🇩🇪➡️🇳🇱 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 […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC5 – Nikita Pal
September 21, 2025 2 years since I began my PhD journey at the University of Graz, and it’s been a year of steady growth, collaboration, and lessons. Over this year, I had the joy to supervise a bachelor’s student as well as work alongside DC4 Annika Hein during her secondment in Graz. I also delivered […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC2 – Carina Kipp
August 28, 2025 This past year has been full of learning and growth — from workshops in Gothenburg and Zagreb on industrial processes and reaction modeling, to my first secondment in Göttingen where Suresh Rohan and I successfully crystallized my enzyme variant. I’m grateful for the opportunities that #BiodeCCodiNNg continues to bring and excited to […]
🎉 Two Years into the PhD Journey! Annual update – DC8 – Lindelo Mguni
August 5, 2025 Today marks two years since I began my PhD journey — and what a journey it’s been so far! In these past 24 months, I’ve had the opportunity to: 🔹 Attend 3 academic conferences, presenting posters showcasing my research (and one speed talk), 🔹 Complete my academic secondment in Groningen (@RUG), 🔹 […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC1 – Simon Schröder ✨
July 1, 2025 Can’t believe it has been two years since starting my #PhD at the University of Groningen. For me, this now marks the halfway point of my studies, which is exciting and frightening at the same time. The recent year of this journey has been quite eventful. I was able to attend workshops […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC7 – Lilla Gal ✨
June 2, 2025 I’ve just completed the second year of my #PhD at the University of Graz, and it’s been a productive and diverse phase of work and growth. Here are a few key highlights from the past year: 🔹 Completed my academic #secondment at the University of Göttingen, gaining valuable experience in enzyme #crystallization and […]
🎉 PhDversary! (and welcome back!) Annual update – DC10 – Flora Bindreiter
February 7, 2025 It has been one and a half years since I first came to the city of Jülich, where the calm and traditional community of residents meets the vibrant and international community of students and scientists. Coming from a different field, in my first weeks at Forschungszentrum I watched other doctoral candidates to […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC3 – Corina Šljubura
November 4, 2024 It’s been a year since I moved to the beautiful city of Barcelona, known for its stunning architecture, rich culture, and lively atmosphere. From the iconic works of Gaudí to the vibrant local traditions, Barcelona never fails to captivate. Since then, I’ve had the privilege of joining the #EuropeanUnion #BiodeCCodiNNg doctoral network, […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC9 – Lan Julij Zadravec
October 21, 2024 It has been a year since I stepped off the international train at the Zagreb train station and my #PhD journey began. Since then, I have gotten properly settled in the vibrant city of Zagreb and began working with my wonderful colleagues at the department of reaction engineering and catalysis of Zagreb […]
🎉 PhDversary! Annual update – DC5 – Nikita Pal
October 4, 2024 It’s almost a year since I made the big move from India to #Austria to start my PhD at the University of Graz! It’s been an exciting and engaging journey filled with lab work and research and a chance to travel and meet fellow researchers. Graz quickly felt like home with its […]