New coworkers recently joined us
New PhD Fellow: Georg Röhling
Georg Röhling started his PhD on the 1st of March 2023 and will stay for three years in our group. He will work on the project entitled “NEnzy” and will deal with biocatalytic applications.
Welcome Georg!
New PostDoc: Amanda Staudt
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PostDoc. Amanda Staudt has joined our group January 2nd 2023 and work in the EcoCoat project.
Welcome Amanda!
New PhD Fellow: Kubilay Mese
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Kubilay Mese will join our group January 2nd 2023 and work in the PlastiQuant project.
Welcome Kubilay!
New PhD Fellow: Irene Martín Andrés
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Irene Martín Andrés joined our group November 14th 2022. She will work on Bio4MatPro BL1-7: EBRA-Project.
Welcome Irene!
New PhD Fellow: Zhe Dong
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Zhe Dong joined our group November 1st 2022 and she will work on the Directed Evolution of anchor peptide-hydrolases fusion proteins for degradation of polyurethane. Her work is funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council.
Welcome Zhe Dong!
New PhD Fellow: Rokesh Radhakrishnan
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Rokesh Radhakrishnan joined our group on October 11th 2022. He will work on the topic “Development of solvent tolerant laccase for stabilization in non-conventional media”.
Welcome Rokesh!
New PhD Fellow: Vincent Emann
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Vincent Emann joined our group on October 1st, 2022. He will work on the topic “development of a multienzyme-mediated CO2 conversion to DHA-based polymers.
Welcome Vincent!
New PhD Fellow: Leon Ahrens
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Leon Ahrens joined our group on October 1st, 2022. He will work on the topic “Protein engineering of fluorescent-labeled adhesion promoting peptides for development of a nanoplastic high throughput detection system”.
Welcome Leon!
New technical assistant: Welcome Jens Gruber
We are happy to announce that Jens Gruber will start as a new technical assistant in our group on October 1st, 2022. Jens will work together with Joelle on ScreenP and BioCapa.
Welcome Jens!
New Postdoc: Welcome Daniela Paula Herrera Toro
We are happy to announce that Daniela Paula Herrera Toro will start as a new Postdoc in our group on October 1st, 2022. Daniela will work on the Bio4MatPro-Project BL1-8: BioProNUK.
Welcome Daniela!
New PhD fellow: Welcome Linda Pastor
Linda started her PhD on the 1st of August 2022 and will stay for three years in our group. She will work on the project entitled “NEnzy” and will deal with biocatalytic applications.
Welcome Linda!
New Postdoc: Welcome Patrick Bakkes
We are happy to announce that Patrick Bakkes will start as a new Postdoc in our group on August 1st, 2022. Patrick will work on the Bio4MatPro-Project - BL5-1: Bio4Monitoring.
Welcome Patrick!
New PhD Fellow: Ines Vogt
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Ines Vogt joined our group on August 1st, 2022. She will work on the BioökonomieREVIER project ProtLab.
Welcome Ines!
New PhD Fellow: Christoph Janknecht
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Christoph Janknecht joined our group on August 1st, 2022. He will work on the Bio4MatPro project BL6-1 EnzyPol.
Welcome Christoph!
New PhD Fellow: Jana Ehlers
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Jana Ehlers will join our group starting from August 1st 2022. She will work on Bio4MatPro BL4-2: BioAnc-Project.
Welcome Jana!
New Postdoc: Florian Bordeaux
We are pleased to announce that our team has new support from another coworker. Florian will join us starting from July 1st 2022 and he will work as Postdoc on the InFuProt project.
Welcome Florian!
New Coworker: Deniz Thiel
We are pleased to announce that our team has new support from another coworker. Deniz will join us starting from July 1st 2022. She is in the process of finishing her Phd and will afterwards work as Postdoc on the Bio4MatPro - BL4-4: AntiBacCat project.
Welcome Deniz!
New coworker: Maochao Mao
We are pleased to announce that Maochao will join our team as of July 1, 2022. Maochao will work on the PastiQuant project to establish a technology platform to specifically bind and ultimately eliminate minute particles of synthetic materials from aqueous media (drinking water, food).
Welcome, Maochao!
