29.04.2021 News
unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
In 2020, the German biotechnology sector grew faster than it has in years. According to the sector association of the biotechnology industry BIO Deutschland, the 710 local companies generated sales of almost 6.5 billion euros. The industry stars BioNTech and CureVac were the main contributors.
28.04.2021 Studies and statistics
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
A study by scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) looks at the link between increasingly animal-less tropical forests and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
30.04.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Molecular biologist Philip Wigge and biochemist Gert Bange have been awarded the highly endowed ERC Advanced Grants by the European Research Council for their innovative projects in plant research.
21.05.2021 News
Food Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
The start-up for cell culture-based meat is making great progress and relocates to the campus of the University of Rostock.
07.05.2021 Success story
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is the plastic that researchers in the PHABIO APP joint project have produced biotechnologically: It is produced from animal waste fats with the help of bacteria and is completely degradable in nature.
14.05.2021 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The textile chemicals company Rudolf GmbH receives funding from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment for the construction of a manufacturing plant for an impregnating agent based on renewable raw materials.
14.09.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
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.
19.09.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
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.
27.09.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
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.
21.09.2022 Success story
unspecific Plants Chemistry
Paper has a better recycling cycle than plastics. Researchers therefore want to develop a new paper-based packaging material.
21.09.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
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.
26.09.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
The RESPECTfarms project explores concepts for farms in the field of cultured meat. A pilot farm is being planned.
28.09.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Fungi Agriculture sciences
Researchers have succeeded in using a mix of sewage sludge compost and fungal substrate to make fallow land at a landfill bloom again.
05.10.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
As part of the BayBioeconomy Scale-Up funding program, Bavaria is again supporting companies in setting up bioeconomy production facilities on an industrial scale.
07.10.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Using the molecular gene scissors CRISPR/Cas, researchers have succeeded in silencing chromosomes and thus preventing genetic exchange.
10.10.2022 News
unspecific unspecific 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.
11.10.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
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.
12.10.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
The ETOS future cluster aims to enable the production of numerous fine chemicals without fossil raw materials.
12.10.2022 Success story
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
In the PepTight project, researchers want to identify peptides that are able to filter special rare earths, known as lanthanides, from industrial water.
18.10.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
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.
19.10.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
The salt protection mechanism now demonstrated in plant leaves is superior to that in roots and opens up potential for plant breeding.
14.10.2022 Studies and statistics
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
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.
25.10.2022 News
Pharmaceutical industry Plants Chemistry
A pilot plant for the production of two biobased pharmaceutical raw materials has performed well in test operation.
27.10.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
A new study concludes that breeding new wheat and rye varieties can significantly reduce agriculture's carbon footprint.
26.10.2022 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
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.
01.11.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Cologne-based researchers have tapped safflower oil as a resource for the production of biobased polyamides.
02.11.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
In the sustainability category of the FSK industry association's innovation award, this year's prize went to Fraunhofer researchers from Pfinztal.
07.01.2021 News
unspecific unspecific Social sciences
The information portal bioökonomie.de has a new look! Cleaner, more visual and technically up-to-date – our website has been given a new, elegant design.
12.01.2021 News
Textiles Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
In 2021, the sporting goods manufacturer Adidas will launch shoes using a fabric made of mushroom threads instead of leather.
19.01.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Potsdam biochemist Peter Seeberger has been awarded the International Green Chemistry Prize for the production of a particularly sustainable and cost-effective antimalarial agent.
21.01.2021 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
At the virtual Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA), experts from all over the world are currently discussing resilient food systems in times of pandemic and climate change.
26.01.2021 News
Textiles unspecific unspecific
Berlin Fashion Week is focusing more than ever on sustainability by launching several new formats for "green fashion".
01.02.2021 News
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
The projects of the second funding round in the extended Science Year of the Bioeconomy have been determined.
26.01.2021 Standard post
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The bioeconomy has rapidly developed in recent years. What has been accomplished in the last five years alone is truly impressive: Many bioeconomy products have become bestsellers. Bio-based start-ups have grown into medium-sized companies. And established, traditional industrial companies are integrating bio-based production steps into their existing structures.
05.02.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences
The combination of silica and a parasitic fungus has proven to be an effective long-term protection against insect pests in grain storage.
