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University of Helsinki

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Jan Deska is a Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research interests encompass biocatalysis, enzyme engineering, and organic synthesis, as evidenced by his recent articles on topics such as the synthesis of pentasubstituted guanidine bases and enzymatic production of C1 chemicals from carbon dioxide. He has also explored innovative biocatalytic processes for the conversion of various organic compounds, contributing significantly to the field.

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Beyond Biosynthesis: Enzymes as Catalysts in Non-natural Synthetic Transformations

Open Date: 2016-01-09

Close Date: 2020-08-31

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Synthesis of complex furan building blocks via combined biocatalytic desymmetrizations and transition metal catalyzed cyclizations

Open Date: 2013-01-01

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Total synthesis of novel neurotrophic agents

Open Date: 2007-01-01

Close Date: 2008-12-31

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Andreia Rosatella

Diretora do Centro de Investigação do IPLuso

Instituto Politécnico da Lusofonia

PORTUGAL

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Alexander Felix Kiefer

Group Leader

Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland

GERMANY

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Sandy Schmidt

Scientific Staff, Associate Professor, Universitair hoofddocent

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

NETHERLANDS

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Jere Mannisto

University of Helsinki

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Improving Activity and Stability of Candida boidinii Formate Dehydrogenase Through Rational Active Site Engineering

Engineering Styrene Monooxygenases for Stereo-Complementary Synthesis of Furoindolines and Pyranoindolines via Asymmetric Oxidative Dearomatization of Indol-3-yl Alcohols

Asymmetric One‐Pot Total Synthesis of Tenuipesone A/B Through a Tunable Multienzyme Cascade

Guanidium Unmasked: Repurposing Common Amide Coupling Reagents for the Synthesis of Pentasubstituted Guanidine Bases

Choline Oxidase and Choline Ionic Liquids in Biocatalytic Heme Peroxidase Cascades

Asymmetric ring contraction of 2-hydroxypyranones by borrowing hydrogen biocatalysis

Rieske Oxygenase‐Catalyzed Biotransformations in Recombinant Cupriavidus necator Fueled by Formate Oxidation

A Sustainable Approach to Cantharellus cibarius Oil with Bioactive Properties through Supercritical Fluid Extraction

Formaldehyde and its surrogates as a C1 platform for defossilised modern societies

Realities of the consortium approach in science: sustainable enzymatic production of C1 chemicals from carbon dioxide

Multienzymatic Synthesis of γ‐Lactam Building Blocks from Unsaturated Esters and Hydroxylamine

An Artificial In Vitro Metabolism to Angiopterlactone B Inspired by Traditional Retrosynthesis**

Ein künstlicher in vitro‐Stoffwechsel zu Angiopterlacton B nach dem Vorbild traditioneller Retrosynthese**

Fully Biocatalytic Rearrangement of Furans to Spirolactones

Aerobe C‐N‐Bindungsknüpfung durch enzymatische Nitroso‐En‐Reaktionen**

Aerobic C−N Bond Formation through Enzymatic Nitroso‐Ene‐Type Reactions**

Coding Synthetic Chemistry Strategies for Furan Valorization into Bacterial Designer Cells**

Peroxidase-induced C–N bond formation via nitroso ene and Diels–Alder reactions

Statistical optimization of media components for production of extracellular lipase from edible mushroom Cantharellus cibarius

Cascade Catalysis Through Bifunctional Lipase Metal Biohybrids for the Synthesis of Enantioenriched O‐Heterocycles from Allenes

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Andreia Rosatella

Alexander Felix Kiefer

Sandy Schmidt

Jere Mannisto

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