New Post-doc: Guido Jach
We are pleased to announce that our team has new support from another Postdoc. Guido Jach will join us starting from July 1st 2022 and he will coordinate the Bio4MatPro-Business office.
Welcome Guido!
New Post-doc: Jamshid Amiri Moghaddam
We are pleased to announce that our team has new support from another Post-doc. Jamshid Amiri Moghaddam will join us starting from July 1st 2022 in the BoostLab 4-3: Pep4Sense of the Bio4MatPro collaborative project. The objective is to provide “cost-effective peptide-modified flexible surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensor chips for in vitro diagnostics”
Welcome Jamshid!
New PhD Fellow: Duygu Deniz Akolpoǧlu Basaran
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Duygu Deniz Akolpoǧlu Basaran joined us in May 1st 2022 in BoostLab 3: BioBricks4Production of the Bio4MatPro collaborative project. The objective is to provide “anti-microbial coatings of steel and further metals in large scale”
Welcome Deniz!
New PhD Fellow: Nicolas De la Vega Guerra
We are pleased to announce that our team got new support from another PhD student. Nicolas De la Vega Guerra joined us in May 1st 2022 in BoostLab 1-2: Bio-Capa - Bio4MatPro collaborative project. Aim is to develop a sustainable, efficient, and economically attractive production process for caprolactone.
Welcome Nico!
New PhD fellow: Welcome Ann-Sophie Mizza!
Ann-Sophie will start her PhD in May 2022 and will stay for three years in our group. She will work on a Bio4MatPro project entitled “Bio4MatPro-BL6-3 - Biological transformation of textile recycling”. Welcome Ann-Sophie!
New co-worker: Welcome Corina Barth!
We are happy to announce that Corina Barth joined our team starting on April 4st. Corina will be secretary of Prof. Schwaneberg. Welcome Corina!
New postdoc: Welcome Jan Gebauer!
We are happy to announce that Jan Gebauer will start as a new Post-doc in our group on April 1st, 2022. Jan will coordinate Boostlab 3 BioBricks4Production within the competence center Bio4MatPro. Welcome Jan!
New visiting professor: Welcome, Prof. Ruizhi Han!
We are happy to announce that Prof. Ruizhi Han will join the Schwaneberg group on March 21st, 2022. Prof. Han will work on the Directed Evolution of glycosyltransferases for the production of valuable chemicals together with Dr. Yu Ji and Prof. Ulrich Schwaneberg. Welcome Prof. Han!
New PhD fellow: Welcome Raghda Nasser!
Raghda will start her PhD in November 2021 and will stay for four years in our group. She will work on engineering of anchor peptides for selective binding to hydrophilic and hydrophobic synthetic polymers supervised by Tetiana Kurkina. Welcome Raghda!
New Post-docs: Welcome Dr. Harshini Pakalapati and Suman Samantray!
We are happy to announce that Dr. Harshini Pakalapati and Suman Samantray joined the Schwaneberg group on October 1st. Harshini will work on the project FixZyme and Suman will support the Computational Biotech Group with his expertise. Welcome Harshini and Suman!
New Postdoc: Welcome Chenba Zhu
Chenba will join our group from beginning of March 2021 and will stay for two years. He will work in the subgroup “PlastiQuant” under the supervision of Yu Ji and focus on microplastic degradation by microalgae. Welcome Chenba!
New Post-doc: Abdulkadir Yayci
We are happy to announce that Abdulkadir Yayci will start as a new Post-doc in our group on March 1st, 2021. Abdulkadir will be a member of the Biohybrid Systems division, and he will work on microplastic free seed coatings within the proSeed project. Welcome Abdulkadir!
New PhD fellow: Welcome Chiara Nenninger
Chiara will start her PhD in March 2021 and will stay for three years in our group. She will work on the SFB microgel project “Microgel-engineered chemoenzymatic cascades employing whole cells”. Welcome Chiara!
New Post-doc: Georgianna Doffek
We are happy to announce that Georgianna Doffek will start as a new Post-doc in our group on February 1st, 2021. Georgianna will be a member of the Biohbyrid Systems division, and she will work on insecticidal fusion proteins for plant protection. Welcome Georgianna!
