Markus Blaukopf

Markus2013-2015 Erwin Schroedinger Post Doctoral Fellowship, UBC

 

  • 2011-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria/Mutabilis, France, Supervisor: Prof. Paul Kosma
  • 2007-2011 Ph.D. (Organic Chemistry), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria, Supervisor: Prof. Paul Kosma
  • 2002–2006 M.Sc. (Biotechnology), University of Applied Science Vienna, Austria, Supervisor: Prof. Martin Kratzel

 

phone: 604-822-4626
e-mail: mblaukopf(at)chem.ubc.ca

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research interest is based on using enzymes as versatile tools for the selective modification of glycoproteins. My current work is focused on mapping of binding epitopes of bacterial glycosyl transferases

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Mikula H; Blaukopf M; Sixta G; Stanetty C and Kosma P: Synthesis of Ammonium 3-Deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulopyranosylonate (Ammonium Kdo), Carbohydrate Chemistry: Proven Synthetic Methods 2014 (2), pp. 207-212
  • Blaukopf M; Mueller B; Hofinger A and Kosma P: Synthesis of Neoglycoconjugates Containing 4-Amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose Epitopes Corresponding to the Inner Core of Burkholderia and Proteus Lipopolysaccharides, European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2012 (1), pp. 119-131
  • Zamyatina A; Hollaus R; Blaukopf M and Paul Kosma: Synthesis of lipid A and inner-core lipopolysaccharide (LPS) ligands containing 4-amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose units, Pure Appl. Chem. 2012 (84), pp. 11-21
  • Mueller B; Blaukopf M; Hofinger A; Zamyatina A; Brade H and Kosma P: Efficient synthesis of 4-amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose and spacer-equipped 4-amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinopyranosides by trans-glycosylation reactions, Synthesis 2010 (18), pp. 3143-3151
  • Stanetty C; Blaukopf M; Lachmann B and Noe CR: The Dinosyl Group: A Powerful Activator for the Regioselective Alcoholysis of Aziridines, European Journal of Organic Chemistry 2011 (17), pp. 3126-3130