News & Views

A bioprocess engineer and a food technologist – with the Swiss Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wiltrud Treffenfeldt and the British Stephen Catling as new Supervisory Board members, the Supervisory Board of BRAIN AG has not only gained further professional expertise, but also more internationality and an increased percentage of women.

News & Views visited Matthias Enste, Managing Director of the enzyme company WeissBioTech in its new production facility in Büttelborn.

During a visit to BRAIN, the Hessian Minister for Digitalization informed herself about the advantages of digitalization in biotechnology

Six months ago, Adriaan Moelker took over as Chair of the Board, thus assuming management of BRAIN AG. In an interview with News & Views, he talks about his first impressions, his goals, the ongoing transformation process and the future positioning of BRAIN AG on the capital market.

How does the substitution of a single amino acid affect the stability and sensory profile of the sweet-tasting protein brazzein? BRAIN is investigating this question in the "PepDancer" project – part of its research activities on sugar substitutes.

With a biotechnological method, platinum group metals may be recovered from industrial process streams in an environment-friendly manner. BRAIN AG and Heraeus have proven this in a successful collaboration.