The Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology (IMET) (headed by Prof. Karl-Erich Jaeger) is a part of the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf (UDUS) located on campus of the Research Centre Juelich, Europe’s largest research facility. IMET is part of the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences-IBG-1 which holds a leading position nationally and internationally in the field of basic research and biotechnological applications of microorganisms. Work at IMET covers the scientific topics «microbial cell factories», «metagenomics», “natural product biosynthesis”, «photobiotechnology», and «molecular biophotonics».
WP1: Representing the project management and coordination activities.
WP2: Implementing machine learning platform to screen enzymes demanded by manufacturers.
WP3: Implementing activity-based platforms to screen enzymes demanded by manufacturers.
WP4: Implementing systems for producing and characterising enzymes and finding best ones.
WP5: Improving the performance of the best enzymes through novel engineering techniques.
WP8: Focusing on dissemination, exploitation and communication.
is a professor of Molecular Microbiology at the Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf and Director of the Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology at the Research Centre Juelich. He is an editorial board member of various scientific journals and vice-president of the German Cluster for Industrial Biotechnology (CLIB), a consortium of currently 100 members from universities, research institutions, large and medium-sized Biotech companies. His scientific activities focus on enzymes from bacteria, their identification by metagenomics, expression, purification, and optimization by directed evolution.
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