Two ROBOX participants have been nominated for the EU’s Innovation Radar prizes. InnoSyn is in the category as one of the 9 “Best Young SME 2018” and our partner TUG have been nominated for “Industrial & Enabling Tech 2018” in this competition for organisations participating in Horizon2020 projects. We would like to encourage as many…
EU Parliament votes to reduce plastic use. Single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks or cotton buds, will be banned in the EU under new plans and these products which make up over 70% of marine plastic litter. – single-use cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers to be banned from 2021 –…
Cytochrome P450 enzymes are one of the main targets for ROBOX and have now been reported to have applications to make biorenewable chemicals from lignin – a major byproduct of the timber and paper industries. A new class of CYP450s – the family N were discovered. These can convert guaiacol into catechol (and also the…
One of the problems facing potential users wishing to replicate enzyme technology is the availability of the enzyes – our partner RUG now make some ROBOX robust enzymes available: –Eugenol oxidase (EUGO) Robust oxidase acting on phenolic compounds details in Nguyen et al. (2016) Chembiochem. 17:1359-1366 –Thermostable cyclohexanone monooxygenase (TmCHMO) Robust Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase acting on…
The 6th international Novel Enzymes conference Darmstadt has recently completed with four speakers presenting results from from ROBOX
Martin Schurman from INNOSYN presents about practical applications of ROBOX technology
ROBOX also supplied two sessions chairs as well including our coordinator Marco Fraaje (below).
As part of our activities at CPhI our partner TUG promoted the stable lyophilised CYP450 products developed as part of ROBOX. Now on offer to industry is robust CYPs for screening and upscaling from the Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (ACIB) from within the ROBOX are lyophilised CYP biocatalysts that retain full activity – even…
On Saturday 6th of October ROBOX presented at the Day of Chemistry at Chemelot in Geleen (NL) and Maastricht University presented to an open general audience. In total there were 2500 visitors and the ROBOX attracted interest in the area of biotechnology. poster Dr Katrien Bernaerts presents ROBOX to a wider audience. Chemelot stands for…
Recently ROBOX oxidation technology was recently widely publicized at the leading pharmaceutical industrial showcase exhibition CPhI in Madrid. Led by our partner TUG this was an excellent opportunity to promote our use of CYP450 technology to produce pharmaceutically relevant metabolites. CLE also promoted their combination of ADH and NOX technology for alcohol oxidation. IF YOU…
The European Commission has reviewed the progress of the Bioeconomy Strategy and Action Plan and published a comprehensive update. A short video explains the value of the plan and the integrated approach to the European bioeconomy – A new bioeconomy for a sustainable Europe A detailed document reviews the actions so far and gives outlines…
Using the power of directed evolution of enzymes to solve practical problems is at the core of ROBOX activities. This science has been recognised by the Nobel Committee in their decision to award this years prize for chemistry to three researchers who have contributed greatly to opening these new avenues to chemical discovery for vital…