The "Second Symposium of Industrial Biocatalysis" with speakers from Switzerland and abroad who talked about current challenges in the field took place on June 7th, 2018.

More than 110 guests from industry and academia joined the «Second Symposium of Industrial Biocatalysis» which took place June 7th, 2018 in Wädenswil and offered the opportunity for discussion and net-working.  Speakers from Switzerland and abroad gave an update on current challenges in the field.  For more information check our article in Chimia.

Harnessing Nature: Biocatalysis for Development and Drug Discovery

• Prof. Dr. Rebecca Buller, ZHAW, Switzerland

Enzyme shielding in a soft organo-silica layer: biopharma applications

• Dr. Yves Dudal, INOFEA AG, Switzerland

Engineering strategies towards more efficient biocatalytic cascades

• Dr. Selin Kara, Hamburg University of Technology (D)

Combining enzymatic decarboxylation with homogeneous catalysis – tandem reactions for synthetic applications

• Prof. Dr. Robert Kourist, TU Graz (A)

Novel enzymes for biocatalytic applications: Selective epoxide ring-opening and lignin depolymerisation

• Prof. Dr. Anett Schallmey, TU Braunschweig (D)

Linking photosynthesis and whole cell biocatalysis for C-H functionalization

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmid, UFZ, Leipzig (D)

Biocatalysis in drug discovery and drug development at Novartis

• Dr. Radka Snajdrova, Novartis Pharma (CH)

Computational approaches to enzyme engineering using Rosetta/Cyrus Bench

• Dr. David Pearlman, CyrusBio (USA)

Biocatalytic Reductive Amination

• Prof. Dr. Nicholas Turner, University of Manchester (UK)

Artificial Metalloenzymes: Challenges and Opportunities

• Prof. Dr. Thomas Ward, University of Basel (CH)