06.10.2016 News
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EC delays bioeconomy strategy review
The fate of the bioeconomy in Europe remains undecided. The evaluation of the European Commission’s bioeconomy strategy plus action plan has been delayed.
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10.10.2016 News
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Synvina: BASF and Avantium join forces
The new joint venture Synvina is positioned in the market for drop-in bioplastics with advanced product characteristics.
27.01.2017 News
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Rust-eating microbe found in Twentekanaal
So it exists after all: the microbe that eats both rust and methane. After a long search, Max-Planck researchers in Bremen have found such a multi-talent.
16.10.2016 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity
Study: Tree mix increases yield in forests
The largest big-data analysis to date on global biodiversity in forests has confirmed how closely species diversity and productivity are interrelated.
20.10.2016 News
Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences
Record acquisition: Bayer pounces
The time is finally upon us: Bayer AG has purchased Monsanto for 66 billion US dollars. The largest agrochemical corporation in the world will be created from this mega-deal.
16.09.2016 News
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Biotech giant Novozymes bags Organobalance
Denmark’s Novozymes has acquired microbial research company Organobalance GmbH. The Berlin-based company owns a large collection of microbial strains, some of which date back to the 1920s, and has strong capabilities in microbial screening and assay technology.
23.09.2016 News
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Symbiosis: How clover and fungus became friends
Symbiosis between plants and fungi is common. The organisms supply each other with important, growth-promoting nutrients. They give each other a helping hand even under extreme conditions.
14.12.2016 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Using weeds as a source of bioenergy
Within the framework of the EU-supported 'Sweedhart' project, Fraunhofer researchers are looking for ways of exploiting field weeds.
30.09.2016 News
Automobile unspecific Materials sciences
Campus for sustainable car manufacture opened
Using high-tech to make tomorrow's environmentally friendly car. That is the goal of the brand new LeichtbauCampus Open Hybrid LabFactory in Wolfsburg. Central government is supplying 30 million euros.
04.10.2016 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
WWF study on palm oil published
The increasing global demand for palm oil and expansion in cultivation are damaging the environment. A study by environmental protection organisation WWF has concluded, however, that no credible alternative to the product exists.
08.09.2016 News
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Biobased economy headed for success
The German biobased economy is on the road to success. That is underlined by the progress report of the German National Policy Strategy Bioeconomy.
27.10.2016 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Biotech yeast produces complex plant material
Carnosic acid is a widely sought-after substance that is used to enhance the flavour of foods and make them keep longer. To date, the substance must laboriously be extracted from herbs such as rosemary.
27.04.2016 Basics
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Basic facts: What's bioeconomy?
Bioeconomy is a modern and sustainable form of economic activity based on the efficient use of biological resources such as plants, animals and microorganisms. All sectors that produce, process or in any way use biological resources, contribute to the biobased economy. These include agriculture, forestry, the energy industry, fisheries and aquaculture, chemical and pharmaceuticals industries, the food industry, industrial biotechnology, cosmetics, paper and textile industries. To continue Germany’s path towards biobased industry innovative approaches are needed. Federal Government has already launched specific funding initiatives for its research and development.
16.10.2024 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
New synthesis components for de-adhesive bio-adhesives
Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock have joined forces with adhesives specialist Henkel to develop new bio-based adhesives that can be removed again.
17.10.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
High-protein rice varieties cultivated
Max Planck researchers in Potsdam have worked with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to breed rice varieties with a high protein content. Among other things, the CRISPR-Cas gene scissors were used.
22.10.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Pollinators suffer from plastic pollution
Deposits of plastic particles in the soil can endanger the behaviour of bees and thus the function of agricultural landscapes and global food security. This is shown by an international study involving German researchers.
23.10.2024 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
Bio-based chemicals from used cooking oil
Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock have developed a catalyst that can synthesise amines – which are important for the chemical industry – from used cooking oil in a single step.
25.10.2024 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Volkswagen Foundation promotes innovations in the bioeconomy
The Volkswagen Foundation is supporting six projects with around 7.8 million euros that are developing innovative approaches for the utilisation of biogenic and recyclable waste materials in the sense of a circular economy - including five projects on bioeconomy.
29.10.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
How plants regulate water loss
How do plants control their guard cells and thus their water loss? Scientists at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg have made discoveries that could be of interest for future agriculture.
