:
Grau et al. Transcriptional adaptor ADA3 of Drosophila melanogaster is required for histone modification, position effect variegation, and transcription. Mol Cell Biol (2008) vol. 28 (1) pp. 376-85
Grau et al. Adenosine induces growth-cone turning of sensory neurons. Purinergic Signal (2008) pp.
Sahota et al. Troponin I and Tropomyosin regulate chromosomal stability and cell polarity. J. Cell. Sci. (2009) vol. 122 (Pt 15) pp. 2623-31

Memberships:
Biochemical Society