
Interviews

17.10.2025 Joost Meyer
‘It is our mission to revolutionize the construction industry’
Wood fibers are the raw material the company Willowprint uses in 3D printing to create a building material that is completely recyclable and compostable.

15.07.2025 Ute Weisz
‘Enzymes create proteins with customised properties’
Munich-based food technologist Ute Weisz specialises in the extraction, characterisation and modification of plant proteins in order to make them usable for the food industry.
Researcher Profiles

07.11.2022 Birgit Lewandowski
Networking for the bioeconomy
For Birgit Lewandowski, uniting technology and sustainability is a matter close to her heart. On the board of the Biotechnologie-Förderverein IBB, the landscape ecologist with Viennese charm wants to establish a strong network for the bioeconomy.

12.11.2019 Nadja Alina Henke
Bacteria as pigment factories
Systems biologist Nadja Alina Henke uses bacteria as cell factories to produce the red pigment astaxanthin. Now, the 28-year-old hopes to bring the process to market with her start-up company Bicomer.