Volume 15, Issue 9 e202200707
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Front Cover: Biocatalysis as Key to Sustainable Industrial Chemistry (ChemSusChem 9/2022)

Prof. Andrés R. Alcántara

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Prof. Andrés R. Alcántara

Department of Chemistry in Pharmaceutical Sciences (QUICIFARM), Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), 28040- Madrid, Spain

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Dr. Pablo Domínguez de María

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Dr. Pablo Domínguez de María

Sustainable Momentum, SL, Av. Ansite 3, 4–6, 35011 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Is., Spain

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Prof. Dr. Jennifer A. Littlechild

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Prof. Dr. Jennifer A. Littlechild

Henry Wellcome Building for Biocatalysis, Biosciences, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD United Kingdom

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Dr. Martin Schürmann

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Dr. Martin Schürmann

InnoSyn B.V., Urmonderbaan 22, 6167RD Geleen, The Netherlands

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Prof. Dr. Roger A. Sheldon

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Prof. Dr. Roger A. Sheldon

Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Prof. Dr. Roland Wohlgemuth

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Prof. Dr. Roland Wohlgemuth

Institute of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, Lodz University of Technology, 90-537 Lodz, Poland

Swiss Coordination Committee for Biotechnology, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland

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First published: 19 April 2022

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The Front Cover shows the treasure box of biocatalysis, which can now be considered as a key enabling technology for the development of sustainable chemistry. The implementation of biocatalytic syntheses in modern chemistry for different industrial sectors has been accelerated by advances and breakthroughs in understanding structure, function, discovery, design, development, and application of enzymes as Nature′s inherently chiral catalysts. Therefore, a “Golden Age of Biocatalysis” can be envisioned. More information can be found in the Perspective by A. R. Alcántara et al.