New enzyme engineering paper published in Nature Communications

New enzyme engineering paper published in Nature Communications

Congratulations to Paula, Jonas, Abibe, Norbert and Andrea on their new paper on the engineering of the PET-degrading enzyme PHL7, recently published in Nature Communications. In this study, the team combined computational design and structural engineering approaches...
Yasir wins first poster prize at HYP*MOL retreat

Yasir wins first poster prize at HYP*MOL retreat

At the HYP*MOL (https://www.hypmol.net/) retreat, Yasir presented his research on implementing a molecular ruler for distance measurements in biomolecules as part of the project A2. The approach combines site-specific dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), paramagnetic...
Antonio was awarded third prize for his poster at the VAAM symposium

Antonio was awarded third prize for his poster at the VAAM symposium

From September 24 to 26, 2025, the symposium “Biology of bacteria producing natural products” took place, organized on behalf of the German Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM). At the meeting, Antonio presented his research on the chemoenzymatic...
New paper in the JCIM published by Palina

New paper in the JCIM published by Palina

Congratulations to Palina on her new paper in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling journal (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.5c00336). The study looks at how well current computational tools can predict ligand binding sites in the protein–membrane...
Workshop on Enzymatic Depolymerization of Plastics in Trieste

Workshop on Enzymatic Depolymerization of Plastics in Trieste

From May 6–8, 2025, researchers from around the world met in Trieste, for the CECAM workshop “Computations Meet Experiments to Advance the Enzymatic Depolymerization of Plastics – One Atom at a Time.” The goal of the event was to bring together computational and...