29.01.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Under the leadership of the University of Magdeburg, a European research consortium wants to combine two medical imaging techniques for the first time and make them usable for agriculture.
18.01.2024 Studies and statistics
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
The Green Alliance think tank has analysed how a switch to a plant-based diet could affect land use in ten European countries.
Tue, 01/30/2024 - 12:00 In-depth report
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences
Plant roots are hotspots of the soil ecosystem and an important starting point for arable farming and soil management. The interaction between plant roots and their immediate environment is a key biological process that researchers want to better understand and utilise in order to make agriculture more sustainable.
31.01.2024 News
Food Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Hamburg-based biotech company Infinite Roots - formerly Mushlabs - has secured 58 million US dollars in a Series B financing round for the development and production of new meat substitutes based on mushroom mycelium.
06.02.2024 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
A global report involving researchers from Potsdam shows how the global economy would benefit from an agricultural and food transition and underlines the urgent need to revise the political framework.
02.02.2024 News
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The Berlin start-up Vyld has raised millions from investors as part of an early-stage financing round, thereby securing the further development of its seaweed products.
12.02.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
According to a study, the combined cultivation of maize and runner beans is characterized by lower yields, but lower nutrient losses and greater biodiversity compared to a maize monoculture.
15.02.2024 News
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An international research team led by Munich agricultural scientist Senthold Asseng has modeled for the first time how the fungal disease wheat blast affects wheat production as a result of climate change.
08.02.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
The EU Commission's amended proposal to relax genetic engineering legislation for certain genome-edited plants was adopted by the European Parliament by a narrow majority.
16.02.2024 News
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With the new "BioKreativ" funding initiative, the BMBF is enabling young researchers from the natural, IT and engineering sciences to set up a junior research group for bioeconomy research. Apply by April 15.
20.02.2024 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry
Researchers at Cologne University of Applied Sciences have commissioned a pilot plant to test the cultivation of microalgae in a biofilm to purify landfill leachate.
27.02.2024 News
Food Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology
The Berlin and Leipzig-based start-up Pacifico Biolabs has raised 3.3 million US dollars in a financing round for the development of alternative fish and seafood.
26.02.2024 News
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The German Federal Environmental Foundation has launched a new funding initiative to support innovative projects in which stakeholders work together on concrete change processes for sustainable development. Submit project ideas by May 15.
22.02.2024 News
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A research team at TU Braunschweig has combined various methods to make a scanning tunneling microscope usable for the surface analysis of peptides.
28.02.2024 News
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As part of the ReMatBuilt project, Fraunhofer researchers and partners from China have developed sustainable building materials made from recycled concrete and plant residues.
02.07.2024 Interview
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Luisa Gronenberg and her team from the Munich start-up Insempra are developing an innovative bioprocess to produce polyester and polyamides from residual and waste materials. The team is receiving millions in funding from SPRIND.
04.03.2024 News
Food unspecific Agriculture sciences
An 18-member panel of experts forms the new Senate Commission of the German Research Foundation for the transformation of agricultural and food systems.
11.03.2024 Success story
Chemistry unspecific Chemistry
As part of the Biogasohol project, researchers from Rostock are working with Vietnamese partners to develop new catalysts and processes to convert carbon dioxide and methane from biogas into synthesis gas and make it usable for the chemical industry.
07.03.2024 News
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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.
14.03.2024 News
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The bioeconomy start-up traceless materials will launch the first large-scale production of its biomaterials in the former Wedemann bakery in Hamburg-Harburg.
20.03.2024 News
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Researchers and students at TH Köln and the University of Cologne have developed an experimental platform that illustrates how climate change affects plant growth.
12.03.2024 News
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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.
22.03.2024 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
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.
13.03.2024 News
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As part of the European partnership AGROECOLOGY, the call for proposals for actors from Germany has now started. Submit your ideas by April 26!
21.06.2024 Success story
Chemistry unspecific Agriculture sciences
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.
28.04.2024 Interview
Food unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology
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.
19.11.2024 News
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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
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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
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.
Publication
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
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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
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
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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
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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
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.
03.12.2024 Product
Chemistry Plants
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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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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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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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.
17.12.2024 News
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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.
07.01.2025 Interview
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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.
27.01.2025 Interview
Construction Plants Chemistry
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
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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
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
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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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.
07.02.2025 Product
Food Waste
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
In the EU project BioFibreLoop, researchers are developing textile patterns and coatings made from renewable and recyclable materials - also for outdoor clothing.
11.02.2025 News
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Insect biotechnology in Giessen is getting a boost: the Fraunhofer IME has announced that the start-up Endosolutions is to set up at the research centre and breed insects on a large scale.
