Biocatalysis is an active research field in several academic research groups in the Netherlands. Also, a large number of biotechnology companies develop and/or use enzymes for their processes. To promote interactions in the field of applied biocatalysis and to inform a broader audience, the working group Applied Biocatalysis of the Dutch Biotechnology Society (NBV) is organizing the BiocatNL-2025 symposium to highlight developments in biocatalysis. Besides contributions from academia and industry, young researchers (PhD students/postdocs) are invited to give a pitch talk on their research.
| Programme | |
| 13:00 | Max Fürst - University of Groningen |
| 13:40 | Matteo Damian - University of Amsterdam The enzymatic chameleon: rethinking alcohol dehydrogenases for amides and thioesters synthesis from alcohols |
| 14:05 | Allison Wolder - Delft University of Technology Ene reductase-catalysed reactions |
| 14:30 | Break |
| 15:00 | Daan van Vliet - Wageningen University PET recycling using polyester hydrolases, and carboxylation of aldehydes by pyruvate decarboxylase |
| 15:30 | Erik de Vries - BRAIN |
| 16:00 | Pitch Talks (5 minutes talks by early career researchers) |
| 17:00 | Drinks & snacks = borrel |
