# Competencies

**Source**: https://www.cs.tum.de/en/research/synbiofoundrytum/competencies
**Parent**: https://www.cs.tum.de/en/

### Design

Computational biochemistry and theoretical biophysics
:   [Professorship Protein Modeling](https://www.tcbweb.wzw.tum.de/home/)

Quantitative calculation of protein-ligand binding processes
:   [Professorship Protein Modeling](https://www.tcbweb.wzw.tum.de/home/)

Prediction of protein structure-function relationships
:   [Professorship Protein Modeling](https://www.tcbweb.wzw.tum.de/home/)\
    [Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources](https://cbr.cs.tum.de/en/)

Design of artificial nucleic acid structures (nucleic acid nanotechnology)
:   [Chair of Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems](https://www.groups.ph.tum.de/en/e14/home/)

Design of gene circuits and in vivo computing
:   [Chair of Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems](https://www.groups.ph.tum.de/en/e14/home/)

Design of artificial electron transfer chains for bioelectrocatalytic cascade reactions
:   [Professorship Electrobiotechnology](https://ebt.cs.tum.de/en/)

### Build

Development of synthetic biology and genetic engineering tools
:   [Professorship Microbial Biotechnology](https://mib.cs.tum.de/en/)

Metabolic Engineering of novel and established microbial cell factories
:   [Professorship Microbial Biotechnology](https://mib.cs.tum.de/en/)\
    [Professorship of Fungal Biotechnology in Wood Science](https://www.ls.tum.de/en/hfm/professorship-of-fungal-biotechnology-in-wood-science/)

Development and application of enzyme engineering tools for diversification of protein sequences
:   [Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources](https://cbr.cs.tum.de/en/)

Engineering of synthetic cellular and cell-fee systems
:   [Chair of Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems](https://www.groups.ph.tum.de/en/e14/home/)

Development of redox hydrogels for embedding, protecting, and wiring redox enzymes on electrodes
:   [Professorship Electrobiotechnology](https://ebt.cs.tum.de/en/)

### Test

Development and application of high-throughput analysis methods including microfluidics, microarrays and robotics
:   [Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources](https://cbr.cs.tum.de/en/)\
    [Professorship Electrobiotechnology](https://ebt.cs.tum.de/en/)

Quantitative and systemic analysis of microbial systems
:   [Professorship Microbial Biotechnology](https://mib.cs.tum.de/en/)

### Learn

Development and application of novel bioinformatics methods to analyze biological and bio-chemical high-throughput data as well as different types of sequencing data
:   [Professorship Bioinformatics](https://bit.cs.tum.de/en/)

Development and application of statistical and machine-learning-based methods to analyze high-dimensional data and to build predictive models to gain a better understanding of the underlying biological processes
:   [Professorship Bioinformatics](https://bit.cs.tum.de/en/)

Development of specialized cloud- and web-applications as well as databases to store and analyze high-throughput data
:   [Professorship Bioinformatics](https://bit.cs.tum.de/en/)

Develop electroanalytical and modeling tools for quantitative analysis of cascade reactions
:   [Professorship Electrobiotechnology](https://ebt.cs.tum.de/en/)

### Upscaling

Set up, upscaling and optimization of bioprocesses
:   [Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources](https://cbr.cs.tum.de/en/)\
    [Professorship Microbial Biotechnology](https://mib.cs.tum.de/en/)\
    [Professorship Chemical Process Engineering](https://ctv.cs.tum.de/en/)\
    [Professorship Electrobiotechnology](https://ebt.cs.tum.de/en/)

Measurement and modelling of biochemical and thermo-physical properties
:   [Professorship Chemical Process Engineering](https://ctv.cs.tum.de/en/)\
    [Professorship Electrobiotechnology](https://ebt.cs.tum.de/en/)

Modelling and simulation of kinetics & technical bioprocesses
:   [Professorship Chemical Process Engineering](https://ctv.cs.tum.de/en/)\
    [Professorship Electrobiotechnology](https://ebt.cs.tum.de/en/)

### Sustainability & Life Cycle Assessment

Determination of environmental impacts (Life Cycle Assessments) and economic performance
:   [Chair for Circular Economy and Sustainability Assessment](https://cec.cs.tum.de/en/)

Estimating social impacts and acceptance
:   [Chair for Circular Economy and Sustainability Assessment](https://cec.cs.tum.de/en/)

### Entrepreneurship

Ideation of bio-based business opportunities
:   [Professorship Innovation and Technology Management](https://tim.cs.tum.de/en/)

Evaluation of bio-based business models
:   [Professorship Innovation and Technology Management](https://tim.cs.tum.de/en/)