Biochemist · Manufacturing Scientist

Biology, engineered
to reach patients.

I'm a biochemist working in biopharmaceutical manufacturing — currently focused on plasma‑derived therapeutics at Takeda. From ribosome structure during my PhD to production‑scale protein purification today.

Portrait of Burak Gulen
14
Papers, '14–'24
800+
Citations
15+
Years in research
3
Countries
Takeda
Current

14 papers in journals including Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, PNAS, Nucleic Acids Research and Trends in Microbiology.

Right now

Senior Research Specialist II, Manufacturing Sciences at Takeda — working on plasma protein manufacturing, and writing monthly on biomanufacturing and protein science.

“Rather than being the best at one thing, I love being very good at many things.”

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Bench to plant

Career
2024–now
Senior Research Specialist II, Manufacturing Sciences
Takeda Pharmaceuticals · Social Circle, GA
2021–24
Senior Scientist / Research Specialist
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), UT Southwestern Medical Center · Dallas, TX
2018–21
Project Leader
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · Germany
2015–18
Postdoctoral Scientist
Technical University of Munich · Germany
2011–15
PhD, Biochemistry (Research & Teaching Assistant)
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA
Illustration

I also draw what I study

Alongside the papers, I design the molecular illustrations that go with them — two have been selected as journal covers.

Molecular structure illustration Fic enzyme AMPylation scheme Bioconjugate Chemistry journal cover
Consulting

Open to consulting

Advisory work on protein production, downstream processing, bioconjugation, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing — for teams working the seam between academic protein science and industrial‑scale production.

Downstream processing · Bioconjugation · Plasma-derived therapeutics
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