Selin Kara

Selin Kara (born 20 January 1981) is a Turkish-born chemist and biotechnologist. She is currently a full professor and head of Industrial Biotechnology section at Aarhus University.[1] She studies biocatalysis and has been recognized for her work about deep eutectic solvents and her research regarding cofactor regeneration in biotransformations.[2][3]

Books and publications

  • Recent trends and novel concepts in cofactor-dependent biotransformations[2]
  • Deep eutectic solvents as efficient solvents in biocatalysis[3]
  • Enantioselective oxidation of aldehydes catalyzed by alcohol dehydrogenase[4]
  • Access to lactone building blocks via horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase-catalyzed oxidative lactonization[5]
  • One-pot combination of enzyme and Pd nanoparticle catalysis for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 1,2-amino alcohols[6]
  • A bi‐enzymatic convergent cascade for ε‐caprolactone synthesis employing 1, 6‐hexanediol as a ‘double‐smart cosubstrate’[7]
  • More efficient redox biocatalysis by utilising 1, 4-butanediol as a ‘smart cosubstrate’[8]
  • A fed‐batch synthetic strategy for a three‐step enzymatic synthesis of poly‐ϵ‐caprolactone[9]

Awards and honors

  • 2018 - ChemCatChem - Young Researcher Series[10]
  • 2016 - Selected Membership of Zukunftsforum Biotechnologie DECHEMA[11]
  • 2015 - DAAD Conference Travel Award
  • 2014 - Conference Travel Award – Frauenförderung at TU Dresden
  • 2013 - Biotrans 2013 Poster Prize

References

  1. ↑ "Industrial Biotechnology, Aarhus University".
  2. 1 2 Kara, Selin; Schrittwieser, Joerg H.; Hollmann, Frank; Ansorge-Schumacher, Marion B. (2014-02-01). "Recent trends and novel concepts in cofactor-dependent biotransformations". Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 98 (4): 1517–1529. doi:10.1007/s00253-013-5441-5. ISSN 1432-0614. PMID 24362856. S2CID 11725494.
  3. 1 2 Pätzold, Magdalena; Siebenhaller, Sascha; Kara, Selin; Liese, Andreas; Syldatk, Christoph; Holtmann, Dirk (2019-09-01). "Deep Eutectic Solvents as Efficient Solvents in Biocatalysis". Trends in Biotechnology. 37 (9): 943–959. doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2019.03.007. ISSN 0167-7799. PMID 31000203. S2CID 121668011.
  4. ↑ Könst, Paul; Merkens, Hedda; Kara, Selin; Kochius, Svenja; Vogel, Andreas; Zuhse, Ralf; Holtmann, Dirk; Arends, Isabel W. C. E.; Hollmann, Frank (2012). "Enantioselective Oxidation of Aldehydes Catalyzed by Alcohol Dehydrogenase". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51 (39): 9914–9917. doi:10.1002/anie.201203219. ISSN 1521-3773. PMID 22936647.
  5. ↑ Kara, Selin; Spickermann, Dominik; Schrittwieser, Joerg H.; Weckbecker, Andrea; Leggewie, Christian; Arends, Isabel W. C. E.; Hollmann, Frank (2013-11-01). "Access to Lactone Building Blocks via Horse Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase-Catalyzed Oxidative Lactonization". ACS Catalysis. 3 (11): 2436–2439. doi:10.1021/cs400535c.
  6. ↑ H. Schrittwieser, Joerg; Coccia, Francesca; Kara, Selin; Grischek, Barbara; Kroutil, Wolfgang; d'Alessandro, Nicola; Hollmann, Frank (2013). "One-pot combination of enzyme and Pd nanoparticle catalysis for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 1,2-amino alcohols". Green Chemistry. 15 (12): 3318–3331. doi:10.1039/C3GC41666F. S2CID 46415723.
  7. ↑ Bornadel, Amin; Hatti-Kaul, Rajni; Hollmann, Frank; Kara, Selin (2015). "A Bi-enzymatic Convergent Cascade for ε-Caprolactone Synthesis Employing 1,6-Hexanediol as a 'Double-Smart Cosubstrate'". ChemCatChem. 7 (16): 2442–2445. doi:10.1002/cctc.201500511. ISSN 1867-3899. S2CID 97609853.
  8. ↑ Kara, Selin; Spickermann, Dominik; H. Schrittwieser, Joerg; Leggewie, Christian; Berkel, Willem J. H. van; E. Arends, Isabel W. C.; Hollmann, Frank (2013). "More efficient redox biocatalysis by utilising 1,4-butanediol as a 'smart cosubstrate'". Green Chemistry. 15 (2): 330–335. doi:10.1039/C2GC36797A.
  9. ↑ Scherkus, Christian; Schmidt, Sandy; Bornscheuer, Uwe T.; Gröger, Harald; Kara, Selin; Liese, Andreas (2016). "A Fed-Batch Synthetic Strategy for a Three-Step Enzymatic Synthesis of Poly-ϵ-caprolactone". ChemCatChem. 8 (22): 3446–3452. doi:10.1002/cctc.201600806. ISSN 1867-3899. S2CID 99133584.
  10. ↑ "Young Researchers Series: ChemCatChem". Chemistry Europe. doi:10.1002/(ISSN)1867-3899.
  11. ↑ "DECHEMA | Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V." www.dechema.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-08-25.


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