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AMSilk GmbH

The biotechnologically produced spider silk fibers from AMSilk could replace petroleum-based textile fibers made of polyethylene or polyamide.

07.03.2024 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

AMSilk and BRAIN Biotech: A smart protein design leads to a patent

The biotech companies AMSilk and BRAIN Biotech are announcing their first successes as part of their research and development alliance, which has only been running for a year: the optimization of a structural protein using computer-aided design and the patent application for the process.

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traceless

The new production plant is being built here: traceless founders Anne Lamp (left) and Johanna Baare (right) with the previous owner Franziska Wedemann (center)

14.03.2024 News

Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology

Traceless: First production facility in former industrial bakery

The bioeconomy start-up traceless materials will launch the first large-scale production of its biomaterials in the former Wedemann bakery in Hamburg-Harburg.

Ein Pumpensystem am Roboter ermöglicht, Wasser bis auf einen Milliliter genau zu dosieren.

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InnoBioDIv

FarmBot in the greenhouse - a pump system on the robot makes it possible to dose water precisely down to one milliliter.

20.03.2024 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

Studying climate impacts on plants with a high-tech platform

Researchers and students at TH Köln and the University of Cologne have developed an experimental platform that illustrates how climate change affects plant growth.

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EFI Gutachten 2024

12.03.2024 News

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EFI: Making greater use of the potential of new technologies in crop production

In its annual report, the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation (EFI) focused on new technologies for sustainable agriculture, among other things. The most important points at a glance.

Drohnen könnten im Pflanzenschutz unterstützen, Pflanzenschutzmittel zielgerichtet auszubringen.

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Feistkorn /JKI

Drones could support the targeted application of crop protection products.

22.03.2024 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Identifying strategies for saving plant protection products

In a new EU project, researchers led by the Julius Kühn Institute want to investigate how innovative technologies can be used to reduce the use of plant protection products in arable farming.

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Pixabay/Didgeman

13.03.2024 News

Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences

New European partnership for agroecology research

As part of the European partnership AGROECOLOGY, the call for proposals for actors from Germany has now started. Submit your ideas by April 26!

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National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)

21.06.2024 Success story

Chemistry unspecific Agriculture sciences

Weatherproof protein-based insecticides

A German-Thai team is developing a biological pesticide that can withstand rain and heat. This means that certain insect larvae such as armyworms can be combated more effectively.

Anja Wagemanns, Professorin (W3) am Lehrstuhl für Lebensmitteltechnik der Technischen Universität Dresden

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Sven Ellger

28.04.2024 Interview

Food unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

“Animal protein is difficult to replace with alternative protein”

Anja Wagemans wants to give meat substitute products more "bite". To this end, the food technologist is working on the structure formation of alternative plant-based and microbiological biopolymers.

Fast ein Drittel der Neugründungen sind nachhaltige Firmen, so der aktuelle Green Startup Monitor 2024.

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Borderstep Institut

Almost a third of start-ups are sustainable companies, according to the current Green Startup Monitor 2024.

25.03.2024 News

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Green start-ups remain drivers of transformation

Although the proportion of green start-ups remains high, it is declining slightly due to the current difficult market and financing conditions. This is shown by the latest Green Startup Monitor.

Mit pilzwiderstandsfähigen Rebsorten lassen sich bis zu achtzig Prozent der eingesezten Pflanzenschutzmittel im Weinbau einsparen

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Kaufmann/JKI

With fungus-resistant grape varieties, up to eighty per cent of the pesticides used in viticulture can be saved.

28.03.2024 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Better arming grape varieties against fungi

Under the leadership of the Julius Kühn Institute, a European research team wants to analyse fungus-resistant grapevines and identify molecular markers for grapevine breeding. The cuticle on the berry skin could play a key role.

