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Blüte mit Samen vom Afrikanischen Teakbaum Pterocarpus angolensis

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Wikipedia CC-BY-SA 2.0

Flower with seeds of the African teak tree

19.03.2021 News

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Biofertilizer for teak trees

Researchers in Bremen have discovered bacteria that can be used to fertilize teak trees naturally and thus grow them sustainably.

Auf einem Feld werden Pestizide versprüht

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zefe wu auf Pixabay

11.02.2021 Studies and statistics

unspecific unspecific Agriculture sciences

UNEP (2021): Food System Impacts on Biodiversity Loss

Biodiversity, which is crucial for the health of people and the planet, is declining faster than ever before in human history. Meat consumption is the world's biggest destroyer of nature, according to a recent study.

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papacks

18.11.2021 Product

Consumables Waste

Cream jar

Cosmetic products are often sold in plastic packaging. As a result, they generate more and more packaging waste. 

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Lignopure

With LignoBase, LignoPure offers a lignin-based powder that can replace fossil ingredients in cosmetics.

03.03.2021 News

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

LignoPure plans first large-scale lignin production

The Hamburg-based start-up LignoPure was able to secure 2.2 million euros from investors in a first round of financing. With this, the team now wants to start the large-scale production of lignin for cosmetics.

Betonblock, der mithilfe von Bakterien verfestigt worden ist

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Alexander Bayrhof

With the help of bacteria, this concrete has been consolidated and is ready for compressive strength testing.

22.02.2021 News

Construction Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Concrete care with microorganisms

A research team is optimizing the cultivation of bacteria that secrete lime and can thus patch cracks in structures.

Umfangreiche Tests mit Envirals Rohstoffen wurden in der vorkommerziellen Anlage von Clariant in Straubing, Deutschland, durchgeführt.

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Clariant/Rötzer

Clariant and Enviral conducted extensive tests of Enviral's feedstock with Clariant's technology to ensure effective and efficient compatibilityat Clariant's pre-commercial sunliquid demonstration plant in Straubing (Germany).

20.09.2017 News

Automobile Plants Chemistry

Clariant licenses technology to Enviral

Swiss chemical company Clariant and Slovakian bioethanol specialist Enviral announce first license agreement on Sunliquid Cellulosic Ethanol Technology.

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Universität Hohenheim / Maren Reitemeier

Lene Lange, biorefinery expert from Denmark, held the keynote lecture during the first day and highlighted the diverse possibilities of bioconversion.

19.09.2017 News

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Bioeconomy conference in Stuttgart

What will the industry of tomorrow look like? 350 experts discussed future directions during the second international bioeconomy conference in Stuttgart.

Drop-in Kraftstoff aus Biomasse und elektrischer Energie.

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UFZ / André Künzelmann

Researchers have shown that the combination of microbial and electrochemical conversion of complex biomass can yield valuable products.

27.09.2017 News

Automobile Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Fuel from biowaste and electricity

Leipzig-based researchers have shown that the combination of microbial and electrochemical conversion of biomass can yield valuable products such as fuel.

Die Tubulusmembranen (grün und gelb) des Pyrenoids sind umspült von einem “Meer” aus Rubiscoenzymen (blau).

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ScienceDirect

Algae concentrate the carbon dioxide binding enzyme Rubisco n a microcompartment called pyrenoid. Surprisngly, the pyrenoid behvaes like a liquid instead of an expected solid crystall structure.

27.09.2017 News

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Algae bind carbon with liquid compartment

Algae fix carbon dioxide more efficiently than land plants. An international research team deciphered the surprisingly liquid mechanisms behind it.

Wasserassel ist unliebsamer Bewohner des Trinkwassers

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Thomas Kuska/IGÖ

27.09.2017 Success story

Agriculture and forestry Animals Biodiversity

Tracking water lice with a DNA check

In your drinking water, water lice are likely to count as unwanted guests. Ecologists in Landau, Germany, are using a rapid DNA test to find out more about the origins and distribution of crustaceans in wells, waterworks and pipelines.

