Kaj Bernhardt

Research topics
ES cells, iPS cells, reprogramming, X chromosome inactivation
Education
| Since 2007 | Department of Genomics, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany Postgraduate studies, supervisor: Prof A F Stewart |
| 2003 - 2007 | Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom and since 2005 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge Natural Sciences Tripos (Biochemistry) |
| 2007 | Master of Natural Sciences (Hons), Part III thesis "A search for oocyte proteins that bind to the nanog promoter", thesis supervisor: Prof Sir J B Gurdon, The Wellcome Trust / Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge |
| 2006 | Part II thesis "Computational analysis of Disrupted In Schizophrenia 1 binding partners using FUGUE", thesis supervisor: Dr K Mizuguchi, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge |
| 2002 - 2003 | Military service |
| 2001 - 2002 | The King?s School, Canterbury, United Kingdom |
Other research experience
| 2006 | International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition 2006, Cambridge Team, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge. Supervisors: Dr J W Ajioka (Dept. of Pathology), Dr J Haseloff (Dept. of Plant Sciences) |
| 2005 | Research work on dinoflagellates, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. Supervisor: Prof C J Howe |
| 2005 | Research work in polymer chemistry, Department of Colloids, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany. Supervisor: Dr H G Börner |
| 2004 | Research work on photosynthesis proteins (cytochrome f, plastocyanin), Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK. Supervisor: Prof C J Howe |
| 2001 | Research work on carotenoid pigments, Institute for Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Germany. Supervisor: Prof S Berger |
Publications
Anastassiadis, K., Glaser, S., Kranz, A., Bernhardt, K. and Stewart, A. F. (2010). "A Practical Summary of Site-Specific Recombination, Conditional Mutagenesis, and Tamoxifen Induction of CreERT2." Methods Enzymol 477C: 109-123.
Bernhardt, K., Chand, N. S., Carter, E., Lee, J., Xu, Y., Zhu, X., Rowe, D., Ajioka, J. W., Goncalves, J. M., Haseloff, J. and Micklem, G. (2007). "New tools for self-organized pattern formation." BMC Systems Biology 1 (Suppl 1): S10.
Nash, E. A., Barbrook, A. C., Edwards-Stuart, R. K., Bernhardt, K., Howe, C. J. and Nisbet, R. E. (2007). "Organization of the mitochondrial genome in the dinoflagellate Amphidinium carterae." Mol Biol Evol 24: 1528-36.
ten Cate, M. G. J., Rettig, H., Bernhardt, K. and Börner, H. G. (2005). "Sequence-Defined Polypeptide-Polymer Conjugates Utilizing Reversible Addition Fragmentation Transfer Radical Polymerization." Macromolecules 38: 10643-10649.




