Bernhard Illes received his PhD in chemistry at the LMU in Munich, specializing in nanoparticles and photoactivation of proteins. He joined Microcoat as a project leader in 2021 as part of the Endotoxin Service. His projects focus on developing endotoxin detection methods for challenging samples that exhibit LER with a focus on recombinant BET. He accompanies the samples from initial feasibility studies and method development until method validation and GMP release testing. He is currently a group leader in the Endotoxin Services