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Pixabay

04.10.2017 News

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Pearl millet genome deciphered

Scientists from Gatersleben helped decipher the genome sequence of the pearl millet, a drought resistant crop plant that grows even on nutrient-deficient soil.

Christian Griebler, Kommissarischer Leiter des Instituts für Grundwasserökologie (IGOE), Helmholtz-Zentrum München

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Private

Researcher Profile

unspecific Microorganisms Biodiversity

Understanding and protecting the groundwater ecosystem

We all make use of the groundwater, yet only few of us notice it as an ecosystem. Munich biologist Christian Griebler is working to change this perception.

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Frontiers Media

04.10.2017 Interview

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Open Access accelerates sustainability

With soon to be 9 billion people on the planet, we need to establish a more sustainable economy, urges Kamila Markram. Scientists are working hard on these issues, but progress is delayed by paywalls in front of new publications.

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Fraunhofer WKI/Peter Meinlschmidt

Myanmar: at the longest teak wood bridge in the world parts of the wooden beams, some of which are more than 150 years old, need to be exchanged. The old wood will be reused as handrails and benches.

05.10.2017 News

Consumables Plants Materials sciences

Old wood useful for more than firewood

Researchers at Fraunhofer WKI developed new technologies to recycle wood without diminishing its quality.

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Oliver Bäumchen, MPIDS, Göttingen / Thomas Braun, Heidelberg

Green algae can switch their ability to adhere to surfaces on and off by means of light. In the presence of blue light, their two fine hairs, called flagella, stick to a surface. Under red light conditions algae don’t attach to surfaces.

11.10.2017 News

Energy Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Biofilms: green algae only stick in blue light

Green algae cause biofilms that wreak havoc for bioreactors and other structures. Göttingen-based researchers found that red light hinders surface adhesions.

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Von Michael Hermann - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19389775

Quinoa is a naturally salt-tolerant plant. Special bladder cells on the surface of the leaves absorb salt. The process is controlled by specific gene activity.

12.10.2017 News

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Quinoa: role model for salt-tolerance

Special bladder cells on quinoa leaves remove salt from the plant metabolism. Researcher at the University Würzburg identified specific gene activities underlying this mechanism.

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Evonik

Evonik opened a new production site in Tours, France. It will be developed into a centre for plant-based cosmetic active ingredients.

12.10.2017 News

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Evonik: new centre for plant-based cosmetics

The speciality chemicals company Evonik is opening a new site in Tours, France. The new production site will focus on plant-based cosmetic active ingredients.

Mit der Gründung nationaler Infostellen soll weltweit die Nutzung nachhaltiger Kunststoffe vorangetrieben werden.

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CC BY-SA 3.0

13.10.2017 Studies and statistics

unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Research and Markets (2017): Global bioplastics market

With an annual growth rate of 20.85%, the global market for bioplastics will grow from today's US$17 billion to nearly US$44 billion in 2022 over the next five years. 

Schleimige Jagdwaffe: Stummelfüßer fangen ihre Beutetiere mit einem schleimigen Sekret, aus dem sich Polymerfasern bilden, wenn sich die Opfer bewegen.

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Alexander Bär / Nature Communications 2017

24.10.2017 News

Chemistry Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology

Slime that turns into deadly fibres

Researcher in Kassel and Potsdam identified shear forces as the mechanism that turns the slimy secretion of velvet worms into stiff polymer fibres, which can even be recycled.

Auch Mauerbienen wie diese Natternkopf-Mauerbiene (Osmia adunca) sind vom Insektensterben betroffen.

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Martin Sorg

Due to their many functions as pollinators or prey, the loss of 75% of insects couls cause "ecological Armageddon".

20.10.2017 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Vanishing insects across Germany

A long-term study by researchers in the Netherlands, the UK and volunteers across Germany found a 75% decrease of flying insects over the last 27 years.

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BASF

BASF has since signed an agreement to acquire significant parts of Bayer’s seed and non-selective herbicide businesses for approximately €5.9 billion.

20.10.2017 News

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

BASF signs billion-euro deal with Bayer

BASF has signed an agreement for €5.9 billion to acquire significant parts of Bayer’s seed and non-selective herbicide businesses.  