New PhD fellow: Ahmed Hegazy
We are happy to announce that Ahmed Hegazy started as a new PhD fellow in our group on December 14th, 2020. Ahmed (DAAD fellow) will be a member of the Biohbyrid Systems division, and he will work on directed evolution of endolysins and antimicrobial peptides. Welcome Ahmed!
New Postdoc: Welcome Keiko Oike
Keiko Oike will start her Postdoc in the Schwaneberg group today, December 1st 2020. She will work in the Molecular Bioeconomy division on the topic bio-based production of saffron ingredients. We are very happy to welcome Keiko in our group!
New PostDoc: Welcome Dr. Carin Jansen
Dr. Carin Jansen will start as MSE Referentin and Postdoc in our Group on 15th of October. Carin will be part of the administration. Welcome Carin!
New visiting PhD fellow: Welcome Binbin Nian
Binbin Nian will start as visiting PhD candidate in our group on 16th of November 2020 and will stay for one year. Binbin will be part of the PlastiQuant division under supervision of Dr. Yu Ji. His PhD project will focus on directed evolution of plastic degrading enzymes. Welcome Binbin!
New coworkers: Dr. Ammar Abdulmughni and Atul Kumar
Dr. Ammar Abdulmughni will start as PostDoc in our Group on 8th of October. He will be part of the administration and responsible for the IT infrastructure as well as digitalization and social media. Welcome Ammar!
Atul Kumar will start as PhD candidate in our group on 12th of October 2020. Atul will be part of the Computational Biology division under supervision of Dr. Mehdi D. Davari. His PhD project will focus on computational guided protein engineering. Welcome Atul!
New coworkers: Alexander Illig, Niklas Herrmann, Ursula Holter, and Hendrik Pütz
Alexander Illig and Niklas Herrmann will start as PhD candidates in our group on 1st September, 2020. Alexander will be part of the Computational Biology division and Niklas will join the Biohybrid Systems division. Welcome Alexander and Niklas!
Ursula Holter and Hendrik Pütz joined the Schwaneberg Group also on 1st September. Ursula will support our team as a technical assistant and Hendrik will join our team to work on his doctoral thesis. Both will work in our PlastiQuant division. Welcome, Ursula and Hendrik!
Alexander Illig
New coworker: Dr. Alexander Boes
We are happy to announce that Dr. Alexander Boes joined our team. Alexander will be a member of the biohybrid systems division and he will work on the EcoGuard project. Welcome Alexander!
New co-worker: Nicole Eßmajor
We are happy to announce that Nicole Eßmajor joined our team. Nicole will be secretary of Prof. Schwaneberg.
Welcome Nicole!
New co-workers : Christin Brethauer, Sarah Zeschingk, Andres Gonzales and Jens Bührmann
Christine Brethauer recently started as PhD fellow in our group. Christin will be part of the Division Biohybrid Systems. Sarah Zeschingk, Andres Gonzales and Jens Bührmann join our group as technicians. Sarah and Jens will work in the PlastiQuant division and Andres will work on the ProtLab project.
Welcome Christin, Sarah, Andres, and Jens!
New PhD fellow: Meng Shuaiqi
Meng Shuaiqi started recently as new PhD fellows in our group. He is funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council – CSC. Meng will be part of the Divisions Computational Biology and Molecular Bioeconomy.
Welcome Meng!
New PhD fellow: Yi Lu
Yi Lu started recently as new PhD fellow in our group. She is funded by the Chinese Scholarship Council – CSC. Yi will be part of the Division PlastiQuant.
Welcome Yi!
New PhD fellow: Philipp Ernst
Philipp Ernst started as a new PhD fellow in our group on September 2nd, 2019. He will be part of the Division of Hybrid Catalysis & High Throughput Screening and his PhD project will be embedded in the Chiral Membranes II – project. Welcome Philipp!
New PhD fellow: Marian Bienstein
Marian Bienstein started as a new PhD fellow in our group on July 1st, 2019. He will be part of the Computational Biology sub-division and his PhD project will be embedded in the Henkel Innovation Campus for Advanced Sustainable Technologies – HICAST – project.
Welcome in our group, Marian!
