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Sector of Applied Biocatalysis Research Associate and Head Inga Matijošytė, PhD phone: +370 5 2404679 e-mail: inga.matijosyte@bti.vu.lt http://www.ibt.lt/en/laboratories/ Scientific staff Birutė Pudžiuvytė, PhD Rimantas Šiekštelė, M.Sc. Rūta Gruškienė, PhD Meilutė Meizeraitytė, PhD Edita Kleinaitė, B.Sc. Aušra Veteikytė, B.Sc. PhD students Milda Šulcienė. M.Sc. Undergraduate and Postgraduate students Indrė Sukackaitė Svetlana Šliachtič Aurelija Sirvydaitė Aušra Veteikytė, B.Sc. Pranas Vitkevičius, B.Sc. Ramūnas Beliūnas, M.Sc. Ieva Kazlauskaitė, M.Sc. Jurga Aleksejūnaitė, M.Sc. Milda Aštrauskaitė, M. Sc. Affiliated scientists Prof. Gervydas Dienys, PhD, Dr. Habil. 70
Sector of Applied Biocatalysis was established in 2007 as a group of Industrial Biotechnology in conjunction with the start of the National Programme on the Development of Industrial Biotechnology in Lithuania 2007-2010. In 2010 the group was transformed into the Sector of Applied Biocatalysis and is headed by Inga Matijošytė (Ph.D. in biochemistry and biocatalysis from Delft University, The Netherlands, 2008). Sector‘s research is directed towards the search for enzymes with new functionalities and their development towards applied biocatalysis. The limited number of suitable and well characterized biocatalysts delays the progress in the application of enzymes in the synthesis of compounds for materials, pharmaceuticals and chemicals. Recently, the sector is orienting the research towards dicrovery of new novel biocatalytic routes for high-added value products from bio-based raw materials – biopolymers. Therefore, the spin-off company of the sector was established. Figure 1. Research areas of Sector of Applied Biocatalysis Sector of Applied Biocatalysis seeks to identify biocatalysts with novel activities by screening for enzymes, development of biocatalyst and application of biocatalyst (Figure 1). The research focuses on developing of biocatalytic systems employing lypolytic, hydrolyti, proteolytic and oxidative enzymes. We strive to meet scientific challenges in combination with application-oriented research. Therefore, close collaboration with industrial partners resulted in several research oriented projects (Grants). Collaboration Publications dr. Boris Kovenbach, University of Applied Sciences, Muttenz, Switzerland Prof. Dr. P. Corvini, University of Applied Sciences, Muttenz, Switzerland Prof. R.A. Sheldon, JSC CLEA technologies, the Netherlands Prof. I.W.C.E. Arends, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Nathalie Berezina, Materia Nova, R& D Centre, Belgium dr. Patrizia Cinelli, University of Pisa, Italy Funding 1. I.Matijošytė, I.W.C.E. Arends, R.A. Sheldon, S. de Vries. Preparation and use of cross-linked aggregates (CLEAs) of laccases. J. Mol. Catal. B: Enzym. 2010, 62:142-148. 2. S.A. Tromp, I. Matijošytė, R.A. Sheldon, I.W.C.E. Arends, M.T. Kreutzer, J.A. Moulijn, S. De Vries. Mechanism of laccase/TEMPO oxidation of benzyl alcohol. ChemCatChem. 2010, 2:827‐833. 3. A.Veteikytė, M. Aštrauskaitė, R. Gruškienė, R. Tekorienė, I. Matijošytė. Secondary alcohol oxidase activity identified in genus of Pseudomonas isolated from the oil polluted soil. Biocatal. Agricult. Biotechnol. 2013, 10.1016/j. bcab.2012.11.005 Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology Vilnius University Institute of Biotechnology <strong>Biennial</strong> report for 2011–2012 71
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