2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB Project Group BioCat Schulgasse 11a | 94315 Straubing | Germany Fax +49 9421 187-310 | www.biocat.fraunhofer.de Prof. Dr. Volker Sieber Head of Project Group BioCat Phone +49 9421 187-301 volker.sieber@igb.fraunhofer.de Dr. Harald Strittmatter Laboratory Manager Phone +49 9421 187-350 harald.strittmatter@igb.fraunhofer.de Contact Range of services High-resolution NMR spectroscopy (400 MHz) for deter- mining molecular structure, reaction kinetics, deep tem- perature analytics, e.g. 1D 1 H-/19 F-/13 C-/31 P-/15 N measure- ments and 2D applications including development of methods Screening of bio- and chemical catalysts Optimization of enzymes by enzyme engineering and en- zyme immobilization Custom synthesis of ﬁne chemicals Design of processes for utilizing waste material Design of processes to integrate renewable feedstock into existing processes Carrying out of studies in the ﬁeld of renewable resources Infrastructure and technical equipment Autoclave unit with several laboratory-scale parallel reac- tors (material: Hastelloy C22; volume: 100 ml/reactor; pressure: up to 300 bar; temperature: up to 400 °C) Various bioreactors up to 40 liters Automation platform for high throughput applications Analytics: GC-MS, LC-MS, HPLC and FT-IR with online probe 400 MHz NMR spectrometer 55

2012|13 Annual Report Fraunhofer IGB

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