Bernd Leistler
Management
CellGenix
Germany
Biography
Bernd Leistler joined CellGenix in 2003. As Vice President Development & Production at CellGenix, Bernd is responsible for all products including serum-free media and cytokines for ex vivo cell processing. Bernd has a long track record as protein specialist. Following his degree in chemistry he joined the Basel Biocenter for his dissertation on the structure, function, folding and assembly of oligomeric proteins. He continued these studies as a postgraduate researcher in Cambridge, UK. His professional career started in 1993 at a leading manufacturer of diagnostic autoantibody immunoassays which later became part of Pharmacia Diagnostics. There he managed the Biotechnology Department and developed it as a coporate service unit for recombinant and conventional human autoantigens and allergens.
Research Interest
Pharmaceutical Science