Von AlphaFold2 vorhergesagte Protein-3D-Strukturen

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Google DeepMind

Protein 3D structures predicted by AlphaFold2

Wed, 05/29/2024 - 12:00 In-depth report

unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Exploring and designing proteins with AI

In recent years, AI technologies have revolutionized protein research and the possibilities for producing tailor-made protein molecules. This dossier highlights how AI-based tools are opening up new avenues for research and innovation. 

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DITF

Structure of the wall element

03.04.2024 News

Construction Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

New composite material made from plant-based carbon fibres and biochar

As an alternative to reinforced concrete, researchers at the German Institute of Textile and Fibre Research have developed a combined building material made of natural stone, carbon fibres and biochar that has a particularly good carbon footprint.

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Dr. Peng Yu / Universität Bonn

The root microbiome of maize plants from different regions of the world was analysed.

02.04.2024 News

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Genetic material of maize plants influences the root microbiome

Not only the properties of the soil, but also the genetic make-up of a plant influence which microbes colonise its roots. This is shown by an international study in which researchers from Bonn and Gatersleben were involved.

Ein Stützkunststoff aus 40 % PHBV, 10 % PEG und 50 % hochfeinem Kochsalz (im Bild die drei Prüfstäbe rechts) hatte die besten Eigenschaften für den 3D-Druck. Das Compound ist in Meerwasser vollständig biologisch abbaubar.

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IKT, Universität Stuttgart

A support plastic made of 40% PHBV, 10% PEG and 50% ultrafine table salt (pictured, the three test rods on the right) had the best properties for 3D printing.

22.06.2023 News

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

Biodegradable support structures for 3D printing

A biodegradable support material for 3D printing was developed at the University of Stuttgart from the bioplastic PHBV and common salt.

Hülsenfrüchte und Samen der Sorte Blaue Speiseerbse PS-HB 019

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Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA 3.0

Legumes and seeds of the variety blue edible pea PS-HB 019

19.06.2023 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

KWS Saat partners with food start-up vly

Seed specialist KWS Saat and Berlin-based start-up VF Nutrition GmbH entered into a multi-year partnership to further develop plant-based foods.

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06.06.2023 Studies and statistics

unspecific unspecific Biodiversity

Earth Comission (2023): Safe and just Earth system boundaries

The Earth Commission, an international coalition of scientists, warns that life on Earth is threatened by global warming, dwindling freshwater reserves, pollution and a reduction in biodiversity.

Blick aus einem Tauchroboter auf den Tiefseeboden

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

The US deep-sea submersible ALVIN illuminates a reddish-brown massif in the Guaymas Basin. Around the hydrothermal sediments with white and orange bacterial mats, cores were taken from which the studied archaea originated.

20.06.2023 News

Energy Microorganisms unspecific

Deep-sea microbes break down petroleum components

Archaea decompose alkanes from petroleum naturally produced near hydrothermal vents on the seafloor.

In kleinen Bioreaktoren können die Forschenden die Bedingungen der mikrobiellen Elektrosynthese genau kontrollieren.

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Ronja Münch/Leibniz-HKI

In small bioreactors, researchers can precisely control the conditions of microbial electrosynthesis.

26.06.2023 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Electrobiotechnology: Bacteria use hydrogen for biosynthesis

Leibniz researchers in Jena have demonstrated that bacteria use hydrogen for microbial electrosyntheses.

In dem automatisierten vertikalen Pflanzenzuchtsystem OrbiPlant vom Fraunhofer IME können pflanzliche Nahrungsmittel effizient und kostengünstig im Großmaßstab hergestellt werden.

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Fraunhofer IME /Simon Vogel

In dem automatisierten vertikalen Pflanzenzuchtsystem OrbiPlant vom Fraunhofer IME können pflanzliche Nahrungsmittel effizient und kostengünstig im Großmaßstab hergestellt werden.

06.07.2023 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Veganz relies on Fraunhofer indoor farming system

For the cultivation of food crops, Veganz, a company specializing in vegan foods, has secured the licensing rights to the vertical farming technology developed by Fraunhofer IME.

