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Spargel in Papierhülle
Asparagus peels usually end up in the trash. But they could soon be a basic material for bioplastics.

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

Using asparagus peels for bioplastics

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

Gebäude von c-Lecta in Leipzig
The c-LEcta GmbH specializes in enzymes.

Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Irish Kerry Group acquires enzyme specialist c-LEcta

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.

Ein Fluoreszenzfarbstoff macht die bäumchenförmigen Arbuskeln eines arbuskulären Mykorrhizapilzes in einer Wurzel gut sichtbar.
A fluorescent dye makes the tree-like arbuscules of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in a root clearly visible.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

How rice plants regulate their root fungal network

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

Monitoring reveals how sustainable Germany's bioeconomy is

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Bioeconomy monitoring enters next phase

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.

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European bioeconomy fund raises 300 million euros

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

Spühlmittel beim Abwasch
Biosurfactants are designed to enable sustainable and environmentally friendly cleaning and care products.

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Estimating the environmental impact of new bio-products

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

Mikroskopische Aufnahme des Bakteriums Vibrio natriegens
The marine bacterium Vibrio natriegens could soon be an important organism for biotechnology.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Marine microbe as cell factory

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

Carsten Schulz, Direktor, Fraunhofer-Einrichtung für Individualisierte und Zellbasierte Medizintechnik IMTE, Außenstelle Aquakulturforschung Büsum

Food Animals Agriculture sciences

"Aquatic technologies are key to a healthy diet"

Under the umbrella of Fraunhofer IMTE, the team led by Carsten Schulz from the Society for Marine Aquaculture (GMA) will further develop the potential of the Blue Bioeconomy in the future.

Processing wood in biogas plants has long been problematic. That could soon change.

Energy Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Poplar wood for the biogas plant

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

Kolorierte Rasterelektronenmikroskopaufnahme von Pseudomonas-Bakterien, beim Eindringen in eine Spaltöffnung eines Pflanzenblatts
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Pseudomonas bacteria, entering a stomata of a plant leaf.

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Bacterial booster for the plant immune response

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

Johanna Pausch

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

"Fungal networks influence soil carbon storage"

Bayreuth geoecologist Johanna Pausch is researching how root fungi in symbiosis with plants control carbon turnover in soils.

Zwei Kartoffelknollen
A research team has analyzed genomes from individual pollen grains of the potato plant to create the first, complete map of a potato genome.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

Complex potato genome sequenced

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

Blick in einen Buchen- und Eichenwald
Mixed oak-beech stand in the Bavarian Spessart: The production of oak quality wood is ideally suited for sustainable forest management.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

Rewarding forest ecosystem services

Researchers develop models to make sustainable forest management more attractive.

Mit CRISPR-Kill verhindern die Forschenden an der Modellpflanze Ackerschmalwand das Ausbilden von Seitenwurzeln.
Using CRISPR-Kill, the researchers prevent the formation of lateral roots in the model plant thale cress.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Gene scissors reprogrammed for plants

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.

Blick vom Pfänder auf den Bodensee
Lake Constance is the third largest inland lake in Central Europe, an important drinking water reservoir and ecosystem at the same time.

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

New archaea species secures drinking water from Lake Constance

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

Introbild Biowasserstoff Dossier

Energy Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Biohydrogen: sources and research approaches

Green hydrogen is considered a crucial element of the energy transition. So far, the gas has been produced mainly by electrolysis, a process that consumes considerable amounts of electricity. However, there are promising bio-based approaches to hydrogen production in which algae and bacteria play an important role. This dossier presents current research approaches.

kompostierbare Getränkeflaschen aus Papier
A beverage bottle made from recycled paper fibers is to replace plastic bottles.

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

Alliance for a paper beverage bottle

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.

Heidelbeeren am Strauch
The area under blueberry cultivation in Germany has more than doubled in the last ten years.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Biological plant protection for blueberries

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

Pflanztöpfchen aus recycelter Pappe und beigemischten pilzhemmenden Substanzen aus Pappelrinde
Plant pots made from recycled cardboard and anti-fungal substances from poplar bark

Chemistry Plants Chemistry

More bioeconomy in the garden

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

Visiual Waste to Product Dossier

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Biobased upcycling: From residual to resource

Organic residual and waste streams have considerable but often untapped potential as a resource for a sustainable bioeconomy. This dossier presents innovative research approaches to waste utilization.

Preisverleihung Deutscher Gründerpreis 2022
The award ceremony traditionally takes place in the ZDF capital studio in Berlin.

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

German Founder's Award for Traceless Materials

The Hamburg-based bioeconomy company has been awarded the German Founder's Award in the StartUp category for its development of a biomaterial from agricultural residues.

Wildblumen-Mischungen für die Bioenergie: Miscanthus und Rainfarn auf dem Goldenen Acker der Universität Hohenheim
Wildflower mixtures for bioenergy: Miscanthus and tansy on the Golden Field of the University of Hohenheim

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

It's all in the mix

The right mix of wildflowers and miscanthus grass in the field not only promotes biodiversity, it also makes energy production from Chinese reed more sustainable and efficient.

pflanzliche Ernährung aus Gemüse, Obst und Nüssen
A plant-based diet can make a significant contribution to climate neutrality.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Effects of the food transition on agriculture

A largely plant-based diet would require 40% less arable land and drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as a study by the Öko-Institut shows.

Papierschale gefüllt mit unterschiedlichem Obst
The project participants in the 3D-Thermocell project want to produce a shell like the one in this rendered image from cellulose and polyvinyl alcohol.

