Invited Speakers
Accepted Speakers
NOVEL ENZYMES BY DISCOVERY
Prof. Dr. John Gerlt, University of Illinois, USA
Title presentation: "Transport system solute binding protein (SBP)‑Guided discovery of novel enzymes in novel metabolic pathways"
Prof. Dr. Thomas Barends, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg, Germany
Title presentation: "Hydrazine synthase, a bacterial enzyme producing rocket fuel"
Prof. Dr. David Leys, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Title presentation: "Unravelling the chemistry underpinning reversible decarboxylation in the UbiX-UbiD system"
Dr. Kirk Schnorr, Novozymes, Denmark
Title presentation: "Novel enzymes in an industrially relevant context"
Prof. Dr. Florian Hollfelder, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Title presentation: "Rules and tools for efficient enzyme evolution, recruitment and discovery based on catalytic promiscuity"
Prof. Dr. Kohei Oda, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
Title presentation: "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate) and its enzymes involved in the degradation"
NOVEL ENZYMES BY ENGINEERING
Prof. Dr. Manfred Reetz, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany
Title presentation: "Recent methodology developments in directed evolution"
Prof. Dr. Magali Remaud-Simeon, University of Toulouse, France
Title presentation: "Structurally-guided engineering of enzymes and enzymatic pathways for novel products"
Prof. Dr. Emma Master, University of Toronto, Canada
Title presentation: “Polysaccharide utilization loci as sources of unique carbohydrate active enzymes”
NOVEL ENZYMES & BIOCATALYSIS
Prof. Dr. Dick Janssen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Title presentation: "Computational approaches in enzyme engineering"
Dr. Daniela Monti, Istituto di Chimica del Riconoscimento Moleculare, Italy
Title presentation: "Novel "hot" epoxide hydrolases: from discovery in metagenomes to synthetic exploitation"
Prof. Dr. Berndt Nidetzky, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Title presentation: "Novel synthetic glycosylations and phosphorylations in single and multi-enzyme catalyzed transformations"
Prof. Dr. Leandro Helgueira Andrade, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
Title presentation: "From enzyme prospection to synthetic applications with hetero-compounds"
Dr. Slavko Kralj, DuPont, The Netherlands
Title presentation: "Biocatalysis towards the production of specialty carbohydrates"
OXIDATIVE BIOCATALYSIS
Dr. Monika Muller, DSM, The Netherlands
Title presentation: "Application of P450 monooxygenases on kg scale"
Dr. Rubén Gómez Castellanos, University of Pavia, Italy
Title presentation: "New Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases by discovery and engineering".
Dr. Boris Schilling, Givaudan, Switzerland
Title presentation: "Use of biocatalysis for the production of flavor and fragrance ingredients"
Contact: novelenzymes@rug.nl
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