New PhD fellow: Anne Liong
We also warmly welcome Anne Liong, who, like Kai, has successfully completed her master's thesis in our group. She will join our Interdisciplinary division and will be working on ultra-high throughput screening methods for directed evolution.
Welcome back, Anne!
New PhD fellow: Kai Hintzen
After successfully completing his master’s project in the Schwaneberg group, Kai Hintzen joined our group to pursue his PhD. He supports our Biohybrid systems division and his PhD project will focus on the engineering of anchor peptides for medical applications.
Welcome back, Kai!
New PhD fellow: Niklas Siedhoff
Niklas Siedhoff starts as a PhD fellow in the Schwaneberg group on April 1st, 2019 and is a part of the Computational Biology division under supervision of Dr. Mehdi D. Davari. His PhD project will focus on computational protein engineering. As he already has been in our group for his master thesis, we are especially pleased to welcome him back for his PhD!
Wiwik Simanjuntak
We are happy to welcome our new coworker Wiwik Simanjuntak in our group. Wiwik Simanjuntak will join the division Next Generation Biocatalysis as a technician, which is headed by Dr. Johannes Schiffels. She will mainly work on the CombiCom project, dealing with the engineering of plant secondary pathway enzymes towards synthesis of new bioactive compounds.
New PostDoc: Dr. Tetiana Kurkina
We are happy to welcome our new coworker Dr. Tetiana Kurkina in our group. She will take up her new position from November 14th onwards. Dr. Kurkina will work on the BioPlastisizer BMBF project supervised by Prof. Ulrich Schwaneberg.
Laskavo prosymo, Dr. Tetiana Kurkina!
New TA: Claudia Hansen
We are happy to welcome our new coworkers Claudia Hansen in our group. From November 2nd on, Claudia Hansen will join the HICAST team lead by Dr. Mehdi Davari as a technician.
Herzlich willkommen, Claudia!
New PostDoc: Dr. Maria Belén Infanzón Ramos
Belen has started to work in our group as PostDoc on August 9. She is doing research on phosphate retrieval from renewable sources, i.e. from rape press cake, within the Project BusinessP. Belen joined our Molecular Bioeconomy subgroup headed by Dr. Anna Joelle Ruff. As she already has been in our group for an internship last year, we are especially pleased to welcome her back for another two years!
Bienvenido, Belén!
New PhD student: Liudmyla Goncharenko
Strating on 1st of March 2018, Liudmyla Goncharenko will join us as a PhD student. Liudmyla finished her Bachelor`s thesis on biogas production from brewery waste at the National Technical University of Ukraine (NTUU) in Kiev and her Master`s thesis on expression and cleavage of multimeric adhesive peptides at FH Aachen. She will conduct her PhD work on production of anchor peptides in the Biohybrid division of Dr. Felix Jakob within the project GreenRelease.
Laskavo prosymo, Liudmyla Goncharenko!
New technician: Raphael Soeur
The Schwaneberg group welcomes our new technician Raphael Soeur. The Belgish national has completed a B.Sc. in biochemistry and will transfer from Fraunhofer IME, Aachen, into our group from March 2018 onwards. Raphael will work as a technician in the Biohybrid division of Dr. Felix Jakob within the FocusLab GreenRelease.
Bienvenue, Raphael Soeur!
New PhD student: Yi Qu
Starting on March 1st, 2018 Yi Qu will join our work group as a PhD student. Yi has recently completed his master`s thesis at the Chair of Organometallic Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University in the work group of Professor Jun Okuda. Yi Qu will work on novel ultrahigh throughput screening technologies for directed evolution in our ivDTv2 project.
Huānyíng, Yi Qu!
New PostDoc: Marco Grull
The Schwaneberg group welcomes our new postdoc Marco Grull. Marco finished his B.sc. in human biology and microbiology at the FH Rhein Sieg in Bonn and his M.sc. at the RWTH Aachen University. He recently completed his PhD work entiteled "Expression of Hypericum perforatum derived prenyltransferases for the production of hyperforin precursor molecules" at the Insitute for Pharmaceutical Biology at the TU Braunschweig.
Marco Grull will join the Chiral Membranes II team that aims for the production of protein-polymer building blocks for chiral separation of versatile enantiomeric amino acid mixtures.
Welcome, Marco Grull!
