Life Sciences Partnering 2025

4–5 Jun 2025 | Innsbruck, Austria

Kerstin Schmitz

Business Development Manager

Axxam SpA

Bresso, Italy

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Axxam, offers tailored scientific support in Hit to Lead and Lead optimisation, using state of the art and niche expertise as Electrophysiology.

My organisation

Axxam SpA

Axxam SpA

Company

Bresso (Mi), Italy

Axxam is an innovative research and discovery organization providing services for the identification and validation of bioactive molecules across the life sciences industry and supporting pharmaceutical and biotech companies from target validation to hit and lead identification.
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About me

  • Business Development Manager (2021 - present) at Axxam S.p.A., Bresso, Italy

  • Principal Scientist, Department of Biochemistry(2017-2021, Axxam S.p.A., Bresso, Italy

  • Principal investigator, Department of DNA Editing in Immunity and Epigenetics (2013-2017) IFOM, Milan, Italy.

  • Post-doctoral position, Department of DNA Editing in Immunity and Epigenetics(2011-20173) IFOM, Milan, Italy.

  • Postdoctoral fellow, Department Molecular Biology of the Cell II (2007-2010) German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany

  • PhD student (2003-2006) Ruprechts Karl University in Heidelberg, Germany

  • Diploma student, Department of Microbiology and Genetics (2003) University of Darmstadt, Germany

Skills

  • Drug discovery
  • Biochemistry
  • Hit to Lead
  • Lead Optimisation
  • Business Development

Interests

  • Drug discovery
  • Hit to Lead
  • Lead Optimisation