COMENZE: Researching the Next Generation of Sustainable Polymers
COMENZE is an EU-funded HORIZON MSCA Doctoral Network, driving innovation in the bio-based polymer industry through advanced enzyme engineering. By developing cutting-edge enzymatic strategies, we aim to enhance sustainable polymer design, improve end-of-life degradability, and enable chemical recyclability.
Through the training of ten Doctoral Candidates in computational and experimental enzyme engineering, COMENZE contributes to a greener, circular economy in line with the European Green Deal.
Collaborating for Innovation in Enzyme Engineering
COMENZE brings together leading universities, research institutes, and industrial partners across Europe to advance enzyme engineering for renewable polymers. This multidisciplinary network fosters collaboration between academia and industry, ensuring a comprehensive approach to innovation.
Doctoral Candidates will work across institutions, gaining expertise through research, training, and secondments, strengthening the link between computational and experimental enzyme design. Together, our partners are shaping the future of a circular economy.
Engineering Enzymes for a Sustainable Tomorrow
Enzyme innovation lies at the heart of the COMENZE research project. Enzyme engineering enhances industrial enzymes’ productivity, efficiency, and resilience under challenging conditions. By combining advanced computational and experimental techniques, we are designing next-generation enzymes that enable the creation of sustainable, recyclable polymers. Our work aims to enhance polymer degradability and circularity, contributing to a resource-efficient bio-based industry.
Through groundbreaking research and collaboration across leading institutions, COMENZE is shaping the future of renewable materials. Discover how we are driving the transition to a circular economy.
Meet the researchers advancing enzyme engineering
From leading scientists to the next generation of researchers – get to know the COMENZE team.
Meet our project supervisors and the ten outstanding PhD candidates selected this spring, all working together to shape the future of enzyme engineering and sustainable polymers.
News and Updates
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