09.06.2022 News
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Bioeconomy research alliance with Australia
Germany and the Australian state of Queensland want to cooperate more in the future on green hydrogen - and in bioeconomy research.
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15.06.2022 News
Energy Plants Chemistry
Biogas without carbon dioxide emissions
A new process will use green hydrogen to convert CO2 produced during biogas production into methane.
10.06.2022 News
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Brewer's grains as a flour substitute for bread and veggie burgers
Saarbrücken researchers show the potential that spent grain could have for healthy and sustainable food production in the sense of a circular economy.
09.06.2022 Success story
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The search for the perfect plasticizer
Many plastic and rubber products cannot do without plasticizers, but a bio-based alternative is not easy to develop.
17.01.2022 News
Energy Microorganisms Energy technologies
Electrochaea raises 36 million euros
Using microbial electrochemical cells, the young company produces climate-neutral methane from CO2 and green hydrogen.
18.01.2022 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
Katjes invests in UNMILK
Through its investment platform Katjes Greenfood, the confectionery manufacturer will support the start-up UNMILK, which offers milk alternatives made from oat and pea proteins.
13.01.2022 News
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Industrial bioeconomy: Bavaria invests in scale-up plants
With a new funding program, Bavaria is supporting companies in setting up bioeconomy production plants on an industrial scale.
24.01.2022 News
Chemistry Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
Amoebae as biofactories for natural substances
Leibniz researchers from Jena have succeeded in producing the natural substance olivetolic acid - a precursor of the cannabis active ingredient THC - in amoebae.
26.01.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences
Ridding aquacultures of microplastics
A research team at Hof University of Applied Sciences is developing a fully biodegradable growth body for aquaponics to make water treatment more sustainable.
31.01.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Stronger forests through exotic trees
Researchers have identified drought-tolerant tree species that could better protect native forests from the effects of climate change.
25.01.2022 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
GFFA 2022: Focus on soil and land use
Agricultural and food policy experts will discuss how soils can be better protected and used more sustainably at the 14th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) this week.
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Marc Schultz Coulon
04.02.2022 Interview
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
"Our biomaterial can replace hard-to-recycle plastic"
With her Hamburg-based start-up Traceless Materials, Anne Lamp wants to launch an innovative biomaterial that is fully compostable.
03.02.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Alliances sought for wood bioeconomy
A new call for proposals has been launched as part of the "Bioeconomy in the North" funding initiative. It calls for collaborations that research and develop new wood-based biorefinery concepts and products.
08.02.2022 News
Food unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
Brain Biotech acquires Breatec and Comix
The Dutch specialist for functional food ingredients is to expand the enzyme portfolio of the German biotechnology group.
14.02.2022 News
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
Evonik expands biosurfactant production
The Essen-based specialty chemicals group wants to completely ban petroleum-based ingredients from its laundry and cleaning products by 2030 and replace them with biodegradable raw materials instead.
10.02.2022 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
BRAIN: Alliance with producers of vegan cheese
The Zwingenberg-based biotechnology company BRAIN is cooperating with the Berlin-based food tech start-up Formo to advance the fermentative production of animal-free milk proteins.
10.02.2022 News
Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Spider silk further developed for medical purposes
Fibers with two differently functionalized sides are intended to heal damaged nerve and muscle strands more quickly.
09.02.2022 Studies and statistics
Agriculture and forestry Plants unspecific
University of Bonn and Breakthrough-Institut (2022): Genetically modified crops support climate change mitigation
A new study by the University of Bonn and the Breakthrough Institute (USA) shows that genetically modified plants could have a positive impact on the environment and especially on the climate.
11.02.2022 Studies and statistics
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
WWF and AWI (2022): Impacts of plastic pollution in the oceans on marine species, biodiversity and ecosystems
The World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) has warned of dramatic effects of the increasing plastic waste in the oceans. It refers to a study by the Alfred Wegener Institute.
28.02.2022 News
Food Waste Agriculture sciences
Optimal feeding black soldier flies
A research team is investigating which residues are used as food to turn fly larvae into particularly valuable protein feed.
21.02.2022 News
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.
16.02.2022 News
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.
15.03.2022 News
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.
23.02.2022 News
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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.
24.02.2022 News
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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.
01.03.2022 News
unspecific unspecific Chemistry
Estimating the environmental impact of new bio-products
A combined method of simulation and experiment predicts the ecotoxicity of bioeconomy products.
07.03.2022 News
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.
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Privat
01.03.2022 Interview
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.
09.03.2022 News
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.
10.03.2022 News
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.
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Universität Bayreuth
23.03.2022 Interview
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.
14.03.2022 News
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.
22.03.2022 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
Rewarding forest ecosystem services
Researchers develop models to make sustainable forest management more attractive.
23.03.2022 News
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.
24.03.2022 News
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.
Sun, 07/24/2022 - 12:00 In-depth report
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.
29.03.2022 News
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.
30.03.2022 News
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.
04.04.2022 News
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.
Fri, 02/03/2023 - 12:00 In-depth report
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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.
14.09.2022 News
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.
19.09.2022 News
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.
27.09.2022 News
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.
21.09.2022 Success story
unspecific Plants Chemistry
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.
21.09.2022 News
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.
26.09.2022 News
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.
28.09.2022 News
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.
05.10.2022 News
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.
07.10.2022 News
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.
10.10.2022 News
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
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.
11.10.2022 News
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.
12.10.2022 News
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.
12.10.2022 Success story
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.
18.10.2022 News
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.
19.10.2022 News
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.
14.10.2022 Studies and statistics
unspecific unspecific Biodiversity
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.
25.10.2022 News
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.
27.10.2022 News
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.
26.10.2022 News
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.
01.11.2022 News
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.