ROBOX Fused enzyme paper gets VIP paper on @ChemistryViews

“Design of Artificial Alcohol Oxidases: Alcohol Dehydrogenase–NADPH Oxidase Fusions for Continuous Oxidations” paper by our ROBOX partners at RUG report the creation of the bifunctional fusion enzymes and these were found to be efficient biocatalysts to perform alcohol oxidations, merely requiring a catalytic amount of cofactor and molecular oxygen. By fusing these redox enzymes, the…

Development and scale-up of efficient biocatalytic oxidations using oxygen

See Martin Schürmann from our partner InnoSyn present- at our “Development and scale-up of efficient biocatalytic oxidations using oxygen”H2020 EU New developments in Industrial Biocatalysis demonstration workshop” He will present results of scaled up use of molecular oxygen (from air) the cheapest and most atom efficient oxidant available for the introduction and further oxidation of…

ROBOX @ CHAINS

For regular attenders at the large CHAINS meeting (3rd-5th Dec) the ROBOX items will now be noticable. This year University of Maastricht presented their latest results on polymers with novel properties from monomers produced by biocatalysis If you want to find out more about these and other EU funded results about making enzymes available for…

ROBOX at “Pint of Science”

Friso Aalbers from our partner RUG explaining the use of enzymes in biotechnology and pharmaceutical science as well as the importance 0f EU funding in allowing the contribution of ROBOX in this area. This is part of our program to engage with the wider public and allow our science to be understood. If you are…

H2020 EU New developments in Industrial Biocatalysis demonstration workshop

We are now offering invites to attend our workshop. From our partner ChemStream Geert Deroover will present on some interesting results on modifying the surfaces of particles and pigments. REGISTER here to hear about the value of this technology ChemStream is an innovative chemical contract research company, developing customized sustainable materials and sustainable technology with…

Bio-Derived Nylon-6

ROBOX has one target for the use of Bayer-Villiger Monooxygenases to produce caprolactone. Recently a publication reports a detailed study on an alternative route from glucose. “Sustainable production of chemical intermediates for nylon manufacture: A techno-economic analysis for renewable production of caprolactone” If you want to find out more about recent demonstrations of enzyme catalysis…