NextGenBiocat

Are you a PhD student, postdoc, or early career researcher in Biocatalysis?
Join us 10-12 June 2026 at the NextGenBiocat Symposium in Munich, Germany

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📢 Good news!

The deadline for registration and poster abstracts has been extended to 18th of May.

We look forward to welcoming you to Munich!

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📢 Good news!

The deadline for oral abstracts has been extended to 4th of May.

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🥳Registrations are now open

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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!

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‼️ Deadline

One week remains to submit an abstract for an oral presentation: https://t.co/pJJVkNdNb9

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. 😊

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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.

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Abstract submission for NextGenBiocat is open! https://t.co/bJFTWLTDNO
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.

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New article about NextGenBiocat in FEBS: https://t.co/D5IKS0fip2

The registration for the next iteration of NextGenBiocat will open soon, stay tuned!

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Thank you to all of you! @BiocatLabPolimi
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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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