Knut Elbers is Director of NBE-Therapeutics and is closely involved in the strategic development of the company. As Partner of the Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, he is representing the fund at NBE-Therapeutics. Knut Elbers has been with Boehringer Ingelheim since 1995, when he joined the pharma organization in the international research and development department of the animal health business. From 1999 to 2008 he was heading the European vaccine research organization for animal health at Boehringer. Subsequently he collected experiences in human antibody related research and development being involved in R&D project management and Collaborative Research for New Biological Entities (NBEs). During his work at Boehringer Ingelheim, Knut Elbers was involved in 12 patent applications and the driver behind key development projects like (Ingelvac PRRSV, Enterisol Ileitis, Ingelvac CircoFLEX) contributing significantly to the vaccine business success of the animal health business of Boehringer Ingelheim. Knut Elbers has studied biology at the Eberhard-Karls-University in Tübingen with specific focus on virology and immunology. He performed his Ph.D. work at the federal institute for viral diseases in Tübingen focusing on protein processing during viral replication and pathogen/host interaction mechanism.

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