BIOCATALYSIS Partner News - TU Berlin: Synthetic biology finds new ways to manufacture lantibiotics

Innovative chemical substances from bacteria

Nediljko Budisa and Roderich Süssmuth, both professors at the Berlin-based Cluster of Excellence "Unifying Concepts in Catalysis" (UniCat), have developed a new method for the artificial manufacture of lantibiotics. Lantibiotics are a group of antibiotics containing amino acids that do not occur in the proteins of living creatures: non-proteinogenic amino acids. Now, Budisa and Süssmuth’s results have been published in the online edition of the prestigious science journal Angewandte Chemie.
Synthetic amino acids incorporated into peptide-based lantibiotics dramatically increase the chemical diversity of the two-component lantibiotic lichenicidin, which has antibacterial properties. This procedure enables the biotechnological manufacture of a variety of different lichenicidin compounds, paving the way towards new antibiotics that can be exploited in human medicine.

German Clusters in Joint Action for Industrial Biotechnology

BioIndustry 2021

The winners of the nationwide competition BioIndustry 2021 launched by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) set up the work group BioIndustry 2021. Its aim is to support the development of industrial biotechnology on a national as well as on an international level and to ensure Germany’s leading position even beyond the five year funding period of “BioIndustry 2021”.

EFIB 2011 - BIOCATALYSIS2021 together with BioIndustry 2021 on European Conference

18 to 20 October - Meet our Experts in Amsterdam

According to the organizers EFIB is now clearly established as the largest conference in Europe for the bio-based market, bringing together business, policy and research and featuring top-level speakers, a comprehensive exhibition and an attendance of over 400 senior decision-makers. This year the German BioIndustry 2021 Clusters will be presented on the exhibition by CIB Frankfurt. And furthermore Cluster Manager Dr. Thomas Niemann, HA Hessen Agentur GmbH, will give a lecture in track "innovation" on October 19, 17.20 h, title "BioIndustry 2021 - the Innovation Centre for industrial biotechnology".

Cluster BIOCATALYSIS2021 together with BioIndustry 2021 on BIOTECHNICA 2011

11 to 13 October - Meet our Experts in Hanover

You will meet the German Clusters BioIndustry 2021 BIOCATALYSIS2021, BioM WB and CIB Frankfurt this year as co-exhibitor of cluster Biopolymers/Biomaterials in the joint pavilion Baden-Württemberg in Hall 9, Stand D36/1. Lectures on Wednesday, October 12th: At this year's BIOTECHNICA the forum and special display Industrial Biotechnology present new, specific examples for the application of biotechnological processes and methods in production processes. Which processes and methods will be used in industrial processes in future? How can scientists and engineers in interdisciplinary project teams benefit from each other?

Berlin is the meeting point for European process engineers and biotechnologists

ECCE & ECAB - Meet our Experts

From September 25 till 29 Berlin will be the focal point of European process engineering and biotechnology. More than 3,000 participants from Europe and beyond are expected for the 8th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE) and the 1st European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (ECAB). About 800 lectures cover the complete range of current topics from simulation to plant design and safety technology and from systems biology to biorefineries. About 1,000 scientific posters, an accompanying industry exhibition and an attractive social program stimulate discussion and offer an opportunity for networking. BIOCATALYSIS2021 will be presented together with the German BioIndustry 2021-Clusters on Stand B14, Side Lobby red (East).

10 Years ScanBalt BioRegion -
Towards a Balanced Regional Development and Smart Specialization in the Baltic Sea Region

Congratulations from BIOCATALYSIS2021

ScanBalt BioRegion is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2011. Ten years after the first round table discussion in Teschow, the ScanBalt Forum will again take place in the German State of Mecklenburg/Vorpommern – this time from September 22-23 in Heringsdorf on the Pomeranian Island of Usedom. Key topics of the Forum will be: "ScanBalt Health Region – the Health Flagship in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (BSR)"; "The Green Valley – Environmental projects and activities in BSR and the Barents Sea" and "Cross-border cooperation - Challenges and opportunities in the Baltic Sea Region".
BIOCATALYSIS2021-Partners will present "White Biotech: Cluster BIOCATALYSIS2021 - Sustainable Biocatalysis Opening New Paths" on September 23, 11-12.30h.

BIOCATALYSIS2021 Summer School - 22-25. August 2011, Bad Herrenalb, Germany

BIOCATALYSIS2021 SummerSchool - "Biotransformations 2011"

Biotransformations are very rapidly evolving methods for the production of bulk and fine chemicals. It is the goal of this summer school to introduce highly motivated postgraduates and postdocs from industry and academia at an early stage of their career to the interdisciplinary challenges of biotransformations. At the summer school a wide selection of topics will be discussed, ranging from the newest biocatalysts and expression systems, aligned evolution, and large-scale screening through to approaches in biochemical engineering. Within the framework of the technology and transfer coordination of the BIOCATALYSIS2021-Cluster this Summer School is organised by Professor Andreas Liese, Hamburg University of Technology.

BIOCATALYSIS2021 and ACIB plan long-term strategic partnership

Strategic alliance in the field of industrial biotechnology!

