In the Active Site
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -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)
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Episodes
Episode 17: Christopher Prier
July 12, 2021 06:12 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBIn 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
June 28, 2021 06:00 - 46 minutes - 47.2 MBIn 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
June 14, 2021 06:21 - 24 minutes - 23.3 MBThis 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
May 31, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 23.6 MBThis 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
May 17, 2021 05:00 - 45 minutes - 37.2 MBListen 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
May 03, 2021 06:00 - 46 minutes - 40.6 MBMeet 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
April 19, 2021 06:47 - 39 minutes - 31.7 MBIn 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
April 12, 2021 11:18 - 9 minutes - 10.2 MBListen 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
April 05, 2021 05:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBListen 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
March 22, 2021 07:17 - 34 minutes - 29.6 MBThis 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
March 08, 2021 07:35 - 40 minutes - 33.8 MBIn 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
February 22, 2021 06:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBListen 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
February 08, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutes - 31 MBProf. 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
January 25, 2021 08:04 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBIn 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
January 11, 2021 07:20 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBIn 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
December 28, 2020 07:51 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBIn episode 3 of „In the Active Site” we have a great discussion with Elina Siirola from Novartis.
Episode 2: Jiří Damborský
December 14, 2020 08:20 - 24 minutes - 21.9 MBMeet Jiří Damborský, head of the Loschmidt Laboratories in Brno and known for the Protein Engineering Portal.
Episode 1: Wolfgang Kroutil
November 23, 2020 11:12 - 25 minutes - 27.6 MBListen to Wolfgang Kroutil, host of the Biotrans 2021 about his research and hear some details about the upcoming conference.