October 17, 2025
I spent the summer in the beautiful city of Groningen, where I worked for a couple of months on structure-inspired directed evolution of enzymes for carboligation reactions. It was a really fruitful experience working under the supervision of Prof. Gerrit Poelarends and in close collaboration with Veronika Chadimova and Carina Kipp.
The high-throughput screening strategies helped us sort through huge libraries of enzyme variants and find some promising hits. The summer in the Netherlands was also the perfect backdrop for science, collaboration, and exploration!
This secondment also marked the completion of the second year of my PhD — a journey filled with learning, fun, and growth. From moving to a new continent, to standardizing my own project, collaborating within the consortium, and presenting my poster at Biotrans in Basel, it’s been an incredible ride so far.
Looking forward to more discoveries, challenges, and achievements in the second half of my PhD!
Cheers!
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