Michael started his Master project focussing on cellulolytic enzymes. Welcome!

Friederike started her lab project. She is cloning and expressing genes encoding hydrolases with biotechnological relevance. Welcome!

Marlén-Lara Meetz and Leonie Erdmann join the institute as BTA trainees. Welcome!

Alejandro Alvarez started his project work. He is generating deletion constructs of an endoglucanase. Welcome!

Ole started his Bachelor project: He will characterize hydrolytic enzymes. Welcome!

Lea Cleve, Madita Heitmann and Paul Lüken started their 4-month projects. Welcome!

Prof. Antranikian co-edited the book "Applied Biocatalysis: From Fundamental to Industrial Applications", which will be soon published by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. Hilterhaus et al. 2016

Our chapter on "Robust biocatalysts - routes to new diversity" is also part of this book!

Anna's book chapter entitled "Robust biocataysts - routes to new diversity" will be published in the forthcoming book "Applied Biocatalysis: From Fundamental Science to Industrial Applications" edited by Liese A, Hilterhaus L, Kettling U and Antranikian G. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH. Congratulations! Krüger et al. 2016

Skander's review entitled "Manche mögen es heißer - Extremophile Mikroorganismen in Islands heißen Quellen" has been published in Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau! Congratulations! Elleuche 2016

Prof. Antranikian contributed the forword to the book "Biotechnology of Extremophiles - Advances and Challenges", edited by P. Rampelotto. This book was just published at Springer. Our chapter on "Lipolytic Enzymes" is also part of this book!

Jaqueline started her Master project: She will clone genes encoding glycoside hydrolases and characterize the respective enzymes. Welcome!

Alina Krull and Feline te Heesen started their 4-month projects. Welcome!

Skander highlights recent research on the evolution of the teleostei's heart. The short commentary entitled "Eine Kopie des Elastin-Gens steuert die Entwicklung der glatten Muskulatur im Herz der Teleostei" will be published in Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau! Congratulations! Elleuche 2016

Iryna's paper entitled "Is it possible to optimize the protein production yield by the generation of homomultimeric fusion enzymes?" has been accepted for publication in SpringerPlus. Congratulations! Barshakh and Elleuche 2016

Our new article entitled "Development of novel robust nanobiocatalyst for detergents formulations and the other applications of alkaline protease" has been accepted for publication in Bioprocess. Biosyst. Eng. Congratulations!  Ibrahim et al. 2016

Mazen's paper entitled "Influence of linker length variations on the biomass-degrading performance of heat-active enzyme chimeras" has been accepted for publication in Mol Biotechnol. Congratulations! Rizk et al. 2016

Our new article entitled "Enhancement of alkaline protease activity and stability via covalent immobilization onto hollow core-mesoporous shell silica nanospheres" has been published in Int. J. Mol. Sci. Congratulations! Ibrahim et al. 2016

Johannes Crumbach, Margarethe Gregersen and Kerstin Stähle started their 4-month projects. Welcome!

Stefan started his Bachelor project: He will characterize starch-degrading enzymes. Welcome!

In 2014, the VAAM selected the cyanobacterium Nostoc to be the "microbe of the year". The winner for 2015 is now online!

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Iryna started her Bachelor project. She will characterize heat-active hydrolases. Welcome!

Skander discusses recent research on physiological roles of inteins. The short article entitled "Das Intein - Ein parasitäres genetisches Element oder ein essentieller Regulator?" will be published in Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau. Congratulations! Elleuche 2015

Sheela joins the institute for an internship project. She will work on marine biomass degrading enzymes. Welcome!

Ronja Brecht, Linus Frahm and Kerstin Stähle started their 4-month projects. Welcome!

Skander summarizes biocatalysts with industrial relevance from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Picrophilus torridus. The short article entitled "Picrophilus torridus - Eine Schatztruhe voller industriell relevanter Biokatalysatoren" will be published in Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau. Congratulations! Elleuche 2015

Our new article entitled "Detergent-, solvent- and salt-compatible thermoactive alkaline serine protease from halotolerant alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. NPST-AK15: Purification and characterization" has been published in Extremophiles. Congratulations! Ibrahim et al. 2015

Mahsa started her Bachelor project. She will characterize thermostable hydrolases. Welcome!

Robert joins the institute for an internship project. He will work on preservation and recultivation techniques of anaerobic microorganisms. Welcome!

Wael's and Immo's paper entitled "High-temperature biogas reactors to treat stillage from an industrial bioethanol process: Metabolic and microbial characterization" has been accepted in Eng. Life Sci. Congratulations! Sabra et al. 2015

Our review article entitled "Exploration of extremophiles for high temperature biotechnological processes" has been accepted for publication in Curr. Opin. Microbiol. Congratulations! Elleuche et al. 2015

Inge Heuschkel joins the institute for her Bachelor project. She will characterize macroalgae-degrading enzymes. Welcome!

Amélie's paper entitled "A hydrolase-based reporter system to uncover the protein splicing performance of an archaeal intein" has been accepted in Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Congratulations! von der Heyde et al. 2015

Caro's and Saskia's paper entitled "First glycoside hydrolase family 2 enzymes from Thermus antranikianii and Thermus brockianus with β-glucosidase activity" has been accepted for publication in Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. Congratulations! Schröder et al. 2015 

Skander's and Caro's book chapter "Lipolytic Extremozymes from Psychro- and (Hyper-)Thermophilic Prokaryotes and their Potential for Industrial Applications" will be published in the forthcoming book "Grand Challenges in Biology and Biotechnology Vol. 1: Biotechnology of Extremophiles" edited by PH Rampelotto. Congratulations! Elleuche et al. 2016 

Sara Binder joins the institute for her Bachelor project. She will characterize starch-degrading enzymes from metagenomes. Welcome!

