Group Leader: Prof. Dr. Bruno Bühler
Tel.:    +49-(0)341-235-46 87
Mail:   Bruno Bühler

• Whole-cell multistep and redox biocatalysis
• Integration of biocatalyst and bioprocess engineering
• Whole-cell biocatalysis powered by sunlight
• Applications of O2-tolerant hydrogenases
  

Group Leader: Prof. Dr. Katja Bühler
Tel.:    +49-(0)341-235-46 83
Mail:   Katja Bühler

• Understanding biofilms in technical settings
• Designing microbial biofilms for biocatalysis
• Developing novel biofilm reactor concepts
• Applying biofilms for productive catalysis

Group Leader: Dr. Christian Dusny
Tel.: +49-(0)341-235-46 92
Mail: Christian Dusny

• Analysis of productive microbial systems with microfluidic single cell technologies
• Quantifying mass and energy fluxes in single microbial (photo-)catalysts for rational strain and process development
• Linking environmental conditions and cell physiology to catalyst performance

Group Leader: PD Dr. Stephan Klähn
Tel.:    +49-(0)341-235-4787
Mail:    Stephan Klähn

• Understanding regulatory processes in cyanobacteria, i.e. those controlling energy and primary metabolism
• Design of molecular tools and expression platforms in cyanobacteria
• Applying regulatory processes to fine-tune synthetic pathways in cyanobacteria
  

Group Leader: Dr. Jens Krömer
Tel.:    +49-(0)341-235-46 88
Mail:   Jens Krömer

• Quantitative physiology (fluxomics & metabolomics)
• Metabolic modelling (FBA, EMA, GEM, 13C)
• Metabolic engineering
• Analytics (LC; GC-MS; LC-MS)
• Bioelectrochemical systems

Group Leader: Dr. Bin Lai
Tel.: +49-(0)341-235-46 97
Mail: Bin Lai

• Microbial extracellular electron transfer mechanisms
  
• Electrode-steered microbial phenotype and metabolism
• Bio-electrode interface engineering and system design
• Light-powered bioelectrochemical hydrogen production
   

Group Leader: Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmid
Tel.: +49-(0)341-235-12 86
Mail: Andreas Schmid

• Hotwiring of natural photosynthesis in cyanobacteria
• Integration of metabolic and reaction engineering
  
• In situ product recovery
• Maximizing process productivities for obtaining white hydrogen