DeNovoLabs Field Notes https://denovolabs.eu/blog/ Essays and honest program updates on de novo metalloenzymes, PFAS, and biology as infrastructure. en Capture isn't destruction: what happens to the PFAS we "remove"https://denovolabs.eu/blog/capture-isnt-destruction/https://denovolabs.eu/blog/capture-isnt-destruction/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:37:42 GMTThe Forever WarCapture moves PFAS into concentrated waste. What happens next, and where DeNovoLabs aims to fit. We design enzymes that have no ancestor https://denovolabs.eu/blog/we-design-enzymes-that-have-no-ancestor/ https://denovolabs.eu/blog/we-design-enzymes-that-have-no-ancestor/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT New to Nature sg@denovolabs.eu (Shashank Gupta) Natural enzymes inherit billions of years of history. We are starting from a reaction nature never learned, then designing the protein and metal together.