BSC: Workshop on Computational Enzyme Bioprospecting and Engineering
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.
UDUS: Discover biotechnology your everyday life /An expedition to novel enzymes
UDUS FuturEnzyme fellows Rebecka Molitor and Stephan Thies were invited together with their colleague Sonja Kubicki to host three days of the Easter holiday academy “Biotechnology” organized by the Science College Haus Overbach. Together with them, the high school students discovered biotech products in their everyday life, observed in lab experiments different enzymes and biosurfactants at work in their household detergents and joined in their minds a research cruise to find novel enzymes in the sediments of the North Atlantic Ocean.
CSIC: 4ESO+company training
This week we had one more year at CSIC’s laboratory the visit of students within the framework of the 4ESO+company program of the Comunidad de Madrid. They have learnt all the common procedures we use in our daily work: microbe cultivation, DNA extraction, protein production, characterization and purification, PCR, enzymatic activity measurements… We hope we have helped to keep growing their scientific interest and curiosity. Thank you Enma, Pablo and Norhuane!
UHAM: course “Biotechnology and Phages”
This week, Prof. Wolfgang Streit from our partner UHAM has been teaching in the course “Biotechnology and Phages” in the Bio and Emerging Technology Institute (BETin) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The aim of this Institute, established in 2016, is to move towards bioeconomy through innovation and research. For sure all the students enjoyed the course!
CSIC: Novel Enzymes 2023
This year’s edition of Novel Enzymes took place is Greifswald, Germany. This city has a long university tradition, which makes it a priviledged location to meet colleagues and experts in the field of enzymes. Although getting there was a long journey and the city received our workmates Paula and Laura with snow, they enjoyed the congress and come back full of anecdotes and new ideas.
UHAM: Science Café at a MINT school
Pablo PĂ©rez participated in this event, organized by MINT schools in Hamburg. These schools have a special offer on maths, informatics, nature sciences and technology. In this interesting initiative, Pablo showed to the students and teachers how beneficial enzymes and microorganisms are, and their potential for real life and daily use products improvement and greening.
CSIC: 11F, International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023
Our CSIC colleagues spent a whole day again at school, in this occasion, in the other side of the class. In the frame of 11 February, Paula, Laura, Cristina and Patricia talked to and with the 750 students from CEIP Plácido Domingo (Madrid), ranging from 3 to 12 years old, quite a chellenge! There was time also for some experiments to raise their interest and curiosity… maybe in a few years, some of them become FuturEnzymers!
Bangor «New enzymes and biomolecules from extremophiles and metagenomes»
This Centre for Environmental Biotechnology (CEB) Event and Workshop (in person and on line) was held at Bangor University. Professor Peter Golyshin (Bangor) opened the event, followed by Professors Michail Yakimov (CNR) and Manuel Ferrer MartĂnez (CSIC). At this event assisted CEB researchers, representatives from Academia, Industry and the Funder (WEFO).
Cristina CoscolĂn:
“Metagenomics: a useful tool for the discovery of novel enzymes with biotechnological applications”
The Francisco de Vitoria University (Madrid) has dedicated a lesson to our awesomenzymes one more year. Lectured by our CSIC colleague Cristina CoscolĂn, Biotechnology students learned about metagenomics and how it triggers enzyme discovery for real implementations in biotechnology.
FuturEnzyme CLIB forum: «Fantastic enzymes: Where and how to find them»
In the context of our project, we organised a webinar at which almost 200 participants assisted! It was aimed at all kind of publics: researchers, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, policy makers, funding bodies, investors, consumers… everyone who cares about a greener and more sustainable future.
Rebecka Molitor:
“Novel polyester hydrolases from marine Halopseudomnas – A comparative study of a naturally evolved variant library of PET-active biocatalysts”
The 10th International Congress on Biocatalysis (Biocat), held in Hamburg (Germany), counted with our partner from HHU DĂĽsseldorf, Rebecka Molitor, who showed her work on marine polyester hydrolases
Fabienne Hilgers and Stephan Thies: Tag der Neugier (“Day of curiosity”)
Forschungszentrum JĂĽlich organised an Open Day for general public to come closer to cutting-edge research. Our colleagues Fabienne and Stephan, from UDUS, showed their work to over 600 people!
