AnalytiCon Discovery
Max-Bernhard Ballhausen is a microbiologist with extensive experience in microbial ecology and plant-microbe interactions. Currently serving as a microbiologist at AnalytiCon Discovery since February 2022, Max-Bernhard previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Freie Universität Berlin, focusing on microbial adaptations to climate change. Prior roles include a postdoctoral position at the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, where research centered on interactions within the plant microbiome, and a PhD candidacy at NIOO-KNAW, dedicated to studying mycophagous soil bacteria. Max-Bernhard holds a Doctorate in Microbial Ecology from Wageningen University & Research and a Diplom in Biology from Universität Osnabrück, complemented by a year of study at Universidad de Costa Rica.
AnalytiCon Discovery
AnalytiCon Discovery is based in Potsdam in Germany and one of the leading companies in the field of the research and development of products made from natural materials. AnalytiCon is a preferred partner in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetics industries. The hallmark of AnalytiCon Discovery is its expertise in natural products and theirchemistry. This is based upon its unrivalled collections of purified Natural Products (MEGx) and semi-synthetic compounds (NATx) derived from Natural Products. Over the years these libraries have been continuously expanded to include well over 25,000 compounds, based on about 2,000 different chemotypes - all have had their structures completely resolved and are available ready-to-screen. There is a highly committed and qualified team of 60 natural product and medicinal chemists, biochemists, biologists and pharmacologists supported by a network of medical professionals and nutritional physiologists stretching from the Charité clinics in Berlin to the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City; AnalytiCon Discovery conducts full-spectrum programs to develop active ingredients and products.