Beyza Bulutoglu
Principal Scientist, Protein Chemistry, Large Molecule Drug Discovery, Drug Discovery
"Making changes at the DNA level and creating proteins with all kinds of possibilities feels really empowering to me, and that is what I do at Genentech. I feel grateful for leading a protein engineering group at the birthplace of the recombinant DNA technology, knowing that our collective efforts have an impact on patients’ lives."
My background is in protein engineering, and I engineered various domains, including enzymes and stimulus-responsive peptides during my graduate studies at Columbia University, to serve as building blocks in biotechnology applications.
During my postdoc at Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital, I was awarded the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Fellowship and conducted studies in the areas of protein engineering, synthetic biology, genetic, and tissue engineering.
At Genentech, my research group develops protein-based therapeutics for patients in need and we are part of the Large Molecule Drug Discovery Organization. We collaborate with many other groups in the Research Organization, and I feel lucky to be surrounded by top-notch scientists from all over the world.