What intrigues you about the immobilization of enzymes? Enzymes are fascinating biocatalysts with ar emarkable three-dimensionals tructure. Prior to the immobilization of an enzyme,i ti sn ecessary to carefullyi nvestigate its response when applying different pH values, diverse ionic strengthso r variouss ubstrates. Herebyaconsistent and comprehensive view of the respective enzymei so btained progressively,w hich contributest ou nderstand the behavior of an immobilized enzyme.I ti si mpressive that an enzyme confined in nanopores retains its enzymatic activity. Why are mesoporouss ilicasp romising host materials for enzymes in general? The pore size of mesoporous silicas and their surface properties can be individually tailored according to the requirements of the respective enzyme. Hence, mesoporous silicas are versatile support materials. Furthermore, the syntheses of mesopo-rous silicas are well understood and are highly reproducible. Therefore, ac onstant quality of the support material can be guaranteed. Is the immobilizationo fe nzymes aseminal approach? Enzymes catalyze countless reactions in nature. Severalo f these reactions are used in laboratory as well as industrial scale. Additionally,n umerous enzymesa re knownt op ossess ab road substrate specificity,w hich enables them to convert substrates of non-natural origin too. Immobilization ensures re-usabilityo ft he enzyme. Thus, the high costs of an enzymatic catalytic route can be relativized and the advantageso f enzyme catalysis can be used to their full extent. The front cover artworkf or Issue 7/2017 is provided by M. Dreifke, F. J. Brieler and M. Frçba,U niversity of Hamburg. The image shows as ingle spherical cell of am esoporous cellular siliceous foam with an immobilized alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH).T he ADH is able to catalyze the oxidationo f2-propanol to acetone with concomitant reduction of NADP + + to NADPH. However,i nt he presence of as ufficient concentration of acetone, the back reactiona ccompanied by the oxidation of NADPH to NADP + + can be introduced too. See the Full Paper itself at http://dx.