31.10.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Growing biomass on unusable soils
A European research team with German participation wants to show that the cultivation of plants can make contaminated soil fit again and that their biomass is suitable for high-quality textiles.
04.11.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
T-shirt made from biologically recycled textile waste
After two years of research, the French company Carbios and the textile consortium Fibre-to-Fibre present the world's first garment made entirely from enzymatically recycled plastic and textile polymers.
06.11.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research
Barley defends itself against fungal attack
Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) in Halle (Saale) and the University of Cologne have discovered a new group of defence substances in barley that protects its roots against fungal attack.
08.11.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences
Trial run for algae farms on high seas
As part of an international research project, researchers in Braunschweig are investigating how seaweed can be successfully cultivated in offshore facilities in order to relieve the pressure on coastal areas.
11.11.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Glass microalgae as a bioindicator for coastal marshes
Researchers at the University of Rostock were able to demonstrate the positive environmental changes following the rewetting of a coastal moor on the island of Rügen using the diatom.
12.11.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Bioökonomie mitgestalten
How Europe's moors can be saved
According to a ZALF study, a mix of economic incentives and adapted land use models could drive the rewetting of peatlands in Europe and make the cultivation of paludiculture more attractive for farmers.
19.11.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
Forest observation from a distance with AI
Researchers at Munich University of Applied Sciences have developed an AI-based method that enables a precise inventory and development forecast of forests.
18.11.2024 News
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Antibodies from diatoms for diagnostics
The start-up Phaeosynt from Hanover wants to develop a pregnancy test with antibodies from diatoms. The team is being funded by the German Federal Environmental Foundation.
20.11.2024 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
Shaping sustainable food systems of the future
The Federal Ministry of Education and Research is participating as a sponsor in FutureFoodS, a European partnership on safe and sustainable food systems. A new call for proposals has now been launched.
Sun, 04/13/2025 - 12:00 In-depth report
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EU Research funding for the bioeconomy
Through the Horizon Europe framework program, the European Union supports researchers from academia and industry in realizing their ideas. How can bioeconomy researchers benefit from this attractive EU funding? This dossier offers a compact overview of the wide range of funding formats and explains where interested parties can get help with their application.
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Bioeconomy International
Global research alliances for a more sustainable economyPublished by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), September 2024Edited by: bioökonomie.de/BIOCOM Interrelations GmbHClimate change, scarce resources and the imperative of food security – the bioeconomy, as a sustainable form of biobased economic activity, offers a promising approach to overcoming major global challenges. International cooperation is of great importance for this. With ‘Bioeconomy International’, the BMBF has created the basis for successful research collaborations with non-EU researchers. The brochure provides an overview of the range of funded projects – from plant breeding, plant protection, food technology, biomaterials and biotechnology.
02.12.2024 News
Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
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.
28.11.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Smart technologies for climate-resilient viticulture
Two innovative projects at the University of Koblenz show how technological innovations and fast 5G data transmission can make viticulture more climate-resilient and sustainable.
29.11.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Electrochaea takes bio-methane to Japan
The Bavarian company Electrochaea has concluded a licence agreement and technology transfer for its patented power-to-gas technology with Japan's Hitachi Ltd.
09.01.2025 Success story
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Primordial microbes hold the key to sustainable energy storage
The Munich-based power-to-gas company Electrochaea has developed an innovative process in which microorganisms convert surplus electricity into climate-neutral methane.
03.12.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
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.
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03.12.2024 Product
Chemistry Plants
Protective lacquer
An Italian start-up is utilizing waste from tomato processing to develop an eco-friendly alternative to conventional packaging coatings. A bio-resin is extracted from tomato peels that is free of BPA and biodegradable.
04.12.2024 News
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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.
11.12.2024 News
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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.
13.12.2024 News
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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.
19.12.2024 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Growth spurt for cocoa-free chocolate production
The Munich-based food tech start-up Planet A Foods has received 30 million US dollars in a Series B financing round to further increase its production of cocoa-free chocolate.
17.12.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry
When wastewater treatment plants become biorefineries
In the RoKKa project, partners from research and industry have demonstrated how new processes can be used to extract high-quality raw materials for the bioeconomy using wastewater from sewage treatment plants, while at the same time reducing CO2 emissions.
