🇭🇷🥼 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 […]
🇩🇪➡️🇳🇱 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 […]