Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our sponsors:

1. Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation
2. DSM
3. Netherlands Genomics Initiative
4. BaseClear
5. The Delft University of Technology Department of Bionanoscience
6. The Delft University of Technology Department of Biotechnology

The assistance of all advisors is very much appreciated. We would like to thank:

1. Prof.dr. J.T. (Jack) Pronk

We owe many thanks to the inhabitants of the Enzymology labs, whom we constantly bugged with questions and requests. In particular we would like to thank:

1. Esengül Yildirim
2. Laura Koekkoek

The people who made it possible to perform this project at all, by providing lab space and permits: prof.dr. S. (Simon) de Vries

1. Dr. L.A. (Lesley) Robertson
2. Ing. S. (Susanne) Hage

The people guiding us through the ethical research. Your help was largely appreciated: Ir. S. (Steven) Flipse Dr. D.R. (David) Koepsell Drs. D. (Daan) Schuurbiers

All the people that attended the brainstorming session at the beginning of the project

Everybody we forgot

We would also like to thank Ewout Boelsums for allowing us to use his panorama of Delft's market square on our website.