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Digital Diversity Hub
BRENDA workshop -
Explore Enzyme Data in Action
In-person and online workshop
📅 Date: May 20–21, 2025
📍 Format: Hybrid (Onsite + Online)
🏛️ Venue: HCEMM Incubator House (6728 Szeged, Budapesti út 9.)
⏰ Duration: Two half days
📝 Participation is free of charge, but registration is required
About the Workshop
The BRENDA Workshop offers a unique opportunity to explore the world of enzyme data through interactive lectures and hands-on training sessions with members of the BRENDA and DSMZ teams. Whether you're working in biochemistry, microbiology, bioinformatics, or related fields, this workshop will help you understand how to use and contribute to one of the world’s most comprehensive enzyme information systems.
The event is open to PhD students, postdocs, undergraduate students, and young researchers in biomedicine, medicine, biochemistry, microbiology, bioinformatics, and pharmacy.
Program
Day 1: May 20 (Tuesday) – Afternoon Session
| Time (CET)* | Speaker | Title |
| 13:00 - 13:30 | Boyke Bunk | Introduction to DSMZ, Bioinformatics, and Digital Diversity |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Antje Jäde | BRENDA Introduction |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Mathias Krull | Behind the Scenes: Technical Aspects of BRENDA |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:30 -18:00 | Interactive Session | Hands-on Training with BRENDA Tools |
| 18:30 - | Social Dinner | (optional, onsite participants only) |
Day 2: May 21 (Wednesday) – Morning Session
| Time (CET)* | Speaker | Title |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Anja Tietz | Towards Organism-Specific Pathway Maps |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Julia Koblitz | From Molecules to Microbes: Integrating Diverse Datasets |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | HCEMM Representative | Possibilities for Cooperation (Closed Session) |
Confirmed Trainers
Onsite:
- Dr. Boyke Bunk (Project Leader BRENDA)
- Dipl.-Biol. Mathias Krull (Core update pipeline & database developer)
- Dr. Antje Jäde (Data curation expert)
- Dr. Julia Koblitz (Project leader Data Integration)
- Dr. Anja Tietz (Developer for pathways)
Online:
- Dipl.-Biomath. Lisa Jeske (Core web & database developer)
- Dr. Julia Hauenstein (Data curation expert)
Participation Details
- Onsite capacity: 30 participants, registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.(Once the onsite spots are filled, only online participation will be possible.)
- Online participation: Unlimited
- Language: English
- Requirements: Please bring your own laptop to participate in the hands-on sessions.
About BRENDA
BRENDA is the most comprehensive information system on enzyme functions and properties, manually curated from primary literature. It supports research in biology, biotechnology, pharmacology, and medicine. Learn more about BRENDA here
Registration
Participation is free, but registration is required.