Bioeconomy News

Researchers from Osnabrück, Munich and Berlin have developed ZIN 168 and ZIN 186, the first apple varieties in Europe to be officially certified as allergy-friendly.

BASF's Care Chemicals is expanding its portfolio of sustainable cosmetic products with a bio-based surfactant made from soy protein.

How is chitin produced by nature? Researchers want to uncover this in order to make the biopolymer useful for medicine.

"Gardening without plastic waste" is the motto of a research consortium that develops innovative products such as plant pots from poplar wood and bark.

A research network is developing defense methods against cherry vinegar flies, pine weevils and white grubs.

Cologne-based start-up PAPACKS and North American beverage producer Keurig Dr Pepper are pooling their expertise to jointly produce a plastic-free and compostable bottle.

Environmental microbiologists show for the first time that ammonium-oxidizing microorganisms are also active in Lake Constance.

A team led by molecular biologist Holger Puchta has further developed the CRISPR-Cas gene scissors so that entire plant cell types in the genome can now be selectively switched off.

Researchers develop models to make sustainable forest management more attractive.

Munich plant researchers have discovered a key protein that controls phosphate uptake through symbiosis with fungi.

An international consortium with plant researchers from Munich and Cologne has deciphered all four genome copies of the potato, thus facilitating breeding.

Benign Pseudomonas strains ensure that their pathogenic relatives do not cause any damage in plants, as researchers from Tübingen have discovered.

Researchers have developed an innovative process that enables the use of chips from poplar wood for biomethane and peat substitution.

A research team is developing a biotechnological process to produce succinic acid based on the bacterium Vibrio natriegens.

A combined method of simulation and experiment predicts the ecotoxicity of bioeconomy products.

A research team is investigating which residues are used as food to turn fly larvae into particularly valuable protein feed.

Initially targeting the EUR 250 million mark, the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) has come out of fundraising oversubscribed thanks to newly acquired investors.

How sustainable is the bioeconomy in Germany? The monitoring consortium SYMOBIO 2.0, which has now been launched, screens relevant data, analyzes and evaluates it.

With a view to a circular bioeconomy, researchers at IfBB are investigating whether asparagus peels are suitable as fillers for biocomposites.

A big hit in the German biotechnology sector: The Leipzig-based enzyme manufacturer c-LEcta is acquired by the Irish group Kerry for 137 million euros.