Prof. Dr. Jörn Stitz

Dr. phil. nat.; Professor in Pharmazeutischer Biotechnologie
Prof. Dr. Jörn Stitz

Campus Leverkusen
Campusplatz 1
51379 Leverkusen
Room R 2116 Mailing address


  • Phone: +49 214-32831-4619

Positions

  • Lab supervisor
  • Team manager
  • von Elling-Tammen, Malena; Machava, Marvin; Möhle, J.K.; Nunna, Suneetha; Bizos, A.; Tomala, Magda; Krumbein, Franziska; Thom, Volkmar; Stitz, Jörn; Barbe, Stéphan; Krause, Anna-Lea (2026): HIV-Gag VLP-based Vaccine Purification at Manufacturing scale : Combination of Counterflow Centrifugation and Nuclease Treatment as a Key to DNA Depletion. In: New Biotechnology. Vol. 93, S. 264 - 279. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2026.03.011
  • Pißarreck, Mona; Katsoutas, Kristina; Stitz, Jörn (2026): Engineering Viral Surface Antigens to Improve Display on Virus-like Particle (VLP) Vaccine Prototypes. In: BioTech. Vol. 15. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.3390/biotech15020038
  • Baukmann, Simon; Hengelbrock, Alina; Katsoutas, Kristina; Stitz, Jörn; Schmidt, Axel; Strube, Jochen (2025): Platform Process for an Autonomous Production of Virus-like Particles. In: ACS Omega. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c09694
  • von Elling-Tammen, Malena; Taft, Florian; Thom, Volkmar; Stitz, Jörn; Barbe, Stéphan; Krause, Anna-Lea (2025): Optimizing Nuclease Treatment to Enhance Anion Exchange Chromatography of HIV-Derived Virus-Like Particles. In: Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences. Vol. 1256. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchromb.2025.124539
  • van Heuvel, Yasemin; Stitz, Jörn (2025): Development of Lentiviral Packaging Cells and Scale Up of Production to Meet the Growing Demand in Cell and Gene Therapy. In: Current Gene Therapy : The International Journal for In-depth Reviews on Gene Therapy. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.2174/0115665232332412241118063211
  • Baukmann, Simon; Hengelbrock, Alina; Katsoutas, Kristina; Stitz, Jörn; Schmidt, Axel; Strube, Jochen (2025): Digital Twin for Upstream and Downstream Integration of Virus-like Particle Manufacturing. In: Processes. Vol. 13. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.3390/pr13072101
  • Wolf, Tobias; Grau, Christoph; Rosengarten, Jamila Franca; Stitz, Jörn; Wilkens, Jan; Barbe, Stéphan (2024): Investigation of the Electrokinetic Properties of HIV-Based Virus-Like Particles. In: Langmuir : The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids. Vol. 40, S. 4762 - 4771. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03535
  • Wolf, Tobias; Calisan, Kerim Kadir; Stitz, Jörn; Barbe, Stéphan (2024): The Effects of High Shear Rates on the Average Hydrodynamic Diameter Measured in Biomimetic HIV Gag Virus-Like Particle Dispersions. In: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Vol. 12. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2024.1367405
  • Hengelbrock, Alina; Probst, Finja; Baukmann, Simon; Uhl, Alexander; Tschorn, Natalie; Stitz, Jörn; Schmidt, Axel; Strube, Jochen (2024): Digital Twin for Continuous Production of Virus-like Particles toward Autonomous Operation. In: ACS Omega. (Open Access)https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c04985
  • Stitz, Jörn (2024): Development of HIV-1 Vectors Pseudotyped with Envelope Proteins of other Retroviruses. In: Virology. (peer-reviewed/Open Access)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2024.110300

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