Mit Holzkohle rückt als alternativer Bodendünger zunehmend in den Fokus der Forschung.

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Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Biochar can be used as an eco-fiendly fertiliser, albeit a not very efficient one. Co-composting it with manure, however, creates an organic coating that improves and speeds up its fertiliser qualities.

25.10.2017 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Manure coating improves biochar's fertiliser qualities

Geomicrobiologists from the University of Tübingen demonstrate that co-composting of mixed manure and biochar creates an organic coating, which improves its fertiliser properties.

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Sigrid Gombert (Freiburg)

Moss cells in an Erlenmeyer-flask

26.10.2017 News

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Green chemicals from moss

A new EU project headed by Ralf Reski in Freiburg will promote the environmentally friendly production of specialty chemicals from genetically modified moss.

Eine wichtige Quelle für Feinstaub: Landwirtschaftliche Ammoniakemissionen aus Düngung und Viehzucht.

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Wald1siedel/Creative-Commons Lizenz

A major contribution to air pollution: agricultural ammonia emissions from manure and fertilizers.

30.10.2017 News

Chemistry unspecific Agriculture sciences

Fewer ammonia emissions could save lives

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Mainz calculated that reducing agricultural ammonia emissions from manure and fertilizers decreases air pollution and reduces mortality.

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BRAIN AG

The new bioleaching method for metal recovery takes place within the BioXtractor. The system is built to be easily dis- and reassembled and can be explored by enterprises interested in a test phase prior to joint further development.

01.11.2017 News

unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Microbes isolate precious metals in pilot plant

The German industrial biotech company Brain AG has developed a new bio-leaching method to isolate and retain metals by breaking down waste and ore.

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Fraunhofer IMWS/ Patrick Hirsch

Patrick Hirsch and his colleagues are creating new composite materials made of wood and plastics. The researchers use beech wood as a raw material for their product, which can be used for car interiors or children’s toys, among others.

11.10.2017 Success story

Automobile Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Bioplastics made with wood fibres

Researchers in Halle and Potsdam are experimenting with compsite-materials made of beech fibres and bioplastics.

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Pixabay

The 2017 Lancet report describes irreversible environmental damages due to man-made climate change, impending famine especially for warmer areas, and spreading diseases due to expanding territories of vermin.

03.11.2017 News

unspecific Plants Agriculture sciences

Report: How climate change affects health

In the "Lancet Countdown" report, international experts from basic research to political scientists analyse the relationship between public health and climate change.

Clariant plant Fusion mit US-amerikanischen Chemieriesen Huntsman

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Clariant/Rötzer

Clariant will invest in a new full-scale commercial biorefinery in Romania for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues using its sunliquid® technology.

02.11.2017 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Clariant to build new biorefinery in Romania

The swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant is set to build a sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania.

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TUM

The so-called heat island effect in cities causes warmer temperatures and accelerates tree growth compared to rural trees. However, the faster growth also speeds up the ageing of trees.

16.11.2017 News

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

Urban climate speeds up tree growth

According to a new study by Munich researchers, warmer temperatures in cities speed up the growth of urban trees and let them age faster.

iGEM Team München 2017 wurde Vizeweltmeister in Boston

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iGEM Team München via @iGEM_Munich

15 German teams travelled to Boston for the iGEM finals. The result: eight gold medals, three silver, and three bronze medals.

15.11.2017 News

unspecific Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

German iGEM teams big in Boston

The 15 German teams at the finals of the iGEM competition for synthetic biology did very well: no overall win, but they received eight gold, three silver, and three bronze medals.

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TU Berlin/PR/Tobias Rosenberg

16.11.2017 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Intestinal bacteria produce mussel adhesive

Researchers from Berlin managed to reprogram the intestinal bacteria E. coli in such a way that they generate the underwater adhesives as seen in mussels.

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Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

The new Green Finance Cluster in Frankfurt is open: it will connect sustainable innovations and funding opportunities.

