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Turkish-born chemist and biotechnologist
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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. She studies biocatalysis and has been recognized for her work about deep eutectic solvents and her research regarding cofactor regeneration in biotransformations.

Books and publications

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

Awards and honors

  • 2018 - ChemCatChem - Young Researcher Series
  • 2016 - Selected Membership of Zukunftsforum Biotechnologie DECHEMA
  • 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. ^ 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. ^ 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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