We are constantly making decisions: What do I have for breakfast? Or, What do I wear today? And many of them imply buying products that can have different impact not only in their purpose, but also for the environment. As consumers, we need to be informed to choose more consciously. In this webinar, we learned about enzymes, present in around 10% of the products we consume, and how they improve and green them. Talks from our coordinator, Advisory Board, and industrial partners, shed light on different aspects of the matter. If you didn’t connect and are interested in helping us to undertand better the consumer choices, follow the QR on the up-right image to fill the survey, your feedback is invaluable to us!
The Aquarium of the beautiful spanish city of San Sebastian-Donosti held the IV JEB (Spanish Congress of Biocatalysis, Jornadas Españolas de Biocatálisis). Our Project was represented by Dr. Laura Fernandez-Lopez with an oral communication. This Congress was organized by SEBiot – Sociedad Española de Biotecnología and CIC biomaGUNE, and served as a really nice place to broaden our networking and as an opportunity to learn more on the future of biocatalysis.
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) potential is far from exhausted. AI&ML are seen by many as the next big revolution in the IT sector. In this webinar organized by our partner CLIB, we have learnt how in the fields of enzyme and bioprocess engineering, many methods applying AI are already being developed and successfully implemented. Our partner BSC showed us their part in this revolution, together with 3 more experts in the field. Actually ChatGPT was used to generate the title of the webinar as an example and introduction.
Our project clustered from the beginning with the other 3 projects in the same EU call. We have so much in common, and we are so much stronger together! A proof of this beneficious union is our participation in ESOF2024, under the title “Biochemistry for a greener world: how enzymes can transform the chemical industry and help create sustainable consumer products”. Accompanied by Dr. Manfred Kircher to add his expertise in bio-economy to our vision, we had a really nice intervention. We also stablished some interesting conversations with people in the audience, such as stakeholders, policy-makers, or academic. Besides, it was a really good opportunity to see each other face-to-face; some of us have known each other from long ago, others have met here for the first time. We want to thank Scienseed (RadicalZ) for their initiative to attend to this forum and the great organization. We plan to keep on working to sum up efforts, keep posted!
On 28th May 2024, the University of Düsseldorf (Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) organized a symposium in honor of Prof. Dr. Karl-Erich Jaeger. He is one of the essential members of FuturEnzyme’s consortium, with more than 40 years of experience in the world of microbial and enzymatic technologies. His retirement is a well deserved step, but we will miss him!
The first in-person edition of the Annual Conference of the German Association for General and Applied Microbiology after the pandemic break took place in Goettingen, Germany. UDUS FuturEnzyme fellow Tobias Horbach used this opportunity to present his project as collaborative work of FuturEnzyme partners UDUS, UHAM, Bangor and CSIC demonstrating the power of cooperation.
This week has been intense! Laura Fernández, Paula Vidal and Cristina Coscolín have assisted to BioTrans 2023 in La Rochelle (France) where they shared our work in the form of pitch talk, oral communication and poster! So productive!
Responsible Research & Innovation (RRI) principles are a must in all current and future investigations. To be sure that we squeeze at the maximum our results, we have to be sure that we are working in the right direction and in line with the best practices. Key is to never lose sight of the real demanded needs for society and environment. With these priorities in mind, we set up a interactive online workshop in which to deepen in RRI and apply its principles to practical examples. Experts in the matter were involved and leading different groups, which worked together to share personal views and examples. Different aspects were covered in the frame of RRI principles. We want to thank the experts, Babette Regierer, Petar Vrgovic, Silvia Gallego and Luisa Crisigiovanni, and all the participants; we enjoyed a nice discussion, different views and experiences, and a really enriching time!
How to obtain, manage and share your project’s data? How important is it to obtain/share samples according to regulations? In this internal webinar, the coordinators of different EU projects (OxiPro, RadicalZ, EnXylaScope, FuturEnzyme and Nymphe) gave a short presentation about the Data Management Plan (DMP) strategy, they type of data and metadata generated, how they manage, how the share, etc. The Nagoya protocol and the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) regulations is also interesting (how to manage microbes, enzymes, environmental samples), so we had a representative of the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition to discuss about it. At the end, we had a discussion on how to move forward with data management.
In this theoretical and hands-on course organized by FuturEnzyme and OxiPro, our members have learned how to take advantage of the potential that computational tools have in the discovery and development of disruptive enzymes. This collaborative workshop between the projects from the Cluster Enzymes for Greener Products has also provided a perfect space for meeting colleagues.
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