20.11.2017 News

unspecific unspecific Energy technologies

Frankfurt: opening of new Green Finance Cluster

The new Green Finance Cluster in Frankfurt is open for business. The goal: to pair up sustainable innovations and funding opportunities.

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Andreas Gregor

21.11.2017 Interview

Construction Plants Energy technologies

Sustainable reed and electricity for the Senegal

Heidi Schiller and her KAITO Projekt GmbH&nbsp; already introduced electricity from renewable resources to the Senegal. Now they are working to establish local reed as renewable building material.

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BIOCOM

28.11.2017 Product

Construction Plants

Decking boards

Plastic is produced from meadow grass in a resource-conserving manner using a recirculation process. Sustainable and environmentally friendly.

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Christian Hueller

Biodiverse fall forest in Germany with Norway spruce, beech and birch trees. A biodiverse forest provides higher ecological and economical yield.

22.11.2017 News

Construction Plants Biodiversity

High biodiversity equals high functionality

According to a new report by researchers from Leipzig University, the economic and ecological value of any forest increases with its level of biodiversity.

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Hassan Salem / Emory University

The thistle tortoise beetle feeds on thistle leaves. However, the beetle is only able to digest the plant cell walls because of a symbiont bacteria that compensates for the lack of digestive enzymes.

23.11.2017 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Chemistry

Bacteria enable beetles to digest leaves

Researchers from Jena report that the symbiosis of the thistle tortoise beetles with a specific bacterium allows them to digest plant cell walls.

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Pixabay

Munich-based researchers deciphered the complex genome sequence of goatgras. The original qualities of this wheat-ancestor could improve targeted breeding of the modern, cultivated plant.

23.11.2017 News

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Original genes optimise wheat cultivation

Researchers in Munich deciphered the complex genome sequence of goatgras. This ancestor of the common wheat could improve targeted breeding.

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Jan-Peter Kasper/FSU

When the green algae come close to Pseudomonas protegens bacteria, the bacteria release orfamid A, a lipopeptide that causes the algae to lose their flagella and inhibits their growth.

28.11.2017 News

Chemistry Microorganisms Biodiversity

How bacteria and algae talk

Pseudomonas bacteria can immobilise microalgae within moments. Researchers from Jena identified orfamid A as the chemical culprit.

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Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH

Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH is specialised in the production of membrane adsorbers.

29.11.2017 Success story

Pharmaceutical industry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

The gentle purification of valuable proteins

Membrane adsorbers can assist in the gentle and loss-free purification of proteins. Now, biotechnologists have optimised the technology in order to obtain cytokines for use in biomedicine.

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adidas | pixabay

29.11.2017 Product

Chemistry Plants

Running shoes

The demands on modern running shoes are high. They should be light and stable, tear-resistant and stretchy, even when wet.

Der ursprünglich aus Mittelamerika stammende Westliche Maiswurzelbohrer (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) tritt immer häufiger auch in Deutschland auf.

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Nowlan Freese / Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

The western corn rootworm is a devastating pest of maize plants, which originates from Central America but has spread throughout Europe. It uses the defensive toxins of the plant to ward off enemies of itself.

01.12.2017 News

Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences

Maize pest turns plant defense on its head

Researchers in Jena found out why the corn rootworm is such a devastating pest: it exploits the plants defenses and then uses it against potential enemies.

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F. Melzner, GEOMAR

Mussels are developing their shells early in life: between their first and second day they form a calcified shell, which equals the weight of the rest of their body. If the pH levels in the water are too low they cannot form the shell.

30.11.2017 News

Chemistry Animals Biodiversity

Acidic oceans destroy mussel shells

According to researchers in Kiel, the increasing acidification of the oceans cause growing problems for mussels when developing their shells.

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| pixabay

01.11.2017 Product

Consumables Microorganisms

Diapers

A baby or toddler "produces" up to ten full diapers a day. Not only parents can imagine the huge mountains of rubbish.

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nova-Institut

The nova-Institute surveyed 224 biorefineries across Europe and categorized them according to the biomass used and their end products. The different categories are clustered depending on available raw material.

