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Research and teaching at our institute focus on one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century: The transition from an industry based on fossil resources to a sustainable, bio-based economy. Here, the so-called Industrial Biotechnology, which is also referred to as White Biotechnology in the German language area, holds a key position. Microorganisms or enzymes are used as biocatalysts for the production of (fine-)chemicals, agricultural and pharmaceutical precursors, food and animal feed, energy sources and innovative materials. This research focus is represented by the working groups of Biocatalysis, Nanobiotechnology, and Systems Biotechnology. Our research portfolio is complemented by the group of Bioactives.

 

You have a Master's degree in Biotechnology, Life Science Engineering or a related field? You are motivated, interested in molecular communication, bioprocesses, nanotechnology and proteins? You would like to contribute to research and are aiming for a PhD? Then you have a unique opportunity to beco...

Category: Aktuelles, Allgemein

The German Research Foundation (DFG) announced today that a new Research Training Group will be funded at FAU. The research training group entitled "Synthetic Molecular Communications Across Different Scales: From Theory to Experiments", SyMoCADS for short, will be led by Prof. Robert Schober (Insti...

Category: Aktuelles

We are pleased that our institute is represented with two contributions at this year's 14th European Congress of Chemical Engineering / 7th European Congress of Applied Biotechnology in Berlin: Stefanie Fritzsche, presentation on the topic: "Towards a circular plastics economy – biocatalytic degr...

Category: Conferences, News