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2013|14 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. Michael Hofer Deputy Head of Project Group BioCat Phone +49 9421 187-354 michael.hofer@igb.fraunhofer.de Range of services Screening of biocatalysts and chemical catalysts Optimization of enzymes and enzyme reactions by enzyme engineering and immobilization Custom synthesis of fine chemicals Design of processes for utilizing waste material Design of processes for integrating renewable raw materi- als into existing processes Carrying out of studies in the field of renewable resources High-resolution NMR spectroscopy (400 MHz) in solution for determining molecular structure, reaction kinetics, deep temperature analytics and developing techniques Electroanalytics (e.g. cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperom- etry, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy) 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 Electrochemical equipment Analytics: GC-MS, LC-MS, HPLC and FT-IR with online probe 400 MHz NMR spectrometer Contacts 61

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