🇳🇱➡️🇭🇷 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 […]
🎓🔎 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 […]