🤝🧫 One Last Conference, Countless Lasting Connections
June 24, 2026 Two weeks ago in Munich, our doctoral candidates attended the 6th NextGenBiocat Symposium at TU Munich. This was the final conference for our consortium, a milestone that marked the culmination of years of collaboration, research, and shared achievements. A particular highlight was on the final day, where all doctoral candidates presented their […]
🔥 Publication alert! 🔥 Crystal Structure and Conformational Dynamics of N─N Bond-Forming Piperazate Synthase (PZS)
June 22, 2026 Congratulations to #BiodeCCodiNNg DC5 Nikita Pal, DC1 Simon Schröder, Prof. Karl Gruber, and Prof. Sandy Schmidt on their recently published research in ChemBioChem 🎉 In this study, they report the X-ray structure of a PZS, structural analysis, and molecular dynamics simulations that provide insights into cofactor binding, active-site architecture, and enzymatic N─N […]
Keynote Lecture: BiodeCCodiNNg x NextGenBiocat 2026!
May 12, 2026 We’ve got Dr. Joerg Schrittwieser (University of Graz) as our invited speaker for the BiodeCCodiNNg satellite event at the 6th NextGenBiocat 2026. (https://nextgenbiocat.org/invited-speakers-of-the-satellite-event/) His talk on ‘Building molecular complexity: biocatalytic key bond formations for organic synthesis’ is perfect for anyone working to build molecular complexity through enzyme-catalyzed synthesis. If you’ve been struggling […]
🇭🇷➡️🇸🇪 Industrial Secondment: DC4 – Annika Hein – to AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden!
May 11, 2026 Goodbye Zagreb and hello to Gothenburg! After completing my #secondment at the University of Zagreb, I travelled over 1300 km to head into my final research placement outside of Groningen: my industrial secondment at AstraZeneca in Sweden. Here, I recently joined Professor Martin Hayes‘ #biocatalysis team to gain an insight into industrial […]
🇭🇷➡️🇩🇪 Industrial Secondment: DC9 – Lan Julij Zadravec – to Enzymicals, Greifswald, Germany!
April 20, 2026 With the beginning of spring, I have arrived to #Greifswald, Germany, where I will be working alongside Dr. Philipp Süss and the highly capable team at #BiodeCCodiNNg’s industrial partner, Enzymicals AG. I look forward to the #cooperation that will enable me to obtain a better understanding of biocatalytic production on an industrial […]
🇭🇷🥼 BiodeCCodiNNg goes to SMLKI2026 in Zagreb, Croatia
March 09, 2026 Last week, Annika Hein (DC4) and Lan Julij Zadravec (DC9) represented the BiodeCCodiNNg Doctoral Network at the 16th Meeting of Young Chemical Engineers (SMLKI2026), which was organized by the University of Zagreb Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology in cooperation with the Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers. This two-day #conference aims to […]
Publication alert! 🎉 Biocatalytic Regioselective C-Formylation of Resorcinol Derivatives
March 4, 2026 Congratulations to #BiodeCCodiNNg DC7 Lilla Gal, DC6 Rohan Suresh, Prof. Wolfgang Kroutil, and Prof. Kai Tittmann on their newly published work in Angewandte Chemie. In this exciting study, the team reports the first biocatalytic aromatic C-formylation, opening new possibilities for selective enzymatic transformations and further expanding the synthetic toolbox of acyltransferases. Great job to everyone involved! 👏 Read more about the work here! […]
🇩🇪➡️🇩🇪 Academic Secondment: DC10 – Flora Maria Bindreiter – to Bochum, Germany!
February 23, 2026 Greetings from my very first #secondment! Being at a different lab introduced me to a different set of methods, focusing on the production of #NMOs (nitrogen-hydroxylating #monooxygenases). Carolin Schaefer, who you can see in the picture, introduced me to the respective lab workflows. Thank you so much, Carolin! For the remaining time, we will proceed to testing NMOs […]
🇳🇱➡️🇭🇷 Academic Secondment: DC4 – Annika Hein – to Zagreb, Croatia!
February 12, 2026 Hello from Zagreb! At the beginning of February, I left the snowy Netherlands to dive into the next adventure of my PhD trajectory, my second academic #secondment. For the next two months, my travels led me even further south than last time, when I got the chance to accompany DC5, Nikita Pal, […]
🇦🇹➡️🇳🇱 Academic Secondment: DC5 – Nikita Pal – to Groningen, Netherlands!
February 5, 2026 ✨ New lab, new adventure! ✨ This January, I packed my bags (and my proteins) and moved for my academic #secondment to the University of Groningen from the University of Graz. ✈️🚆 With a background in structural biology, I’m eager to use this opportunity to expand my skill set. I look forward to exploring the field of biocatalysis […]