17.02.2021 Product
Food Animals
When it comes to producing healthy and sustainable meat substitutes, there are no limits to creativity: Research is currently being conducted to develop an alternative made from apple residues.
19.02.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
A research group has developed a new class of sustainable and functionalizable polymers.
17.02.2021 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Researchers at the University of Tübingen have modified the metabolic pathway of special cyanobacteria so that they produce large quantities of the natural bioplastic polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB).
12.02.2021 News
Consumables Waste Plant and process engineering
Cleantech start-up BIO-LUTIONS has raised a further 2.7 million euros and can now push the expansion of its production of sustainable packaging and disposable products.
27.05.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
A process has been developed in Göttingen that can be used to produce sustainable packaging from popcorn granules using 3D printing.
28.05.2021 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
In a financing round, the Bavarian biotech company AMSilk has raised new capital and is now looking to penetrate new lines of business worldwide.
18.06.2021 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Materials sciences
The polyethylene films commonly used in agriculture pollute the environment with microplastics. Biodegradable alternatives are therefore being searched for.
18.05.2021 Studies and statistics
Chemistry unspecific unspecific
The chemical sector has a growing demand for carbon. Today, 450 million tonnes of carbon, mostly from fossil resources, are contained in chemicals and polymers. How can this growing demand be met in the future? This is the question the nova-Institut is investigating.
27.05.2021 Interview
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Biodiversity
The effects of climate change on soil biodiversity are the research focus of Leibniz Prize winner Nico Eisenhauer.
08.06.2021 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The "Biofabrik" conference presented biobased products and bioeconomic production processes from biotechnology to biorefinery.
Tue, 06/01/2021 - 12:00 In-depth report
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Biobased economies are an important instrument for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. According to the German government's National Bioeconomy Strategy, biobased economies can contribute in particular to achieving eleven of the 17 SDGs. They are presented in more detail in this dossier.
04.06.2021 News
Food Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
The chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck wants to develop industrial-grade bioreactors with the TU Darmstadt and Tufts University.
22.06.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The "FarmerSpace" project tests and compares new agricultural technologies to combat weeds and plant diseases.
22.06.2021 Success story
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Following the example of the Canary Island pine's bark, which defies forest fires, researchers are developing nanocellulose-based biobased fire-retardant coatings to protect wood indoors and out.
09.06.2021 News
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On June 10 and 11, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the German Federal Foundation for the Environment (DBU) will be inviting visitors to the Week of the Environment. The motto of the digital event is "This is how the future works!" and the bioeconomy is therefore represented several times.
05.07.2021 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
By using a novel solvent, the petroleum-based raw material polypropylene could be recovered from carpet waste for the first time - and in the highest quality.
15.06.2021 News
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The ‘MS Wissenschaft’ with the bioeconomy exhibition is on the road again. This year, the tour takes in 30 cities in Germany's north and west and also makes a stop in Austria.
23.06.2021 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
In its latest edition, the talk format "Karliczek.Impulse" devoted its latest edition to the smallest players in biotechnology - microorganisms and enzymes - and their important role for a sustainable circular economy.
17.01.2022 Interview
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
Alternative agricultural systems such as "vertical farming" are a focus of Susanne Baldermann's research work. With a view to healthy, sustainable nutrition, the food chemist is targeting secondary plant compounds, among other things.
30.11.2021 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
Artprojekt GmbH wants to establish a place of innovation for the future of European food production in Berlin: Construction of the Food Campus Berlin is scheduled to begin in spring 2022.
06.12.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant and process engineering
Textile researchers have developed biodegradable tree covers from renewable raw materials.
07.12.2021 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
After plant-based substitutes for milk and meat, a vegan alternative for eggs is soon to conquer the market: the Berlin-based company Perfeggt has now been able to win investors for this.
13.12.2021 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
BayWa further expands its activities in the field of alternative protein sources and invests in the Israeli food start-up YoFix Probiotics.
15.12.2021 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
The development of new technologies for the processing of alternative protein sources up to the end product is the focus of a new funding programme of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
10.12.2021 Product
Consumables Plants
Reuse instead of dispose - this also works for diapers. Modern cloth diapers outperform conventional alternatives in terms of environmental and skin compatibility.
