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PAPACKS
Customizing green packaging
Since 2013 PAPACKS has been developing packaging and products from renewable resources.
Interviews
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Jan-Peter Kasper, FSU
New impulses for electrobiotechnology
Biochemist Miriam Rosenbaum is a true pioneer in the field of electrobiotechnology. In the following interview she explains how she intends to replace oxygen in biotech processes.
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DSMZ
Smart analysis of microbial data treasures
Microbiologist Jörg Overmann wants to investigate the diversity of bacteria and relies on artificial intelligence.
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German Livestock Association (BRS)
The dairy cow of the future
The veterinarian Jens Baltissen talks about modern breeding approaches for dairy cows favored by bioeconomy researchers in the German Livestock Association.
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IÖW, Gordon Welters
New solutions to reduce packaging waste
Together with partners from business and municipalities, Frieder Rubik is looking for new strategies to minimize the use of plastic packaging in retail.
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Tonni Grube Andersen
How plant roots communicate
Plant researcher Tonni Andersen is the 2019 Kovalevskaja Award winner. He seeks to understand how roots exchange information with soil microbes and is setting up a new research group at the Max Planck Institute in Cologne.
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Getting the best from biowaste with worms
Michael Quintern breeds earthworms to transform biowaste into precious humus.
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G. Hägele, SRS, University of Duisburg-Essen
Training plants like athletes
Friederike Kögler has developed a method with which plants learn to survive with less water.
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Mattes Linde
Capturing global biodiversity
The Berlin biologist Michael Ohl wants to record the diversity of animal species on earth with the help of innovative technologies - at the new Center for Integrative Biodiversity Discovery.
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Novis GmbH
Biogas from mushrooms
Thomas Helle, Managing Director of Tübingen-based Novis GmbH, is developing a biogas plant using mushroom compost as part of the EU project "Smartmushroom".
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IPR
Utilizing jellyfish
Scientific assistant at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, and coordinator of the EU project "GoJelly".
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TU Munich
Designing complex peptides
Sonja Berensmeier uses computer models to design complex peptides for technical applications.
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Fotostudio Neubiberg
Protecting inland waters from microplastics
Water researcher Christian Schaum is looking for solutions to reduce the microplastics pollution of inland waters.
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Folke Dammann
Snacking on insects
Making insects popular as a new source for protein - that is the goal of "snack insects" founder Folke Dammann. Since 2013, the company based near Hamburg is focused on snacks and cooking ingredients based on insects.
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TU Braunschweig/ Kristina Rottig
Turning waste water into electricity
At TU Braunschweig, chemist Uwe Schröder is investigating how bacteria can generate electricity from waste water.
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Andreas Gregor
Sustainable reed and electricity for the Senegal
Heidi Schiller and her KAITO Projekt GmbH  already introduced electricity from renewable resources to the Senegal. Now they are working to establish local reed as renewable building material.
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Frontiers Media
Open Access accelerates sustainability
With soon to be 9 billion people on the planet, we need to establish a more sustainable economy, urges Kamila Markram. Scientists are working hard on these issues, but progress is delayed by paywalls in front of new publications.
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Sabine Schmidt
Sustainable clothing for everyone
Sabine Schmidt, CEO of Xaxiraxi, offers sustainable and fashionable clothes for people with skin problems.
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JFK
From biomass to hydrocarbons
As part of the project ‘DropIn Biofuels’, Johannes Kabisch and his team of researchers are synthesising microbial hydrocarbons for use in the production of biofuels. The end product is hoped to serve as a potential future replacement for kerosene and diesel, and could thus also contribute to making air traffic more environmentally friendly.
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Fitness bars made of crickets
SWARM founder Christopher Zeppenfeld and his team are hoping to popularise insect-based snacks with a first fitness bar made from crickets. Their new product is set to open the market to innovative protein alternatives.
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Making dumplings from leftover bread
The jars of dumplings made by start-up ‘Knödelkult’ in Constance are manufactured using old and unsold bread. Managing director Janine Trappe and her team have already rescued more than 1,700 loaves of bread that were destined for the rubbish bins.
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A smart app as a doctor for plants
‘Plantix’ developed by Simone Strey is an award-winning app that uses images to identify plant diseases and to provide tips on countermeasures.
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Peptides for everyone
Peptides are multi talents but expensive to produce. The CEO of the Düsseldorf start up Numaferm aims to use a novel biotechnological method in order to provide the protein building blocks in a more cost-efficient way.
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ISOE
Using sewage waste water for hydroponics
With their project “HypoWave” scientists in Frankfurt, headed by the agricultural expert Martina Winker, aim to re-purpose municipal sewage waste water for hydroponic plant breeding programmes by filtering out the nutrients while simultaneously minimising water usage in agriculture.
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wijld GmbH
T-shirts made of wood
The „WoodShirts“ offered by the start-up wijld, which is headed by Timo Beelow, prove that products made of renewable resources such as wood are not just eco-friendly but also stylish and comfortable. 
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Plant breeding using CRISPR-Cas molecular scissors
Holger Puchta is one of the first researchers worldwide to utilise the CRISPR-Cas molecular ‘scissors’ in the area of plants. For the biotechnologist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the editing tool heralds a new era of precision in plant breeding.
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BioInspiration GbR
3D printing with bioplastics
Thorsten Perl has the head behind the start-up Bioinspiration. Its focus is on 3D printing with bioplastics.
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Bugfoundation
Insects instead of beef in burgers
Insects as an alternative to meat: This is the business idea with which Max Krämer and his team from Bugfoundation want to make fast food in Europe more healthy and sustainable.
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fairwindel.de/presse
Making disposable nappies compostable
Chemist and Fairwindel founder Dominic Franck has found a way of manufacturing babies' nappies largely out of renewable raw materials.
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Top Magazin Heilbronn
Liquid wood conserves resources
Jürgen Pfitzer is one of the founders of Tecnaro GmbH, a company that is establishing liquid wood as a renewable alternative to plastic.
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Qmilch GmbH
Milking it: Textiles made from casein
Hanover local Anke Domaske's QMilch has developed a natural fibre made from casein, a milk protein. Without any recourse to chemical processes, the qualified biologist and fashion designer spins dairy waste products to create the source material for her own fashion collection. In 2011, she founded her own company, QMilch, where she began to create clothing made from milk.