🔥 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 […]
🇭🇷➡️🇸🇪 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: DC1 – Simon Schröder – to AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden!

October 15, 2025 God morgon, Sverige! My industrial #secondment recently began, and I got to pack up my things for the third time in my project. This time I’ll be staying in Gothenburg until the end of the year to work at AstraZeneca R&D as part of Prof. Martin Hayes’ team. I am excited to […]
🔬 Training Event 🚀🇭🇷 – Process Engineering School in Zagreb – February 17th-19th

March 10, 2025 Between February 17-19, the #BiodeCCodiNNg consortium hosted a Process Engineering Workshop at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of the University of Zagreb. In collaboration with our academic and industrial partners, our DCs… ✅ Attended expert-led lectures by PIs from the BiodeCCodiNNg network (Zvjezdana Findrik Blazevic, Dirk Tischler, Dörte Rother) and […]
✈️🇸🇪 BiodeCCodiNNg visits AstraZeneca

June 21, 2024 From June 17th to 18th, the BiodeCCodiNNg Doctoral Network DCs had an incredible opportunity to meet with our industrial partner, AstraZeneca, at their research and development site in #Gothenburg, #Sweden. ✈️🇸🇪 During the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 💡🔬, hosted by Martin Hayes, we gained valuable insights into the various #industrialapplications of biocatalysis and […]
