Infinite Roots: Using whey to create new mycelium-based dairy products
The Hamburg-based biotech start-up Infinite Roots wants to utilise whey as a nutrient for mycelium fermentation and thus pave the way for new alternative dairy products.
New enzyme optimises material cycles
A research team led by Marburg microbiologist Tobias Erb has found a new way to effectively fix CO2 and transfer it into the cell metabolism. A completely new enzyme was designed for this purpose and optimised through evolution in the laboratory.
Funding round launched: Innovative methods for organic production
As part of the new funding guideline ‘Future technologies for the industrial bioeconomy’, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research is funding innovative projects that address bio-based products and processes for a climate-neutral and recyclable industry.
Millions in funding for peatland research
The Wetscapes 2.0 project is receiving 10 million euros from the German Research Foundation to research complex processes in the rewetting of fenland landscapes.
Optimising protein structures with AI
Under the leadership of the Technical University of Munich, an international research team has developed a method with which proteins can be designed even better on a computer and produced with the desired properties.
