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BIOTRANS 2019 July 7 - 11, 2019 Groningen, The Netherlands Organized by
BIOTRANS 2019

      July 7 - 11, 2019
 Groningen, The Netherlands

       Organized by
BIOTRANS 2019 July 7 - 11, 2019 Groningen, The Netherlands Organized by
Conference Program

                          Sunday, July 7, 2019
14:00–
                                                   Registration
16:00

16:45    Marco Fraaije
                                        (chairs)                  Welcome and introduction
         Gerrit Poelarends

         René Paas
         King's Commissioner in the province of
         Groningen
16:55
                                                                  Welcome address
         Intermezzo
         Donald Hilvert
         ETH Zurich

17:30    Frances Arnold                                           Innovation by evolution: bringing
KL 1     California Institute of Technology                       new chemistry to life

18:30
                             Welcome reception/walking dinner

                       The reception will be offered to you by the University of Groningen,
                         the Municipality of Groningen and the Province of Groningen
Monday, July 8, 2019
                        Session 1: New enzymes New reactions
                     Chair: Frank Hollmann (Technical University Delft)

09:00   Wolfgang Kroutil              Extending the reaction toolbox for C-C, C- O and C-N bond
KL 2    University of Graz            formation

09:45   Todd Hyster                   Radical biocatalysis – using light to reveal new enzyme
IL 1    Princeton University          functions

10:15   Coffee break

                            Chair: Woody Fessner (TU Darmstadt)

10:45   Tristan de Rond               Discovery of oxazolone biosynthetic enzymes through
L1      University of California      genome mining

11:05   Xiaoguang Lei                 Discovery of the first intermolecular [4+2] cyclase in natural
L2      Peking University             product biosynthesis

        Hannah Brass
11:25                                 Ligases in natural product synthesis. A bridge between
        Heinrich Heine University
L3                                    chemistry and biology
        Düsseldorf
        Benoit Desguin
11:45                                 Biosynthesis and function of the nickel-pincer cofactor of
        Université Catholique de
L4                                    lactate racemase
        Leuven

12:05   Poster Pitch Presentations
12:30
        Lunch break

14:00   Poster Session I (odd numbers!)

               Chair: Maurice Franssen (Wageningen University & Research)

16:00   Alison Narayan
                                      Biocatalysis and complex molecule synthesis
IL 2    University of Michigan

                                      Catalytic promiscuity vs. stereochemical fidelity in dynamic
16:30   David Berkowitz
                                      reductive kinetic resolution (DYRKR) - catalytic and
L5      University of Nebraska
                                      structural biology insights

16:50   Jan Vilím                     First enzymatic synthesis of nitriles solely from alcohols,
L6      University of Amsterdam       ammonia and air

17:10   Lu Shin Wong
                                      Silicateins as biocatalysts in organosiloxane chemistry
L7      University of Manchester

        Roser Marin-Valls             3-Methyl-2-oxobutanoate hydroxymethyl-transferase
17:30   Consejo Superior de           (KPHMT) catalyzed synthesis of 2-ketopantoate and
L8      Investigaciones Cientificas   homologues aldol addition

17:50   Tom Desmet                    Exploration, engineering and application of sucrose
IL3     Gent University               transglycosidases
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
                               Session 2: Cascade reactions
                        Chair: Ulf Hanefeld (Technical University Delft)
        Helen Hailes
09:00
        University College          Biocatalytic single-step reactions and enzyme cascades
KL 3
        London
09:45   Anna Fryszkowska            Rivaling nature: constructing a biocatalytic manufacturing
IL 4    Merck & Co, Inc             route to an unnatural nucleoside

10:15   Coffee break

                  Chair: Laurence Hecquet (University Clermont Auvergne)
                                    Fully enzymatic total synthesis of angiopterlactone B
10:45   Jan Deska
                                    exploiting non-natural biocatalysis tools in a complex cascade
L9      Aalto University
                                    design
                                    Chemoenzymatic total synthesis of deoxy-, epi- and
11:05   Mattia Lazzarotto
                                    podophyllotoxin via a biocatalytic C-H activation by 2-
L 10    University of Graz
                                    oxoglutarate dependent dioxygenase
        Margit Winkler
11:25
        The Austrian Center of      In vivo - in - vitro in sequence: aldehyde formation by CARs
L 11
        Industrial Biotechnology
        James Galman                Biocatalytic cascade synthesis of unnatural amino acids and
11:45
        Manchester Institute of     other valuable building blocks from electron-rich biomass-
L 12
        Biotechnology               derived substrates
12:05   Poster Pitch Presentations

