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💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🌱🌿 Arya Satheesh developed a #bioplastic called Eco Purge that biodegrades in two weeks.

The material releases specific #enzymes designed to break down existing #microplastics in #soil and #water. Her #research and prototype earned her the European category win at the 2026 #EarthPrize.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-high-schooler-invented-a-plant-based-plastic-that-removes-microplastics-from-the-environment-as-it-biodegrades-180989254/

#science #innovation #environment #biotechnology #sustainability #ecology #materials #pollution #nature

The video 🎥 of the #BeilsteinTalk “Tungsten aldehyde #oxidoreductase – a new type #hydrogenase” with Maciej Szaleniec from the Polish Academy of Sciences is NOW available 🔓 in the video portal @TIB_AVPortal of the @tibhannover:
🔗 https://av.tib.eu/media/73257

#biochemistry #biotechnology #EnzymeKinetics #EnzymeAssays #biocatalysis #enzymes #BeilsteinTalks

There's still time to register for TOMORROW's FREE online #BeilsteinTalk “Accelerating evolution of biocatalyzed oxidation reactions” with Joelle N. Pelletier, University of Montreal 🇨🇦.

📅 March 19, 2026
🕒 3–4 pm CET
🔗 https://www.beilstein-institut.de/en/talks/biochemistry-accelerating-evolution-of-biocatalyzed-oxidation-reactions/?M=y

Registration is FREE!

#EnzymeEngineering #biocatalysis #enzymes #biochemistry #BeilsteinTalks

Invitation to join the online #BeilsteinTalk “Accelerating evolution of biocatalyzed oxidation reactions” with Joelle N. Pelletier, University of Montreal 🇨🇦.

📅 March 19, 2026
🕒 3–4 pm CET
🔗 https://www.beilstein-institut.de/en/talks/biochemistry-accelerating-evolution-of-biocatalyzed-oxidation-reactions/?M=y

Registration is FREE!

#EnzymeEngineering #biocatalysis #enzymes #biochemistry #BeilsteinTalks

Save the date 📅 March 19, 2026 🕒 3–4 pm CET

Online #BeilsteinTalk “Accelerating evolution of biocatalyzed oxidation reactions” with Joelle N. Pelletier, University of Montreal 🇨🇦.

🔗 https://www.beilstein-institut.de/en/talks/biochemistry-accelerating-evolution-of-biocatalyzed-oxidation-reactions/?M=y

#EnzymeEngineering #biocatalysis #enzymes #biochemistry #BeilsteinTalks

Coming up on Thursday, October 23, 2025 🕒 3–4 pm CEST: Online #BeilsteinTalk “Tungsten aldehyde #oxidoreductase – a new type #hydrogenase” with Maciej Szaleniec from the Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences 🇵🇱.

Participation is FREE – just register 🔗 https://www.beilstein-institut.de/en/talks/biochemistry-tungsten-aldehyde-oxidoreductase/?M=y

#biochemistry #biotechnology #EnzymeKinetics #EnzymeAssays #biocatalysis #enzymes #BeilsteinTalks

Coming up on Thursday, October 23, 2025 🕒 3–4 pm CEST: Online #BeilsteinTalk “Tungsten aldehyde #oxidoreductase – a new type #hydrogenase” with Maciej Szaleniec from Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences 🇵🇱.

Participation is FREE – just register 🔗 https://www.beilstein-institut.de/en/talks/biochemistry-tungsten-aldehyde-oxidoreductase/?M=y

#biochemistry #biotechnology #EnzymeKinetics #EnzymeAssays #biocatalysis #enzymes #BeilsteinTalks

Save the date: 📅 October 23, 2025 🕒 3–4 pm CEST

Online #BeilsteinTalk “Tungsten aldehyde #oxidoreductase – a new type #hydrogenase” with Maciej Szaleniec from the Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow 🇵🇱.

Registration is FREE 🔗 https://www.beilstein-institut.de/en/talks/biochemistry-tungsten-aldehyde-oxidoreductase/?M=y

#biochemistry #biotechnology #EnzymeKinetics #EnzymeAssays #biocatalysis #enzymes #BeilsteinTalks

Coming up next week: Invitation to join the FREE livestream 🎥 of the Beilstein Enzymology Symposium 2025 “Natural and synthetic evolution of catalysis” in Rüdesheim 🇩🇪, 📅 Sept 9–11, 2025.

🔗 https://www.beilstein-institut.de/en/symposia/enzymology/?M=y

The members of the scientific committee, Pimchai Chaiyen, Tobias Erb and Carsten Kettner, Beilstein-Institut, are looking forward to your participation.

#BeilsteinEnzymology2025 #biocatalysis #enzymes #enzymology

Join the livestream 🎥 of the upcoming Beilstein Enzymology Symposium 2025 “Natural and synthetic evolution of catalysis” in Rüdesheim 🇩🇪, 📅 Sept 9–11, 2025.
Participation is FREE 🔗 https://www.beilstein-institut.de/en/symposia/enzymology/?M=y

The members of the scientific committee, Pimchai Chaiyen, Tobias Erb and Carsten Kettner, Beilstein-Institut, are looking forward to your participation.

#BeilsteinEnzymology2025 #biocatalysis #enzymes #enzymology

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/how-to-recycle-plastic-with-enzymes

#Recycle #Plastic #Enzymes #Food #Environment

“…with #plastic production doubling every 15 years. The relatively low cost of #petroleum based polymers encourages their single use and #overconsumption. Synthetic plastics are recalcitrant to #biodegradation, and #mismanagement of plastic waste leads to their accumulation in the #ecosystem, resulting in a disastrous #environmentalfootprint.

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-092120-091054

#introduction

Hi, I'm a biochemist enthusiastic about #enzymes, #biocatalysis and #ProteinEngineering & #ProteinEvolution.

I did my PhD with Florian Hollfelder at the #UniversityofCambridge working on #DirectedEvolution of enzymes using droplet #microfluidics. Currently, I am doing a postdoc at #ETHZurich, studying which properties determine a protein’s innovability towards new function.

Looking forward to learning about cool preprints/papers and finding a lively scientific community here!

Hi @DNPFred
In grad school I worked on heme proteins using #paramagnetic #NMR and #NRVS. Then I shifted to #XRayCrystallography, using #EPR #UVVis and #EDX on #crystals when a postdoc. My research group works on #NonHemeIron #enzymes, & #heme, #copper & #manganese #metalloproteins. Really interested in combining #spectroscopy on #protein #crystals to examine #structure #function relationships.