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Mario Salisch
07.01.2025 Interview
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
“Algae offer a wide range of options for industrial utilization”
For more than two decades, Carola Griehl has been researching technologies to extract proteins, active ingredients, or petroleum-like hydrocarbons from algae on a large scale and make them usable for industry.
20.12.2024 News
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Green algae as adaptation artists
Jena researchers reveal how well tiny green algae can adapt to their environment – without interfering with their genetic material. The observations from the study could benefit biotechnology.
23.12.2024 News
Food Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Fluffy Christmas meringue made from plant-based protein foam
Fraunhofer researchers from Freising are developing a food foam based on legumes to replace traditional egg whites from hens' eggs in baked goods.
07.01.2025 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Artificial humic substances from biogenic residues
With the help of hydrothermal humification, researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy in Potsdam have succeeded in artificially producing humic substances, which are important for soil health, and making them usable as fertiliser for agriculture.
02.01.2025 News
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Turning nutrients around with recycled fertiliser made from urine
After three years of research, the ‘zirkulierBAR’ project shows that it is technically feasible and ecologically sensible to process human excrement as fertiliser for agriculture. The results have now been published in a handbook.
10.01.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Peat-free potting soil from regional plant residues
In the TOPKO project, researchers at Oldenburg University of Applied Sciences want to develop biochar and hydrochar from agricultural residues such as green waste and manure in order to replace peat in horticulture.
13.01.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Producing sustainable fish feed with microalgae
Bioprocess engineers at TU Berlin are showing how fish farming in aquacultures can become more sustainable. Omega-3 fatty acids for fish feed were obtained from plant residues and with the help of bacteria and algae, which can replace fishmeal and fish oil.
15.01.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Sustainable packaging made from reed
Fraunhofer researchers provide evidence that plants from paludiculture are also suitable for the production of packaging and can therefore replace wood as a raw material for paper production.
20.01.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
How a soil fungus fights nematodes
Researchers in Jena have been able to clarify how the soil fungus Mortierella alpina naturally protects plants from predators and could thus make agriculture more sustainable.
21.01.2025 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Bio-based products from regional wood waste
In the H2Wood – BlackForest project, Fraunhofer researchers and partners produced biohydrogen using bacteria and microalgae and obtained carbon-based by-products such as lignin and starch.
17.01.2025 News
Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences
GFFA 2025: Focus on the bioeconomy
At the 17th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin, agricultural and food policy experts will be looking for solutions on how to make the bioeconomy sustainable in order to secure the world's food supply and combat climate crises.
28.01.2025 News
Textiles Plants Materials sciences
Biodegradable filter for bank protection
In the joint research project ‘Bioshoreline’, researchers have developed filters made of biodegradable geotextiles to protect river banks without negatively impacting ecosystems in the future.
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Berlin University Alliance_Simon Detel
27.01.2025 Interview
Construction Plants Chemistry
“Tree bark is an underutilised resource”
Charlett Wenig is researching the potential of tree bark to establish this previously little recognised raw material as a biomaterial for new applications.
27.01.2025 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
FORMO: EIB loan for the expansion of alternative cheese production
The Berlin-based food tech start-up Formo is receiving 35 million euros from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the further development of its technology for the microbial production of animal-free dairy products.
29.01.2025 News
Construction Plants Materials sciences
Bio-based sun protection for building facades
Pine cones served researchers from Stuttgart and Freiburg as a model for a new bio-based shading system for building facades that adapts itself to the weather and is energy self-sufficient.
28.01.2025 Studies and statistics
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
GFI (2025): Consumer survey on precision fermentation
A recent study, conducted by the Good Food Institute (GFI) in collaboration with Accenture, analysed consumer attitudes and preferences towards precision fermentation products in five key markets: France, Germany, Spain, the UK and the US.
03.02.2025 News
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AI generates world map of bioeconomy patents
The BMBF-funded junior research group TRABBI has used artificial intelligence (AI) to create a global overview of over 5.6 million bioeconomy-related patents for bio-based products, services and processes.
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Marinated vegan pieces as a meat alternative
07.02.2025 Product
Food Waste
Meat substitute
More and more people are looking not only for a healthy diet, but also a plant-based one. Yet there is no need to give up eating meat - an alternative comes from Switzerland.
04.02.2025 News
Textiles Plants Materials sciences
Textile coatings made from lignin
In the EU project BioFibreLoop, researchers are developing textile patterns and coatings made from renewable and recyclable materials - also for outdoor clothing.