Johannes Bauer

Director for Business Excellence at SERO AS - The independent control sera specialist

Oslo, Oslo, Norway

About

Internal business architect, project portfolio manager, and industrial project leader with a strong background in academic protein research. I am well-organized with excellent time-management, and like to work target-oriented with perseverance, critical and innovative thinking in combination with common sense. I am used to successfully lead both project teams and serve as department head. As a team player, my personality allows me to adapt easily to new work environments both in academic and industrial settings. If you want to get in touch, please send me a message on LinkedIn.

Experience

  • SERO AS - The independent control sera specialist (Full-time · 7 yrs 10 mos)
    • Director for Business Excellence
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    • R&D Manager
      Aug 2025 - Jan 2026 · 6 mos

      Completion of Lean Six Sigma Black Belt course Project Portfolio Manager

    • Senior Project Leader
      Aug 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Completion of Green Belt Lean Six Sigma course and successfully executed an improvement project Project Portfolio Manager

  • Center for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM), former Biotechnology Center of Oslo, University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway)
    • Researcher
      Sep 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr

      Research on human membrane proteins with Dr. J. Preben Morth • High-level production of membrane proteins using a GFP-based platform • Cell culture: bacterial, mammalian and yeast cells • Live-cell imaging (confocal microscopy) • Identification of membrane protein interaction partners • Supervision of bachelor and master students

    • Postdoctoral Researcher
      Feb 2015 - Aug 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Research on human membrane proteins with Dr. J. Preben Morth • High-level production of membrane proteins using a GFP-based platform • Cell culture: bacterial, mammalian and yeast cells • Live-cell imaging (confocal microscopy) • Identification of membrane protein interaction partners • Supervision of bachelor and master students

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Aarhus University
    Jun 2013 - Jan 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Research on neuronal receptors with Asc. Prof. Søren S. Thirup • Cloning, expression, purification and crystallization of target proteins • cell culture: bacterial and mammalian cells • Refolding of proteins • Biophysical characterization of protein-protein and protein-peptide complexes using microscale thermophoresis • Data collection at synchrotron sources: ESRF Grenoble (France), MaxLab Lund (Sweden) • Supervision of a bachelor student • Teaching assistant for students: HPLC (laboratory)

  • Internship at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)
    Apr 2007 - Dec 2007 · 9 mos

    • Crystallization of proteins using the automated in-house process (robotics: Tecan, Phoenix, Oryx and the Rockmaker database) • Co-crystallization of inhibitor-target complexes, including various seeding techniques • Soaking fragment cocktails or inhibitors in protein crystals, also in combination with crosslinking of protein crystals • Establishing cryo protocols for X-ray data collection • Data collection in-house and at the Swiss Light Source in Villigen (Switzerland) • Performing protein modifications and characterization (e.g. lysine methylation, HPLC, thermal denaturation measurements)