Manuel Ferrer:
“Bioeconomy and climate change mitigation: new enzymes wanted”
BioSC (Bioeconomy Science Center) Symposium, held in person in Bonn, Germany, counted within the section “High-value compounds from integrated processes” with our coordinator Manuel Ferrer, from ICP-CSIC, who talked about how we can use the best of the enzymes’ potential for greener consumer products
BSC: “Barcelona International Youth Science Challenge (BIYSC)”
This two-week residential program is thought for young people (16-18 years old) from all over the world who are passionate about science and technology, annually held in Barcelona. Its goals are to inspire young scientists, to connect them with scientific leaders, and to empower them to pursue their research passions and the future challenges. In this context our BSC colleagues Ana Robles and Rubén Muñoz took in 4 students who learned how enzymes are engineered.
IST-ID: “Marine bioprocesses with bacteria from the Portuguese coast”
Carla CCR de Carvalho (IST-ID) presented the work entitled “Marine bioprocesses with bacteria from the Portuguese coast” at the “One Sustainable Ocean”, a side event of the United Nations Ocean conference (UNOC) held in Lisbon from June 27th to July 1st. The UN Ocean Conference, co-hosted by the Governments of Kenya and Portugal, aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action.
Rebecka Molitor:
“Marine resources for polyester degrading enzyme”
In this occasion, our partner Rebecka Molitor, from UDUS, participated in the Biocatalysis for the Biological Transformation of Polymer Science Conference, held in Cologne, Germany
BSC: “Biocatalysis for the Biological Transformation of Polymer Science”
The European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) Biocatalysis and Biobased Materials Divisions organised this conference to bring together experts from academia and industry. It took place in Cologne, Germany, and our BSC colleagues, Ana Robles and Rubén Muñoz, presented their work and our project in the poster session.
CSIC: «4ºESO+company program»
Cristina CoscolĂn, Laura Fernández, Paula Vidal, David Almendral, Manuel Ferrer and Patricia Molina 4ÂşESO+company program
In the frame of the Community of Madrid program “4ºESO+company”, CSIC took in 5 students from the IES José Luis Sampedro (Tres Cantos, Madrid) to show them how the work in the lab is. They learned basic techniques that we use to discover, develop and characterise enzymes to be employed to better our lives and the environment. Natalia, Marta, Laura, Celia and Alejandra, it was such a pleasure to have you these days with us!
CSIC: «International Day of Women and Girls in Science»
Cristina CoscolĂn, Laura Fernández, Patricia Molina and Paula Vidal, International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated on February 11th. Women from our partner CSIC took this great opportunity to encourage teenagers from Rafael FrĂĽhbeck de Burgos Highschool (Madrid, Spain) to reach gender equality.
CSIC: “Enzymes wanted, reason: the environment”
CLIB, CSIC, SCHOELLER: «Catalysing Alliances for Greener Products»
CLIB, INOFEA: “Enzymes – the Multitool of Biotechnology”
Cristina CoscolĂn and Patricia Molina “Equality at CSIC”
Cristina CoscolĂn, Laura Fernández and Patricia Molina “Science Week”.
Cristina CoscolĂn : “Metagenomics: a useful tool for the discovery of new enzymes with biotechnological applications».
Carla C.C.R. de Carvalho “Using marine bacteria to solve human problems”
Karl-Erich Jaeger: “Novel biocatalysts for biotechnology”
Manuel Ferrer: Metagenomics for new enzyme discovery: Enzymes and their role in the European Green deal
Isabel Cea: “Crystallography gives the key to confer stereospecificity to a promiscuous esterase”
Manuel Ferrer: “Nano for the Environment”