🇩🇪➡️🇳🇱 Industrial Secondment: DC8 – Lindelo Mguni – to ChiralVision, Delft, Netherlands!
January 15, 2026 As the new year begins, I find myself back in The Netherlands and this time I’ll be joining ChiralVision B.V., one of our industrial partners specializing in the development of enzyme #immobilization carriers. I’m really looking forward to gaining hands-on insight into the full production process, from raw materials to final carrier formulation, and to better understand how these materials are designed and manufactured at scale. […]
🇦🇹➡️🇩🇪 Industrial Secondment: DC7 – Lilla Gal – to BASF, Germany!
January 13, 2026 I am happy to share that I’ve started my industrial #secondment at BASF in Ludwigshafen as part of my #PhD. Being based at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site — the world’s largest integrated chemical complex — is an amazing opportunity to see how fundamental research is scaled into industrial solutions. I’m really looking forward to learning from industry experts, gaining hands-on […]
🇪🇸➡️🇳🇱 Academic Secondment: DC3 – Corina Šljubura – to Groningen, The Netherlands! (& PhDversary! 🎉)
December 15, 2025 Stepping into the third year of my #PhD feels both surreal and exciting. Working within the BiodeCCodiNNg Doctoral Network has pushed me beyond my comfort zone and helped me grow-scientifically and personally in many ways. Over the past year, I have worked on the development of artificial metalloenzymes for C–C bond formation, […]
🌟 Inspiring Career Development Webinar! 🌟
December 2, 2025 On the 12th and 13th November, our DCs had the opportunity to attend an insightful webinar hosted by one of our partners CLIB on career development, and it was packed with practical strategies and reminders about how they can grow both professionally and personally. They explored four key areas: 🗂️ Project Management – […]
🧠💬 Open Minds, Open Science: BiodeCCodiNNg & MiCon Unite at RUB
November 24, 2025 Last week, PhD candidates from the BiodeCCodiNNg Doctoral Network and the MiCon Research Training Group came together for a two-day workshop dedicated to communication, open science, and scientific exchange. Bringing together two innovative training programs created the perfect environment for learning, collaboration, and new connections. 🔍 What is MiCon? MiCon (RTG 2341 […]
🎓🔎 13 Biocatalysis PhD positions available – join HaloVerse!
November 11, 2025 🚀 Godspeed to our sister-consortium HaloVerse MSCA-DN, coordinated also by #BiodeCCodiNNg‘s coordinator, Prof. Sandy Schmidt and one of our PIs, Prof. Dirk Tischler. We wish you a successful launch into biocatalytic worlds unknown! 🫡🌌 For more information, visit their website: https://haloverse.eu HaloVerse recruitment has started! – We are looking for 13 PhD […]
🏫🎒 Catalyzing future generations’ Enzyme Enthusiasm at RWTH Aachen!
November 10, 2025 The next generation of students is excited about biotechnology! At RWTH Aachen’s “Erstiwoche” (introductory week for first semester students) and RWTH “Tag der Biologie” (day of biology; an information day for school children), starting students and those curious learned why #enzymes are so relevant in drug manufacturing, and why we are investigating new […]
🇩🇪➡️🇪🇸🏭 Industrial Secondment: DC6 – Suresh Rohan – to Barcelona, Spain!
November 4, 2025 Hello from sunny Barcelona! ☀️ Not long after returning to Göttingen from my previous #secondment, it was already time to pack my bags again — this time for my industrial secondment at Zymvol Biomodeling. Here, I’m collaborating with Ferran Sancho and Mahdi Hassankalhori to explore the dynamics of my enzymatic system using simulations. I have already begun analyzing the trajectories from […]
🗓️ Save the Date: BiodeCCodiNNg × NextGenBiocat 2026!
October 20, 2025 We’re delighted to announce that BiodeCCodiNNg is partnering with the 6th NextGenBiocat 2026 (June 10-11 2026) for a special satellite event (June 12) dedicated to enzyme discovery, protein engineering, and applied biocatalysis. This collaboration will highlight the latest research from our Doctoral Candidates through poster and oral presentations while fostering connections across […]
🇩🇪➡️🇳🇱 Academic Secondment: DC6 – Suresh Rohan – to Groningen, The Netherlands! (& PhDversary! 🎉)
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 […]