Biocatalysis department

The Biocatalysis pole is composed of a single team

Research objectives

Focus on: Enzymes, Binding modules, Transporters

Discovery & Structure-Activity-Dynamics relationships studies
Generation of Optimized proteins for enzyme or cell-based processes
Development of in-house computational tools
Generation of Eco-friendly biological solutions

for global health, synthetic biology & circular economy (biomass valorization, waste recycling, human health etc.)

Approaches

Biochemistry, Molecular biology & Integrative Structural biology
Sequence & Activity-based genomics and metagenomics
Protein engineering & Computational protein modelling & design
High throughput Screening / Chemical synthesis / Enzyme immobilization

Department leader

Some key words

Enzyme ; Discovery ; Molecular Modelling & Design ; High Throughput Screening; Engineering, Synthetic biology