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VAUDE

UPM and VAUDE are jointly developing innovative outerwear as prototypes of a fossil-free future in the textile industry.

29.06.2023 News

Chemistry Plants Chemistry

UPM cooperates with VAUDE in the production of sustainable textiles

UPM and VAUDE plan to produce the first fleece jacket from wood-based polyester. The biobased chemical is to be produced on a large scale at UPM's new biorefinery in Leuna.

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HHU / Julia Smoluk

Fungi help plants absorb nutrients from the soil.

11.07.2023 News

Agriculture and forestry Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology

With Fungilyzer to the Bioengineering World Cup

Young researchers from Düsseldorf want to score points at this year's iGEM student competition in Boston with a biological fertilizer made from symbiotic fungi.

Konturen einer Weltkarte mit farbigen Punkten an vielen Orten

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Mario Krespach/publiziert in Nature Microbiology

World map based on literature search and genome analyses showing locations where Streptomyces bacteria producing arginoketides have been isolated. This indicates an almost worldwide distribution of arginoketide producers.

07.07.2023 News

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biodiversity

When bacteria communicate with fungi

When streptomyces secrete arginoketides, other microorganisms react in ways they otherwise would not.

Anlagenaufbau aus Gasleitungen und Druckmessern

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Fraunhofer IGB

In power-to-X processes, carbon dioxide (CO2) is converted into high-grade fuels for aircraft, ships, trucks and agricultural machinery by reacting with electrolytically produced hydrogen.

12.07.2023 News

Chemistry Plants Chemistry

Bavaria promotes research into climate-neutral fuels

Two Fraunhofer institutes are being funded by the Free State of Bavaria with almost 12 million euros for the development of climate-neutral fuels from biomass and carbon dioxide.

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KIT, IMK-IFU

Grassland ecosystems are widespread in the Southern German Alps and in the Alpine foothills with a total area of more than one million hectares.

06.07.2023 Success story

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Sustainable management of grassland in the Alps

The BonaRes project SUSALPSII investigates how climate change in the Alps affects the productivity of grassland soils and how management can be changed in the future.

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Kira Hoffmann | Pixabay

Wheat is usually grown as a pure crop.

14.07.2023 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Revitalize wheat fields with herbs

In Hesse, the cultivation of deep-rooted spice plants in wheat fields is being tested to improve the nutrient and water supply of the soil.

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Niek Stortenbeker/Max-Planck-Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie

A basin of the wastewater treatment plant in Bremen, where the initial sludge was sampled and the NO-breathing bacteria live.

18.07.2023 News

unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Nitric oxide metabolizing bacteria cultivated

For the first time, it has been possible to study organisms that feed on nitric oxide in greater detail.

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QUT

13.07.2023 Interview

Food unspecific unspecific

“Queensland pushes its Biofutures industry”

Ian O`Hara is a biotechnology professor in Brisbane and a leading expert on the Australian and international bioeconomy scene. He recently visited Germany.

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Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

According to a study, Lake Maggiore in Italy is one of the lakes with the highest microplastic pollution.

21.07.2023 News

Agriculture and forestry unspecific Biodiversity

Freshwater heavily polluted with microplastics

Even in remote mountain lakes, the researchers found higher concentrations of microplastics than in subtropical trash swirls.

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BIOCOM AG/Videoausschnitt

In biobased refineries (pictured: CBP pilot plant in Leuna), the aim is to utilize the raw material biomass as efficiently and sustainably as possible.

24.07.2023 News

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Study examines acceptance of biobased innovations in the Rhineland

The implementation of the bioeconomy strategy in North Rhine-Westphalia can only succeed if the population is involved and the benefits of biobased technologies are highlighted more clearly.

graues ovales Tier mit Einkerbungen und Fühlern

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Adrian Tync/Wikimedia; CC-BY-SA-4.0

The giant springtail Tetrodontophora bielanensis keeps its skin clean with the help of cholesterol.

