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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Is was our absolute pleasure to help organise the @eurobic18.bsky.social together with Sylvestre Bonnet @unileiden.bsky.social. Special thanks to @wesleybrowne.bsky.social and everyone from @stratinghinst.bsky.social @rug.nl who contributed to a very successful and stimulating week at #EuroBIC18!

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Strong presence of our current and former group members at GCEBio (Genetic Code Expansion in Biotechnology) 2026 in Amsterdam. We’d like to spotlight our postdoc @valeriapoggetti.bsky.social and her work on nucleophilic catalysis in thiophenol-based artificial enzymes. Brava Valeria!

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

⏰ Deadline approaching! The 15 March deadline for submitting abstracts for oral communications to EuroBIC18 is fast approaching! We are excited to announce an outstanding lineup of plenary and keynote speakers – check them out on our website: 🌐 eurobic18.eu

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Season’s greetings from the Roelfes and Mayer groups! 🎉🎄 Warm wishes to our colleagues, collaborators, and friends across the community for a joyful holiday season and an inspiring New Year ahead. ✨🧪

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Our postdoc Valeria Poggetti @valeriapoggetti.bsky.social presented her work on Nucleophilic Catalysis in Thiophenol-Based Designer Enzymes at #NWOChains @stratinghinst.bsky.social @rug.nl

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Our postdoc @francdefel.bsky.social just gave a fantastic talk on gold-based artificial metalloenzymes for asymmetric catalysis. #Biotrans2025 @stratinghinst.bsky.social @rug.nl

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

#Biotrans2025 Gerard just gave an overview on recent advances in non-canonical amino acids application for novel artificial (metallo)enzymes from our group.

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

#RepArtZymes pre-conference in Basel also brought together some of our old and current group members. @zhizhou1619.bsky.social @reubenlg.bsky.social

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Our group members are attending #RepArtZymes Biotrans 2025 pre-conference. Gerard just presented our work on Artificial Metalloenzymes Featuring Thiol-Based Amino Acids. Compliments to the organisers #WardGroup for the fantastic program and a great get-together of the key players in our field.

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Huge congratulations to our former PhD student Reuben @reubenlg.bsky.social on winning the KNCV-DCS Thesis Award from the Dutch Catalysis Society for his outstanding PhD research in our group! A well-deserved recognition of his hard work and dedication. 🎉

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Tanja presented her work on metallaphotoredox catalysis in designer photoenzymes. Congrats to both of you! @stratinghinst.bsky.social @unigroningen.bsky.social

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Our group members Tanja and Franco @francdefel.bsky.social presented their exciting research at NCCC this week. Franco talked about his work on asymmetric catalysis in gold-based artificial metalloenzymes.

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Our latest publication is out in @angewandtechemie.bsky.social! We generated and engineered a novel artificial metalloenzyme for the enantioselective synthesis of a panel of γ-nitro-carbonyl compounds on a preparative scale.

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Fantastic start of 2025 for the group. Our own Lars Longwitz won the @unigroningen.bsky.social FSE Postdoc prize for 2024. This prize celebrates his excellence in research and great potential of becoming a scientific leader. Well well deserved Lars! 👏 @stratinghinst.bsky.social

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Season's greetings from Roelfes and Mayer groups! Wishing our colleagues, collaborators, and the entire community a joyful holiday season and a prosperous New Year ahead! 🎉🎄✨🧪

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

We characterised the corresponding thiophenol-based gold(I) enzyme with several techniques, including X-ray crystallography, that confirm the binding of the gold to the thiophenol and applied it in new-to-nature hydroamination reactions. doi.org/10.1002/anie...

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

We are thrilled to share our new noble-metal enzyme design approach. We used the in-vivo incorporation of a noble-metal-binding ligand for ArM design to bridge the versatility of noble metals with the catalytic power of enzymes. Thread ⬇️

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Roelfes Group @roelfesgroup.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

We are delighted to introduce our new Boron Designer Enzyme for the kinetic resolution of α-hydroxythioesters. For this activity, the noncanonical amino acid and a natural lysine residue have to work together to form a Hybrid Catalytic Dyad!

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