Book a Scientist! Tobias Erb

What can synthetic biology do, what is synthetic photosynthesis? What possible future solutions could be found with regard to climate change?

For Tobias Erb, speed is not just an aspect to be considered on his racing bike: he engineers biocatalysts to build more efficient metabolic pathways. Whether artificial photosynthesis or ATP from electricity: he believes that new solutions can be found at the interfaces of disciplines.

For Tobias Erb, speed is not just an aspect to be considered on his racing bike: he engineers biocatalysts to build more efficient metabolic pathways. Whether artificial photosynthesis or ATP from electricity: he believes that new solutions can be found at the interfaces of disciplines.

How can we be more efficient than nature? How can we teach E. coli, the model and "working bacterium" of biotechnology, a new biochemistry? Prof. Dr. Tobias Erb is especially interested in the fixation and conversion of the greenhouse gas CO₂. Inspired by nature, he uses synthetic biology to find new solutions for future sustainability, following the motto: out of the atmosphere, into the biochemical cycles.

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Matching the topics: Klimawandel, Soffwechsel und Stoffkreisläufe, CO₂, Synthetische Biologie, Biochemie