Digital Teaching – Virtual Biochemistry Lab at the Institute of Biochemistry

With support from the Cologne University Foundation, the Institute of Biochemistry was able to carry out an extensive digitization project: the Virtual Biochemistry Lab.

The goal was to enable innovative, interactive teaching formats—with visible success.

Thanks to the funding, seminar rooms and teaching labs were equipped with the technology needed for digital and hybrid instruction. In addition, six SMART Boards, a state-of-the-art video conferencing system, 24 mini-computers for the digital integration of lab workstations, and 12 high-performance workstations for protein modeling were purchased. A digitally integrated microscope now allows students to observe cell culture processes together.

These new capabilities are already being used extensively—from undergraduate education through doctoral training.

“The digital teaching equipment at the Institute of Biochemistry benefits students of biochemistry, biology, and chemistry, as well as numerous doctoral students. “Thanks to funding from the University Foundation, we are up to date and can actively use this equipment in all formats of teaching, learning, and research,” emphasizes Prof. Dr. Jan Riemer.