12:30   Lunch break

14:00   Poster Session II (even numbers!)
               Chair: Willem van Berkel (Wageningen University & Research)
        Pimchai Chaiyen
16:00   Vidyasirimedhi Institute
                                    Enzymatic cascades for biocatalysis, biodetection and biofuel
IL 5    of Science and
        Technology
        Ammar Al-Shameri
16:30   Technische Universität      Biosynthesis of methylated N-heterocycles from diamines at
L 13    Berlin                      the expense of H2 and O2

16:50   Florian Seebeck             S-adenosylhomocysteine as a methyl transfer catalyst in
L 14    University of Basel         biocatalytic methylation reactions

17:10   Jennifer Andexer
                                    Polyphosphate-driven cofactor regeneration
L 15    University of Freiburg

17:30   Nico Bruns                  Repurposing metalloenzymes to control radical
L 16    University of Strathclyde   polymerizations

17:50   Jason Micklefield           Discovery, characterisation and engineering synthetic
IL 6    University of Manchester    pathways towards bioactive molecules
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
                             Session 3: Metabolic engineering
                       Chair: Francesco Mutti (University of Amsterdam)

09:00   Claudia Schmidt-
KL 4    Dannert                     From biosynthesis to functional biomaterials
        University of Minnesota

09:45   Huimin Zhao
                                    Directed evolution of pathways and genomes
IL 7    University of Illinois

10:15   Coffee break

                      Chair: Vladimir Kren (Czech Acadamy of Sciences)

        Bruno Bühler
10:45   Helmholtz Centre for        Biocatalytic oxygenation driven by photosynthesis
L 17    Enviromental Research
        UFZ
        Markus Buchhaupt
11:05                               Expanding the isoprenoid building block repertoire with an
        DECHEMA Research
L 18                                IPP methyltransferase from Streptomyces monomycini
        Institute

11:25   Vanessa Hubracht
        Ruhr-Universität Bochum     An enzymatic total synthesis of terpenes
L 19

                                    Biocatalytic synthesis of aliphatic nitriles at a substrate
11:45   Alessa Hinzmann             loading of up to 1.4 kg/L: a record achieved with a heme
L 20    Bielefeld University        protein

12:05   Rodrigo de Souza            Continuous-flow strategies on chemo and enzymatic
IL 8    Federal University of Rio   reactions towards API synthesis
        de Janeiro
12:35   Lunch break

14:00   Excursions

19:00   Conference Dinner at Ni Hao (Stadspark), Paviljoenlaan 3,
        Groningen
Thursday, July 11, 2019
                                 Session 4: Enzyme Engineering
                           Chair: Gerard Roelfes (University of Groningen)

09:00   Don Hilvert
                                         Design and evolution of artificial metalloenzymes
KL 5    ETH Zurich

09:45   Elizabeth Gillam                 Looking to the past to evolve enzymes for the future: thermostable
IL 9    University of Queensland         cytochrome P450 enzymes for biocatalysis

10:15   Coffee break

                                  Chair: Sergio Riva (University of Milan)
        Markus Dick
10:45                                    Towards a general biocatalyst for noncanonical amino acids
        California Institute of
L 21                                     synthesis: directed evolution of TrpB
        Technology

11:05   Cathleen Zeymer                  Engineering artificial metalloenzymes based on de novo metal-
L 22    ETH Zurich                       protein complexes

11:25   Joyce Liu                        Engineering enzymes for cascade synthesis of a steviol glycoside
L 23    Codexis                          using CodeEvolver® protein engineering technology

11:45   Jonathan Latham                  Industrial application of a redox-neutral oxidation/reductive
L 24    GSK                              amination cascade

12:05   Marco van den Berg
                                         Enzymatic reduction of cystine to cysteine
IL 10   DSM Delft

12:35   Lunch break
                                  Chair: Kurt Faber (University of Graz)

14:00   Roland Ludwig
                                         Depolymerizing cascade reactions of the fungal secretome
IL 11   University of Vienna

14:30   Bernard Hauer                    Completing the circle: investigations on key mechanistic steps
IL 12   University of Stuttgart          unveil the full potential of squalene-hopene cyclase

15:00   Coffee break

                                  BIOTRANS AWARDS & LECTURES
        Biotrans Junior Award
        Lecture                          Synthetic enzyme cascades – from scratch to process
15:30
        Dörte Rother                     intensification
        Research Center Jülich

        Biotrans Senior Award
        Lecture                          Engineered enzymes by computational design and screening of
16:00
        Dick Janssen                     mutant enzyme libraries
        University of Groningen

16:45                                        Poster Prizes & Closing
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