NextGenBiocat

📢 Good news! The deadline for registration and poster abstracts has been extended to 18th of May. We look forward to welcoming you to Munich! nextgenbiocat.org/registration/

📢 Good news! The deadline for oral abstracts has been extended to 4th of May. nextgenbiocat.org/abstracts-subm…

🥳Registrations are now open nextgenbiocat.org/registration/ Deadlines: 🔸️registration: 12.5.26 🔸️oral presentation: 23.4.26 (only 2 days left) 🔸️poster presentation: 12.5.26 ‼️Don't forget to also register if you submitted an abstract!

‼️ Deadline One week remains to submit an abstract for an oral presentation: lnkd.in/eWGwJh5j Also make sure you are registered by the deadline (23 April 2026). Registrations will open shortly... We look forward to welcoming you in Munich 10-12 June 2026. 😊

Introducing our invited speakers: Noelia Ferruz Noelia Ferruz is group leader of the AI for Protein Design team at CRG in Barcelona; combining generative AI, explainable models, and lab validation to create functional proteins for medicine, sustainability, and biotechnology.

Abstract submission for NextGenBiocat is open! nextgenbiocat.org/abstracts-subm… Are you a young researcher working in Biocatalysis or related fields? Join us in Munich on 10-11 June for 2 days full of enzymes and networking, followed by the BiodeCCodiNNg satellite symposium on 12 June.

New article about NextGenBiocat in FEBS: network.febs.org/posts/nextgenb… The registration for the next iteration of NextGenBiocat will open soon, stay tuned!

Thank you to all of you! @BiocatLabPolimi @NextGenBiocat

Last invited speaker of #BiocatCodeExpander satellite event is Amanda Jarvis (University of Edinburgh) with a presentation titled "Using genetic code expansion to access artificial metalloproteins" @IvanaDrienovska @NextGenBiocat

PhD Pitches part 2. Rosa Teijeiro (Freie Universitat Berlin), Liu Yang (University of Groningen) and Emilia Iglesias-Moncayo (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) @IvanaDrienovska @NextGenBiocat

PhD Pitches from #BiocadCodeExpander Jan Hendrick Illies (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Lauren Quintero (Universitat Rovira I Virgili), Cecilia Córdoba Quintero (CIC biomaGUNE) and Odyssefs Ioannis Pantrlakis (Graz University) @IvanaDrienovska @NextGenBiocat

Andrea Hupfeld (University of Regensburg) is the first invited speaker of #BiocatCodeExpander satellite event! @IvanaDrienovska @NextGenBiocat

We have just started the #BiocatCodeExpander satellite event coordinated by @IvanaDrienovska @NextGenBiocat

Let's move to Kristina Pisak (UCL), Jelena Spasic (Graz University) and Simon Przetak (University of Dusseldorf) with presentations on biocatalytic cyclopropanation, monooxygenases for aliphatic ester preparation and advanced alkylation via prenyltransferases. @NextGenBiocat

2nd session with Amber L. Barry (UCD) and Mona Haase (University of Dusseldorf) talking about convergent biocatalysis for the synthesis of alkaloids and application of methyltransferases for natural product preparation. @NextGenBiocat

Morning Session with amazing scientists from industry Andrea Knight (Codexis Inc.) and Lucy A. Harwood (AstraZeneca) presenting "Engineering enzymes for RNA oligonucleotide manufacturing" and "Biocatalysis in early-phase drug discovery" @NextGenBiocat

The 3rd invited speaker in the-today-session is Iustina Slabu (Janssen Pharmaceutica) with a lecture titled "Harnessing biocatalysis for sustainable pharmaceutical innovation" @NextGenBiocat

2nd invited speaker of today @RubenRagg with a contribution titled "Getting published in 2025 and beyond: how to adapt to a rapidly changing publication landscape" @NextGenBiocat

Session n. 4 Tom Roberts (Keele University) and Jana Vojcikova (University of Lille) presenting flow biocatalysis applied to UDP-sugars and immobilization of oxidation enzymes on MOF for methane-to-methanol synthesis. @NextGenBiocat

Our 3rd section with Felix Kaspar (University of Groningen), Luca Nespoli (University of Milan), and Filip Boratynski (Wroclaw University) with presentations on lipid synthesis by a glycerolprenylase, flow biocatalysis and innovative biovalorization techniques @NextGenBiocat