New lab manager: Christian Simons
Christian Simons starts as Lab Manager in the Biohybrid systems division located in the DWI!
With Christian we are once again very pleased to welcome an "old acquaintance" back in our group. Originally born in Wolfenbüttel, Christian studied Biotechnology at the FH Aachen in Jülich and completed his bachelor`s thesis in our work group.
Christian decided to proceed with his master´s studies in Biotechnology once more at FH Aachen and successfully completed his master´s thesis in the University hospital Aachen.
Welcome back, Christian Simons!
New Postdoc: Dr. Daniel Sauer
Daniel Sauer has joined the group on January 1st 2018 as a postdoctoral fellow. He is an expert on biohybrid catalysis and his current research topic is the construction of novel artificial metalloenzymes and the development of high-throughput screening approaches for their directed evolution. Welcome Daniel Sauer!
New Technician: Claudia Greiner
Claudia has joined the Schwaneberg group on November 1st, 2017 as technical assistant. She is working in the molecular bioeconomy sub-division, which is headed by Dr. Anna Joelle Ruff.
New PhD fellow: Maximilian Nöth
Maximilian Nöth starts as a PhD fellow in the Schwaneberg group on November 1st, 2017 and is a part of the Computational Biology sub-division. His PhD project is a SFB985 fund with the topic: Microgel engineered enzymatic and chemical reactions – towards tandem catalysts.
New Technician: Karina Paul
Karina Paul has joined the Schwaneberg group on October 1st, 2017 as technical assistant. She is working in the molecular bioeconomy sub-division which is headed by Dr. Anna Joelle Ruff.
New PhD: Kevin Herrmann
Kevin Herrmann began his PhD in the Schwaneberg group in October 2017 as a member of the Molecular Bioeconomy sub-division supervised by Dr. Joelle Ruff. The DBU-project he is working on is entitled Phytase Engineering for efficient phosphate-recovery. He will stay in our group for three years.
New PhD: Hoda Alibiglou
Hoda Alibiglou started her PhD in October 2017 in our group. She is a member of the HICAST team under supervision of Dr. Mehdi D. Davari. She is working on Engineering of Enzymes for Detergent Applications and will stay in the group for three years.
New Postdoc: Dr. Gaurao Dhoke
On October 1st, 2017, Dr. Gaurao Dhoke returned as a PostDoc to the Schwaneberg group. He is a member of the Computational Biology sub-division supervised by Dr. Mehdi Davari. He will work on the ROBOX project and stays in our group for one and a half years.
New PhD fellow: Feng Lilin
Feng Lilin started her PhD in the Schwaneberg group on October 1st, 2017 and will stay for three years. She is a member of the Hybrid catalysis and HTS sub-division headed by Prof. Schwaneberg. Her PhD project focuses on i n vitro flow cytometry-based screening platforms for enzyme mutantsin biotechnology.
New PhD fellow: Gao Liang
Gao Liang is a new PhD in our group and started his PhD project "Construction and application of a novel microbial whole-cell biocatalytic model comprising self-assembled membrane-protective shells" on October 1st, 2017. He will be supervised by Dr. Johannes Schiffels in the Next Generation Biocatalysis sub-division for three years.
New PhD fellow: Francisca Contreras Leiva
Francisca Contreras Leiva started beginning of September, 2017 her PhD in our group. She will work on t ailored enzyme cocktails for efficient cellulose biodegradation in the EnzyBioDeg project. Francisca is a member of the Computational Biology sub-division supervised by Dr. Mehdi Davari and will stay with us for three years.
New PhD fellow: Malte Wittwer
Malte Wittwer started his PhD on September 1st, 2017 as a member of the Next Generation Biocatalysis sub-division supervised by Dr. Johannes Schiffels in the Schwaneberg group. He will work on the development of bio-factories comprising whole cell P450- and biohybrid catalysts embedded in synthetic biofilms. He stays in our group for three years.
New Postdoc: Lorenzo Pesci
Dr. Lorenzo Pesci joined the Schwaneberg group on September 1st 2017 as a new PostDoc and will stay with us for three years. He is working in the Hybrid catalysis and HTS sub-division supervised by Prof. Ulrich Schwaneberg. His project is entitled "Protein and process engineering of a lipase for bio-based plasticizers production" .
