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This podcast by Mathias Pickl and Christoph Winkler officially accompanies the Biotrans 2021 conference in Graz. Meet here the scientists who were invited to give a lecture at the meeting and are among the brightest minds in the field. Talking science without graphical aids gives a unique opportunity to address a broader perspective and to get to know the researchers in a new way. (The Podcast "In the Active Site" is released under a CC-BY license)

Christoph Winkler and Mathias Pickl


    • Jul 12, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    Episode 17: Christopher Prier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 22:58


    In the final episode of In the Active Site we interview Dr. Christopher Prier, who shares his perspective as Associate Principal Scientist at Merck, New Jersey.

    Episode 16: Kurt Faber

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 46:33


    In a very special episode, we interviewed the winner of the Biotrans 2021 Senior Award, Prof. Kurt Faber from the University of Graz. As Kurt was the PhD supervisor of both of us we came with a long list of questions.

    Episode 15: Gideon Grogan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 24:52


    This week's guest “In the Active Site was Prof. Gideon Grogan from the University of York. Listen to him, as he talks about his book, enzyme mechanisms and his talk at the Biotrans 2021.

    Episode 14: Todd Hyster

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 32:56


    This week we interviewed the winner of the Biotrans 2021 Junior Award, Prof. Todd Hyster from Cornell University. Listen to him sharing stories from his lab and his view on biocatalysis.

    Episode 13: Byung-Gee Kim

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 45:50


    Listen to our talk with Prof. Byung-Gee Kim from Seoul National University and benefit from his great experience and his unique perspective at biocatalysis in Episode 13 of “In the Active Site”

    Episode 12: Emily Balskus

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 46:36


    Meet Prof. Emily Balskus from Harvard University in Episode 12 of “In the Active Site”. Listen to Emily talking about her research, teaching and much more.

    Episode 11: Mélanie Hall

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 39:10


    In this episode we learn many details bout the upcoming conference from Prof. Mélanie Hall form the University of Graz, who is one of the leaders of the elk crew and part of the local organizing committee of Biotrans 2021. Also enjoy her thoughts regarding research and the biocatalysis.

    Special Episode: Wolfgang Kroutil

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 9:17


    Listen her to a special episode to Prof. Wolfgang Kroutil as he gives an update to his interview in Episode 1 and as he reveals some details on the conference.

    Episode 10: Tobias Erb

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 37:24


    Listen to Prof. Tobias Erb from the Max-Planck Institute Marburg, who shares some spoilers about his keynote lecture at Biotrans2021 and gives insight into the way he approaches his research.

    Episode 9: Magali Remaud-Simeon

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 34:56


    This week we interviewed Prof. Magali Remaud-Simeon from the INSA in Toulouse. Listen to Magali, sharing insights about her career, science, and her contribution to Biotrans 2021.

    Episode 8: Marco Fraaije

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 40:10


    In this episode, Prof. Marco Fraaije from the University of Groningen and organizer of the last Biotrans in 2019, talks about his passion for flavoenzymes and shares some insider information on organizing a Biotrans conference.

    Episode 7: Silvia Osuna

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 26:55


    Listen to Prof. Silvia Osuna in Episode 7 of "In the Active Site". Silvia explains her research and talks about her passion for art.

    Episode 6: Nick Turner

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 35:13


    Prof. Nick Turner from the University of Manchester shares some inspiring thoughts with us about biocatalysis in general. Listen to episode 6 of “In the Active Site”.

    Episode 5: Gerard Roelfes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 26:47


    In episode 5 of our Podcast, we ask Prof. Gerard Roelfes from the University of Groningen about his career, his inspiration, and his science.

    Episode 4: Francesca Paradisi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 28:52


    In this nice interview for Episode 4 of "In the Active Site" Prof. Francesca Paradisi from the University of Bern tells how she got into biocatalysis and talks about her research and about the way she leads and supervises her group.

    Episode 3: Elina Siirola

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 24:13


    In episode 3 of „In the Active Site” we have a great discussion with Elina Siirola from Novartis.

    Episode 2: Jiří Damborský

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 24:12


    Meet Jiří Damborský, head of the Loschmidt Laboratories in Brno and known for the Protein Engineering Portal.

    Episode 1: Wolfgang Kroutil

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 25:29


    Listen to Wolfgang Kroutil, host of the Biotrans 2021 about his research and hear some details about the upcoming conference.

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