GENERAL INFORMATION

ORGANISATION Location Empa, Dübendorf

Überlandstrasse 129
Empa
AKADEMIE
Swiss Federal Laboratories
for Materials Science and Technology
Costs Participants from Industry: CHF 400.–
Laboratory for Biomaterials
Participants from Academia: CHF 200.–
Dr. Michael Richter
including coffee, lunch and farewell aperitif
Lerchenfeldstrasse 5
9014 St. Gallen Switzerland 2ND 1 DAY SYMPOSIUM
Registration For registration please refer exclusively to
Phone: +41 58 765 7868
[Link]/biocatalysis
[Link]@[Link]
[Link]
Biocatalysis
Deadline December 15, 2011
Dübendorf
Cancellation If the registration is cancelled up to December 15,
conditions 2011 a fee of CHF 30.– will be charged. For later
SPONSORS
cancellations, the full course fee will be charged.
A replacement candidate will be accepted at any time.

Contact Empa
Dr. Michael Richter
Laboratory for Biomaterials
Phone: +41 58 765 78 68
[Link]@[Link]

[Link]

Empa, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Überlandstrasse 129

Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 9 am to 6 pm

Online registration [Link]/biocatalysis

AIMS PROGRAM
14.30 New Chiral Building Blocks Through Selective
With the 2nd 1 Day Symposium on Biocatalysis held at Empa, 08.00 Registration
Hydroxylation with Prolinehydroxylases
Dübendorf we invite participants from industry and academia to Coffee
Dr. Wolfgang Hüttel, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität,
address recent trends and developments in applied enzyme catalysis
Freiburg i. Br., DE
and bioprocess engineering. The meeting will serve as a forum to 08.45 Welcome
stimulate scientific networking and interdisciplinary exchange between PD Dr. Dr. h.c. Linda Thöny-Meyer,
15.00 Metabolic and Bioprocess Engineering for Productive
participants from diverse areas of interest, including the pharmaceutical, Head Laboratory of Biomaterials, Empa, St. Gallen, CH
Multistep and Redox Biocatalysis
fine chemical, cosmetic, textile, detergent, wood, paper and biosensor
Dr. Bruno Bühler, Technische Universität Dortmund, DE
sectors. The symposium points also to the emerging role of enzymes 09.00 Expanding Biocatalytic Toolboxes for Sustainable
in the production and modification of classical and advanced mate- Chemistry and Beyond
15.30 Coffee break
rials. Dr. Roland Wohlgemuth, Sigma, Aldrich, CH

16.30 Biocatalytic Carboxylation Reactions

09.30 Biocatalysis with Redoxenzymes:
TOPICS Dr. Silvia Glück, ACIB, Austrian Centre of Industrial
from Electron Transfer to Protein Engineering
Biotechnology, Graz, AT
Enzyme Engineering Prof. Dr. Vlada Urlacher, Heinrich-Heine-Universität,
Enzymes and Materials Düsseldorf, DE
17.00 Fed-Batch Cultivation as a Tool to Improve Biocata-
Redox Biocatalysis
lyst Screening
Multistep Enzyme Reactions 10.00 Protein Engineering for Biocatalysis on the Move
Dr. Daniel Meyer, BRAIN AG, Zwingenberg, DE
Biocatalyst Screening from Directed Evolution to in silico Approaches
Selective Biocatalytic Hydroxylation Reactions Prof. Dr. Uwe Bornscheuer, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität,
17.30 Awarding of the SGVC Science Award 2012
Detergent Enzymes Greifswald, DE
Dr. Andreas Schreiner, Novartis, Basel, CH
Carboxylation Reactions
10.30 Optimizing Multi-Enzyme Catalysis
17.45 Presentation of the SGVC Science Award-Winner
Prof. Dr. Sven Panke, ETHZ, Basel, CH
SGVC SCIENCE AWARD
17.55 Closing Remarks, Apéro
11.00 From Lab to Commercial Scale – Biocatalysis Works!
We are pleased to award outstanding research contributions in the
Dr. Christian Leggewie, evocatal GmbH, Düsseldorf, DE
area of Biocatalysis with the SGVC Science Award.

11.30 Transamination and Glycosylation; Two Reactions for

Eligibility: Scientists, preferably from academia
which Biocatalysis Offers a Real Advantage over
(MSc/ PhD students). AKADEMIE
«Classical» Chemistry
Submission: Research abstracts (max. 200 words)
Dr. Rob ter Halle, Libragen, Toulouse, FR
shall be submitted to Dr. Michael Richter (email).
Application Deadline: December 18, 2011
12.00 Lunch
The winner will also get the opportunity to present his
work in a short oral presentation (10 minutes).
13.30 Enzymes and Materials
Dr. Michael Richter, Empa, [Link], CH

14.00 Detergent Enzymes: Improve Enzymes for Work

under Chaotropic Conditions and on a Textile
Substratum Fixed Substrate
Dr. Karl-Heinz Maurer, AB Enzymes GmbH, Darmstadt, DE