Biological organisms carry out chemical transformations at ambient conditions with superior selectivity and specificity using enzymes. However, the fact that many enzymes of interest are compartmentalized within cells compromises scalability and realization of commercially viable titers. Adaption of enzymes as heterogenous catalysts has potential to establish new chemistry and could become an important element in realizing the green transition but significant technical hurdles remain to be conquered. We are seeking a highly motivated candidate to join us in an ambitious undertaking to mature this area.
Your task will be to immobilize enzymes on solid supports, build catalytic devices and characterize them using state-of-the-art fluorescence optical microscopy (e.g., CLSM, STED) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM).
The work will be conducted at the VISION center at DTU Physics and the electron/optical microscopy facility at Topsoe A/S/Novozymes, all situated in Kgs. Lyngby.
In collaboration with
Sune Christensen (Novozymes A/S),
Requirements
Basic wet lab and microscopy experience required. Knowledge of proteins, catalysis and data analysis using, e.g., python, matlab is an advantage