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Thermoformable paper as a plastic substitute

Paper has a better recycling cycle than plastics. Researchers therefore want to develop a new paper-based packaging material.

Läufer mit innovativem Turnschuh - Sohlenmaterial aus Kohlenstoff-Abgasen
The sole of ON's running shoe is made of carbon waste gases

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

First running shoe made from recycled industrial emissions

A step toward the carbon circular economy: a consortium led by Swiss sporting goods manufacturer On has developed a shoe whose foam plastic components are biotechnically produced from carbon-containing waste gases.

Skizze eines Bauernhofs mit Produktionshalle und Windrad
Sketch of the possible pilot farm for cultured meat.

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Cultured meat from the farm

The RESPECTfarms project explores concepts for farms in the field of cultured meat. A pilot farm is being planned.

Vollständig begrünte Versuchsfläche nach Rekultivierung der Deponiefläche mit Pilz-Klärschlamm-Mischung.
Fully vegetated area after recultivation of the landfill area with mushroom-sludge mixture.

Agriculture and forestry Fungi Agriculture sciences

Reanimate soils with mushrooms

Researchers have succeeded in using a mix of sewage sludge compost and fungal substrate to make fallow land at a landfill bloom again.

Strohballen auf dem Feld
Renewable raw materials such as straw are used to produce bioethanol.

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Bavaria promotes establishment of bioeconomy production facilities

As part of the BayBioeconomy Scale-Up funding program, Bavaria is again supporting companies in setting up bioeconomy production facilities on an industrial scale.

Normalerweise erfolgt der genetische Austausch von väterlichen und mütterlichen Eigenschaften über die ganze Länge eines Chromosoms. Durch das Invertieren des größten Teils (gelb) des Chromosoms mit Hilfe der molekularen Schere CRISPR/Cas kann dieser Austausch nun auf die beiden äußersten Enden beschränkt werden (violett und blau).
By inverting most (yellow) of the chromosome using CRISPR/Cas molecular scissors, genetic exchange could be restricted to the two extreme ends (purple and blue).

Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Inheriting good plant traits only

Using the molecular gene scissors CRISPR/Cas, researchers have succeeded in silencing chromosomes and thus preventing genetic exchange.

Schmetterling auf Butterblume
Butterflies are among the 41,500 species threatened worldwide.

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Genome research to save biodiversity

Using state-of-the-art genomics methods, a new pan-European consortium aims to accelerate the mapping of global biodiversity and thus fundamentally change the understanding of biodiversity.

Plastikflaschen zum Recyceln
Plastic beverage bottles are disposed of via the deposit system or incinerated.

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

Making reusable plastic recyclable

Using a to-go food tray, partners from research and industry want to show that even reusable products made from sustainable plastics can be fully recycled at the end of their life cycle.

Forscherin mit einem elektrochemischen Versuchsaufbau
Researchers in the ETOS project want to achieve CO2-neutral chemical production with organic electrosyntheses.

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

Electrolysis for CO2-neutral chemical processes

The ETOS future cluster aims to enable the production of numerous fine chemicals without fossil raw materials.

Handys
Rare earths are found in almost all electronic devices.

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

Recycling rare earths with peptides

In the PepTight project, researchers want to identify peptides that are able to filter special rare earths, known as lanthanides, from industrial water.

So sieht der Ring aus, der künftig gegen Insekten helfen könnte.
The ring that could help against insects in the future.

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

Ring shaped mosquito repellent

Researchers from Halle have used a 3D printer to encapsulate an insect repellent in a biopolymer and molded it into a finger ring that protects against mosquitoes.

Acker mit Reihen von Tabakpflanzen
At normal salt concentration in the soil, the leaves of tobacco plants are firm and erect.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

How plant leaves tolerate high salt concentrations

The salt protection mechanism now demonstrated in plant leaves is superior to that in roots and opens up potential for plant breeding.

Schimpanse

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WWF (2022): Living Planet Report

According to the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) 14th Living Planet Report, declines in all observed populations of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles averaged 69% between 1970 and 2018.

Weiße Flocken vor schwarzem Hintergrund
Under the microscope it looks like cotton balls, but it is a highly pure, dried xylan granulate.

Pharmaceutical industry Plants Chemistry

Xylan and lignin from beech wood

A pilot plant for the production of two biobased pharmaceutical raw materials has performed well in test operation.

Zwei Fußabdrücke vor dem Hintergrund von Versuchsparzellen mit Weizensorten symbolisieren, dass der Züchtungsfortschritt zum Klimaschutz beiträgt, durch Reduktion des CO2-Fußabdrucks.
The two footprints against the background of trial plots symbolize that breeding progress contributes to climate protection, by reducing the carbon footprint.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Fungus-resistant cereal varieties contribute to climate protection

A new study concludes that breeding new wheat and rye varieties can significantly reduce agriculture's carbon footprint.

Die neuen Büroräume des Unternehmens auf dem Campus Neuried, deren Bau im August 2019 begann, wurden speziell für die individuellen Bedürfnisse und Anforderungen von AMSilk gebaut.
The company's new offices at the Neuried campus, construction of which began in August 2019, were built specifically to meet AMSilk's unique needs and requirements.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

AMSilk relocates headquarters and plans further growth

The biotech company AMSilk has moved into new laboratory and office space on the Neuried campus southwest of Munich - partly in order to continue growing outside Europe.

Färberdistel (Carthamus tinctorius)
Safflower oil is produced from the safflower Carthamus tinctorius.

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Bio-based plastics from safflower oil

Cologne-based researchers have tapped safflower oil as a resource for the production of biobased polyamides.