Month: July 2023

Registration is open for the online CLASSY Workshop

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Join us online on 16th October 2023 from 13:00 – 15:30 CET for the CLASSY workshop “Bioreactions in flow reactors: bringing out the potential applications for cell-free synthetic biology“.

Are you working with enzymatic cell-free pathways in flow or are you using or developing (biocatalytic) flow chemistry technologies? Then you might be interested to join our workshop on the opportunities, technological challenges and bottlenecks for the application of immobilised enzymatic pathways! The CLASSY partners and scientists in systems chemistry will showcase the latest results of the project and several industry experts in the field of biocatalysis will participate in the event. Our invited guest speakers Dr. David Roura Padrosa (inSEIT Biotech), Dr. Mattia Lazzarotto and Dr. Stefan Payer (Enzyan Biocatalysis), Dr. Rob Schoevaart (ChiralVision), Dr.Javier Ibáñez (EnginZyme) and Dr. David Liese (Enzymicals), will present their latest research on the topic and will be available to answer questions.  
To foster the knowledge exchange between the academic sector and industrial R&D departments, each presentation will be followed by a dedicated Q&A session. The workshop will be closed with a panel discussion with all the speakers, lead by Prof. Wolfgang Kroutil (Universität Graz) and Prof. Wilhelm Huck (Radboud University Nijmegen), concerning the potential applications of the Innovations in the industry. The workshop is free and open to all audiences. Do you want to know more? Check out the programme and register today!

ETH Zurich brings to CLASSY an award from the 17th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry

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The 17th International Symposium on Macrocyclic and Supramolecular Chemistry (ISMSC 2023) took place during 25-29th June in Reykjavik, Iceland. The conference brought together approximately 500 scientists from all over the world. There was a breadth of topics covered, with a particular emphasis on supramolecular self-assembly, incl. dynamic, out-of-equilibrium and stimuli responsive systems, as well as molecular recognition and sensing.

Dr. Bartosz Lewandowski, Senior Scientist in the Wennemers Group at ETH Zurich, had the opportunity to present the work of the Wennemers Group on catalytic templated length-controlled oligomerization both in the form of a flash presentation and a poster, winning one of the awards for the best posters during the conference:

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The results presented raised a lot of interest of the conference attendees. As Dr. Lewandowski's words: “I had many engaging and stimulating discussions during the poster session and afterwards covering both the already obtained data as well as new potential avenues and ideas for the project. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the five days in Reykjavik filled with outstanding science.”

Curious to learn more about the other results of the CLASSY project? Visit our Results page to learn more and follow @CLASSY_H2020 to stay tuned on the upcoming project updates.

Wide representation of CLASSY at the International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations

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Our partners from the University of Graz represented the CLASSY project at the 16th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations (#Biotrans2023) in La Rochelle, France. Prof. Wolfgang Kroutil, Dr. Christoph K. Winkler, Dr. Mathias Pickl and Mr. Stefan Simic had the opportunity to showcase some of their latest research on the CLASSY project and discuss their enthusiasm for enzymes with fellow researchers.

The in-person event provided an overview of the latest advances in the fields of biocatalysis and biotransformations, gathering innovative and interdisciplinary strategies to overcome scientific and technological hurdles. Various topics had been covered, such as enzyme discovery and design, reaction engineering, enzyme mechanisms, computational methods, synthetic biology, metabolic engineering (chemo)enzymatic cascades, and industrial biocatalysis.

The Biocatalysis Research Group led by Prof. Kroutil had been busy presenting their latest works with two posters and two oral presentations during the conference:

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It was a good opportunity to meet experts from different areas and exchange ideas with actors from the private and public sectors in a stimulating atmosphere. As Dr. Winkler words: “The conference was really informative and our contributions were well received”.

Curious to learn more about the other results of the CLASSY project? Visit our Results page to learn more and follow @CLASSY_H2020 to stay tuned on the upcoming project updates.