Anna Gußmann and Melina Mohrdick started their 4-month projects. Welcome!

Philip starts his doctoral project on the "Identification of hydrolases from extremophiles". Welcome!

Our paper entitled "Cloning, expression and characterization of the recombinant cold-active type-I pullulanase from Shewanella arctica" has been accepted for publication in J. Mol. Catal. B Enz. Congratulations! Elleuche et al. 2015

Farah's paper entitled "Characterization of a new, recombinant thermo-active subtilisin-like serine protease derived from Shewanella arctica" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic. Congratulations! Qoura et al. 2015

Iryna starts her lab project. She will generate heat-stable fusion chimeras for the efficient degradation of cellulolytic biomass. Welcome!

Christian's book chapter entitled "Biochemical Properties and Applications of Heat-active Biocatalysts" will be published in "Thermophilic Microorganisms, Publ. Caister Academic Press, Ed. Fu-Li Li". Congratulations! Schäfers et al. 2015

Jana Käfer joins our institute as BTA traninee. Welcome!

Skander's review entitled "Bringing functions together with fusion enzymes - From nature's inventions to biotechnological applications" has been accepted for publication in Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Elleuche 2015

Skander explains how to fuse multiple genes by step-wise ligation into an expression vector. The LE-cloning has been developed in our lab to produce multifunctional biomass degrading enzymes. Elleuche 2014 

Alexandra and Victoria started their lab projects. Both are cloning and expressing genes encoding hydrolases with biotechnological relevance. Welcome!

A Special Issue on "Topics of the International Congress of Extremophiles" has been published in the journal Extremophiles. Chief-Editor G. Antranikian and Managing Editors H. Atomi and A. Oren were supported by Guest Editors E. Bonch-Osmolovskaya, H. Santos and M. Adams to collect articles covering hot topics in the field of Extremophiles. Research articles and reviews were written by invited speakers of the "10th International Conference on Extremophiles" to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia. 

Extremophiles 2014
10th International Congress on Extremophiles (Extremophiles 2014), September 7 - 11, 2014, Saint Petersburg, Russia, organized by Prof. Elizaveta Bonch-Osmolovskaya. Extremophiles 2014

Biocat2014
7th International Congress on Biocatalysis (Biocat2014), organized by Prof. Garo Antranikian, Hamburg, Germany, August 31 - September 4, 2014 Biocat2014

Mazen's paper entitled "Generating bifunctional fusion enzymes composed of heat-active endoglucanase (Cel5A) and endoxylanase (XylT)" has been accepted in Biotechnology Letters. Congratulations! Rizk et al. 2015

Farah's paper entitled "Purification and characterization of a cold-adapted pullulanase from a psychrophilic bacterial isolate" has been accepted for publication in the Extremophiles. Congratulations! Qoura et al. 2014

Barbara's paper entitled "Carbohydrate-active enzymes identified by metagenomic analysis of deep-sea sediment bacteria" has been accepted to the Extremophiles. Congratulations! Klippel et al. 2014

Hari Spandana Kadimesetty started her Master's project. She is cloning and expressing genes encoding biomass-degrading enzymes. Welcome!

Tabea's paper entitled "Design and establishment of a vector system that enables production of multifusion proteins and easy purification by a two-step affinity chromatography approach" has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Microbiological Methods. Congratulations! Marquardt et al. 2014

Immo's paper entitled "Microbial community composition and dynamics in high temperature biogas reactors using industrial bioethanol waste as substrate" has been accepted for publication in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Congratulations! Röske et al.

Farah's paper "The psychrophile Shewanella arctica sp. nov: A new source of industrially important enzyme systems" has been accepted for publication in JSM Biotechnol. Biomed. Eng. Congratulations! Qoura et al. 2014

Saskia's paper entitled "Biochemical characterization of a recombinant xylanase from Thermus brockianus, suitable for biofuel production" has been accepted for publication in JSM Biotechnology & Biomedical Engineering. Congratulations! Blank et al. 2014

Virgina Fredersdorf, Ann-Kathrin Holtzmann and Jan-Hendrik Klintworth join the institute as BTA trainees. Welcome!

Leonard Francke joins the institute for his Bachelor project. He will produce and characterize enzymes from thermophiles. Welcome!

Our review "Extremozymes - biocatalysts with unique properties from extremophilic microorganisms" has been accepted in Current Opinion in Biotechnology! Elleuche et al. 2014

Henning Lübberding started his Bachelor project. He is cloning and expressing genes encoding biomass-degrading enzymes. Welcome!

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Alex's paper entitled "Isolation and biochemical characterization of a glucose dehydrogenase from a hay infusion metagenome" has been accepted in PLOSone. Congratulations! Basner et al. 2014

Judith Bartels joins the institute as BTA trainee. Welcome!

Jana Villbrandt started her Bachelor project. She is cloning and characterizing cold-active hydrolases. Welcome!

Caro's paper entitled "Characterization of a heat-active archaeal beta-glucosidase from a hydrothermal spring metagenome" has been accepted in Enz. Microb. Technol. Congratulations! Schröder et al. 2014

Johanna Rodriguez started her Bachelor project. She is constructing metagenomic libraries from psychrophiles. Welcome!

Mahsa Attahrahietehrani started her practical project entitled: "Intein-mediated cyclization of model proteins". Welcome!

Immo Röske will give his talk entitled: "Mikrobiologische Charakterisierung und populationsdynamische Analysen von Biogasreaktoren zur Vergärung von Dünnschlempe im Hochtemperaturbetrieb". April 25th, 09.30 Uhr, Building: F (NIT), KAS 12, Room E08