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INTERfaces Tailored Materials and Enzymes for Industrial Processes – Sustainability and Industrial Applications

The INTERFfaces iMooX-course “Tailored Materials and Enzymes for Industrial Processes – Sustainability and Industrial Applications” focusses on how biocatalysis can be implemented at industrial scale, and will show how enzymatic solutions can become environmentally-friendly and industrially relevant at the same time. Two Units are envisaged. The first Unit, covering four lectures, will provide the fundamentals of sustainability, discussing from environmental metrics to the use of biogenic resources and some concepts related to bioeconomy. The first two will show how the environmental impact of biocatalytic reactions can be measured with meaningful and easy-to-implement metrics, and how a broader analysis can be made by implementing Life-Cycle-Assessments (LCA) strategies. The other two will explain the current transition from petroleum-based chemicals to a new paradigm based on biomasses as feedstocks. The second Unit, composed of two lectures, will show different biocatalytic industrial cases, emphasizing in each case why enzymes provide an advantage, based on selectivity, mild reaction conditions, versatility in different reaction media, etc. Overall, a broad perspective on the possibilities of biocatalysis at industrial scale will be given. The Units will be completed with some interviews between young scientists and industrial biotechnology leaders and an science dissemination expert, and experimental videos.

The course is not only taught for students at BSc. and MSc. study levels but also to attract attention from industrial chemists interested in applying enzymes to synthesize chemicals for our daily use.

Check the course out here: https://imoox.at/course/TEIP-SM

List of teachers:

Dr. Pablo Domínguez de María (Sustainable Momentum, SL), Prof. Selin Kara (Aarhus University), and Prof. Lucia Gardossi (University of Trieste).

List of Interview participants:

Luisa Maren Merz (ESR05) with Dr. Luuk van Langen (ViaZym), Kamela Myrtollari (ESR09) with Dr. Andreas Taden (Henkel), Chiara Danielli (ERS11) with MSc. Özge Tigli Tasli (Bumbuku)

Experimental video by:

Kamela Myrtollari (ESR09)