Hamburg, 15 June 2011 – The Hamburg cluster BIOCATALYSIS2021 and ACIB GmbH (Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology) have entered into a strategic alliance in the field of industrial biotechnology.

Dr Holger Zinke, founder and CEO of BRAIN AG, honoured with the 2011 IBN Award

Outstanding achievements in the field of industrial or "white" biotechnology

Hamburg, 15 June 2011 – Dr Holger Zinke, founder and Chief Executive Officer of BRAIN AG, was honoured in Hamburg today with the “IBN Award” in recognition both of his outstanding achievements in the field of industrial “white” biotechnology in pursuit of a biologisation of industrial production processes and of his successful entrepreneurial activities. The prize is awarded by the association, Industrielle Biotechnologie Nord e.V. The award ceremony marked the climax of an international symposium on the subject of the bioeconomy with more than 100 guests from business, science and politics.

BIOCATALYSIS2021 - Summer School - from 11 July till 14 July, 2011 in Kiel

„Methods in Biotechnology: Milestones in product and process development“ Register now!

For a successful product and process development from lab-scale to industrial applications various disciplines are necessary to act in close cooperation. In addition to their specific education – such as studies in science or engineering - researchers in academia and industry have to broaden their knowledge in contiguous fields on the job. Within the framework of the technology and transfer coordination of the BIOCATALYSIS2021-Cluster this Summer School is organised by Dr. J. Imhoff (IFM-GEOMAR und Kieler Wirkstoff-Zentrum-KiWiZ, Kiel) as well as Prof. Dr.-Ing. B. Niemeyer (Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg).

World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioprocessing 2011, May 8-11, 2011

Meet our experts in Toronto

The World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing is one of the world's largest industrial biotechnology event for business leaders, investors and policy makers in biofuels, biobased products, and renewable chemicals. BIOCATALYSIS2021 will be presented in the exhibition together with the BioIndustry2021 Clusters and you will meet our experts also active in the congress program.

B2B matchmaking at waste to energy+recycling 2011 in Bremen!

Find new business contacts and cooperation partners!

Messe Bremen/WFB and Enterprise Europe Network are organizing the b2b matchmaking on May 18 at waste to energy+recycling 2011. Waste to energy+recycling 2011 is the future forum for energy and materials recovery from waste and biomass. Over 200 exhibitors and 2000 professional visitors are expected to come. International delegates amount to over 30 percent. Partner nation 2011 is Poland.

Professor Garabed Antrankian - President of the Hamburg University of Technology

Head of BIOCATALYSIS2021 has taken up his new challenge

April 1, 2011 - Welcome Address of Professor Garabed Antrankian as new President of the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH): "TUHH is a small but high-class university with a clear profile in research and with modern, practice-oriented learning methods. Proximity is an important aspect of our dealings with our students. They experience it at first hand during project-based learning in small groups and in close contact with our eminent academic staff. Our goal is to educate creative minds with an individual specialist profile and a high level of social skills.

Sunday Times - News Insert "Life Sciences Biotechnology and Food Security"

BIOCATALYSIS2021
Innovations in the Cluster – A Unique Consortium

The British Sunday Times has published with its issue 16/01/2011 the news insert "Life Sciences Biotechnology and Food Security ". On 65 pages biotechnology is viewed in this briefing by internationally recognized experts as key technology offering an enormous potential for solving problems in almost all areas of life. The interview with Professor Garabed Antranikian about the cluster BIOCATALYSIS2021 shows that the industrial biotechnology has the function of an innovative motor giving decisive impetus to numerous fields of application. And that this sector of biotechnology owes its strength to the interdisciplinary cooperation of chemists, biologists and engineers.

AB Enzymes strengthens Leadership team

Professor Karl-Heinz Maurer joins as Director Business Development

Press Release 1/5/2011: AB Enzymes announces the appointment of Prof Dr. Karl-Heinz Maurer as Director of Business Development. The appointment will complete the leadership team at the company. Karl comes from consumer goods company Henkel and has over 25 years of experience in enzymes and biotechnology. "Biotechnology is the core business of AB Enzymes, and the company has a very focused strategy to grow and improve its Enzymes business. I believe I can contribute significantly to this strategy and that was critical for my decision to join this leading organization." says Maurer.

Newly released at Springer

"Extremophiles Handbook"
by Koki Horikoshi & Garabed Antranikian, et al.

The Extremophiles Handbook brings together the rapidly growing and often scattered information on microbial life in the whole range of extreme environments. This book will be a useful reference for finding clues to the origin of life and for exploring the biotechnology potential of these fascinating organisms.

Professor Garabed Antranikian to become new president of Hamburg University of Technology

Our warmest congratulations to the Head of BIOCATALYSIS2021!

Professor Garabed Antranikian , who is currently vice president for academic affairs, is to take over as the new president of the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH). The University Council unanimously elected the 59-year-old biologist and the Academic Senate formally endorsed the decision during it's meeting yesterday. The president-elect Garabed Antranikian will succeed Professor Edwin Kreuzer on April 1, 2011 for a six-year term. His formal appointment by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is expected to be made before the year’s end. His election was preceded by a multi-stage selection procedure.

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