25.07.2023 News

Chemistry Animals Materials sciences

Cholesterol layer keeps out biological contaminants

Researchers have discovered an effect in springtails that could be used to make new materials.

Forscher wollen Chinaschilf (Miscanthus sinensis) als Biomasse zur Energiegewinnung und Ausgangsstoffe für neue Produkte etablieren.

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Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 / https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

The reed grass Miscanthus provides biomass for a wide variety of applications.

26.07.2023 News

Chemistry Plants Chemistry

Pulp from miscanthus grass

Researchers at Munich University of Applied Sciences want to establish annual plants such as miscanthus as an alternative raw material to wood for the paper industry.

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divinemisscopa/Wikimedia; CC-BY-2.0

Für Burger-Patties gibt es inzwischen einige pflanzliche Alternativen.

05.10.2023 Success story

Food unspecific Social sciences

Where do meat alternatives stand in Germany?

A study has analyzed the innovation systems of insect, plant and cultured meat products.

Kultiviertes Fleisch aus Muskelzellen in der Petrischale

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Wikimedia CC BY 3.0

Animal muscle cells were used and propagated for the in vitro burger.

01.08.2023 News

Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

More interest in cultured meat

A survey by Bitkom Research shows: More and more people can imagine eating cell-based meat from 3D printers and see this as a contribution to more sustainable food production.

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Wikipedia - gemeinfrei

Rizinusöl wird aus den Samen des tropischen Wunderbaums (Ricinus communis) gewonnen.

04.08.2023 News

Chemistry Plants Chemistry

Biobased polymer thickeners from castor oil

Partners from research and industry have developed new synthetic routes for the use of plant-based polymer thickeners for rolling bearing greases, making them almost 100% bio-based.

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Tryfonov/stock.adobe.com

Mon, 08/21/2023 - 12:00 In-depth report

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Bioeconomy in space

Space is an extraordinary and fascinating environment. Biobased innovations can help open up the universe as a space suitable for living. At the same time, satellites and other innovations in space research help to further develop the bioeconomy on Earth.

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Pixabay

Modern plastics can withstand a lot, but they are not indestructible. Cracks can even destroy Lego bricks.

09.08.2023 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Mineral plastics now also biodegradable

Konstanz researchers have shown that the mineral plastic they developed with self-healing properties can now also be degraded by microorganisms through the use of a biopolymer.

links Wabenstrukturen in grau und 3D, rechts grünes hexagonales Wabenmuster

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Julian Hertel, KIT

New biomaterials for industrial biocatalysis: enzyme foams form three-dimensional porous networks with stable hexagonal honeycomb structure.

08.08.2023 News

Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Use enzymes as foams

As a novel class of materials, biocatalysts are particularly durable and active.

Jonathan Roberz; COO & Managing Director MicroHarvest

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Privat

03.08.2023 Interview

Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

“We want to revolutionize the protein supply chain”

Hamburg-based startup MicroHarvest uses microorganisms to produce healthy and tasty proteins.

Vergrößerung von grünen Pflanzenteilen mit weißen Flecken

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Clemson University/Wikimedia; CC-BY-3.0-US

Powdery mildew often attacks cereals, but also other plant species.

11.08.2023 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

How powdery mildew outwits the defenses of plants

Plant researchers from Cologne have unraveled the molecular arms race in the evolution of plants and harmful fungi.

Pandora-Pilz hat einen Birnenblattsauger infiziert und getötet.

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Jürgen Gross/JKI

The Pandora fungus infected and killed a pearleaf sucker.

15.08.2023 News

Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences

New type of fungus against fruit pests discovered

The fungus Pandora cacopsyllae, which attacks the leaf fleas feared in orchards, could serve as a biological control agent in the future, according to a study.