New PhD fellow: Matthias Offermann
Matthias Offermann joined the Schwaneberg group on August 1st, 2017 as a new PhD fellow. He will be part of the Next Generation Biocatalysis sub-division headed by Dr. Johannes Schiffels. In his PhD thesis, Matthias will engineer a sesquiterpene synthase to generate new, exciting terpenoid-based natural compounds. His project is part of the BioSC FocusLab CombiCom and outlined for three years. Welcome to the group!
New PhD fellow: Stefanie Brands
Stefanie Brands started in the Schwaneberg group on August 1st, 2017 and is a member of the molecular bioeconomy sub-division headed by Dr. Joelle Ruff. Her project deals with the evolution of the enzyme PigC, which catalyses the final condensation step in the biosynthesis of prodiginines. The project is part of the BioSC FocusLab CombiCom. She will stay in our group for three years.
New PhD fellow: Gustavo Santos
Gustavo Santos started on August 1st, 2017 as a new PhD fellow in the Schwaneberg group. As a member of the molecular bioeconomy sub-division, he is supervised by Dr. Joelle Ruff and will stay for three years. He will work on the evolution of heme-dependent monooxygenases which is part of the ITN oxytrain project.
New PostDoc: Lingling Zhang
Dr. Lingling Zhang started as a PostDoc in the Schwaneberg group on June 1st, 2017 and is a member of the interdisciplinary sub-division. Her project deals with electrochemical applications of laccase screening. She will stay in our group for at least two years.
New PostDoc: Leticia Novaes
Dr. Leticia Novaes has returned into the Schwaneberg group on June 16th, 2017 as a PostDoc and will stay for two years. She is working in the Biohybrid Systems sub-division headed by Dr. Felix Jakob. Currently, she is involved in the Pro-Planta project, which aims to protect plants with antimicrobial peptides and gallates from bacterial infections.
New technical assistant: Soumiya Ezzahoini
Soumiya Ezzahoini has joined the Schwaneberg group on April 5th, 2017 as technical assistant. She is working in the molecular bioeconomy sub-division, which is headed by Dr. Anna Joelle Ruff. Currently, Ms. Ezzahoini is involved in the Golgi Glykan Fabrik 2.0 project.
New PhD fellow: Subrata Pramanik
Subrata Pramanik starts as a PhD fellow in the Schwaneberg group on April 3rd, 2017 and is a part of the Computational Biology sub-division. His PhD project is a seed fund dealing with the structural and kinetic modeling of inhibitory ADAM10 and 17 in inflammation using empirical as well as simulation techniques.
New PostDoc: Richard Meurer
Richard Meurer has joined the group on March 1st 2017 as PostDoc. His current research topic is the development of in vitro high throughput screening platforms for directed evolution and cell-free metagenomics – iVDT2.
New PostDoc: Dr. Christoph Gertler
Dr. Christoph Gertler just joined the Schwaneberg team as PostDoc on the 1st of February, 2017. He assists in the publication activity, organizes industry contacts and supports grant capture of the institute.
New PostDoc: Dr. Islam El-Awaad
Dr. Islam Elawaad is also one of the new PostDocs since February 1st 2017. He is a part of the Biohybrid Systems sub-division, which is located in DWI-Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials. He is working on the ZykloBox project, which deals with sustainable production of cyclic dinucleotide derivatives using a cyclase toolbox.
New lab manager: Claudia Wichlatz
From February 1st 2017 onwards, Claudia Wichlatz is the new lab manager in the DWI division of the Schwaneberg group. Her main duties are safety and security instruction, lab management and organization.
New PhD fellow: Ulrich Markel
Ulrich Markel started as PhD fellow in the Schwaneberg group on January 1st, 2017 and is a part of the project Hyka-synBio (BMBF research award). His PhD topic is the directed evolution of biohybrid catalysts for the synthesis of industrially relevant commodity and fine chemicals.
New PhD fellow: Khalil Essani
Another new PhD fellow is Khalil Essani, who also started on January 1st, 2017. Directed evolution at high mutational loads is part of his main PhD project, which belongs to an ETN project called Predictive and Accelerated Metabolic Engineering Network – PAcMEN.