04.12.2017 News

Chemistry unspecific Energy technologies

Mapping European biorefineries

According to a recent study, there are 224 biorefineries online in Europe. The platforms differ by region, depending on the available resources.

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Cordula Giese

At the end of the GreenUp Invest event in Berlin two winners were chosen: Munich-based Hawa Dawa who develop a high-resolution air quality map (2nd from left), and Scandinavian Polylabs, who produce biobased plastic (2nd from right).

07.12.2017 News

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Greentech start-ups looking for investors

17 green start-ups were competing for potential investors in Berlin. Biobased plastic produced in Sweden and a map for air quality developed in Munich convinced the panel.

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Hendrik Dietz / TUM

A new DNA origami technique by Hendrik Dietz and colleagues allows for the self-organisation of „gear-wheels“ from V-shaped building blocks. In a next step, these gears form tubes with a size comparable to virus capsids or organelles.

12.12.2017 News

Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Nanotechnology allows for larger 3D structures

A new technique enables Hendrik Dietz at TU Munich to build DNA origami structures the size of viruses, while also reducing the cost of production substantially.

Fließbandarbeit: Das Chaperonin-System hilft dabei, die Rubisco-Untereinheiten korrekt zu falten und zum funktionellen Enzym zusammenzusetzen. Rubisco ist das Schlüsselenzym der Photosynthese.

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Metz/Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

18.12.2017 News

Food Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Bioengineering improves photosynthesis

Biochemists in Munich managed to improve the photosynthesis process by generating the Rubisco enzyme in a bacterial host. This could also boost future crop yields.

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medorex e.K.

In order to efficiently cultivate microorganisms in bioreactors, optimal cultivating conditions are required. Ralf Pörtner and his team of bioprocess engineers calculate the best conditions in complex computer models.

15.12.2017 Success story

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Calculating the best conditions for cell factories

Microbes require optimised conditions in order to grow efficiently. To this end, Hamburg-based bioprocess engineers are developing smart computer models.

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wijld

15.12.2017 Product

Textiles Plants

T-Shirt

Wood has many different properties. There are obviously no limits to new ideas for products and areas of application. This is demonstrated by a young company from Wuppertal.

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PUMA SE

Microbial labels for T-shirts from the sporting goods manufacturer Puma react to environmental factors and change colour depending on the air quality.

10.04.2018 News

Consumables Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Smart sporting clothes with microbes

Sporting goods manufacturer Puma and the MIT in Boston are developing smart and bio-based running shoes and a T-shirt that uses microbes to respond to environmental factors.

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BIOCOM AG

Representatives from politics, science, and the business sector will discuss the latest bioeconomy developments at the second Global Bioeconomy Summit in Berlin next week. The first GBS took place in 2015 at the bcc in Berlin.

11.04.2018 News

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Global Bioeconomy Summit in Berlin

800 international experts will participate in the 2nd GBS in Berlin next week. Representatives from politics, science, and the business sector will discuss the future of bioeconomy.

Starting today, Berlin will be the major hub for 800 international bioeconomy experts: The 2nd “Global Bioeconomy Summit” will start tonight with a reception in the Federal Ministry of Research and Education.

18.04.2018 News

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Opening of Global Bioeconomy Summit

Starting today, Berlin will be the major hub for 800 international bioeconomy experts: The 2nd GBS will start tonight with a reception at the Federal Ministry of Research and Education.

Fraktionierung von Spinat und Paprikaextrakten

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AnalytiCon Discovery GmbH

Fractionation of spinach and paprika extracts

18.04.2018 Success story

Food Microorganisms Bioökonomie mitgestalten

In pursuit of naturally healthy flavour

The strategic alliance "NatLifE 2020" investigates the natural world for plant extracts that enhance the flavour of sugar and salt in food - in order to be able to reduce these components in food without affecting the taste.

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BIOCOM AG/ Philipp Graf

Federal research minister Anja Karliczek officially opened the Global Bioeconomy Summit. 800 international experts from politics, industry, and science came to Berlin to discuss the future of bioeconomy.

19.04.2018 News

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Kick-off for GBS 2018

Federal research minister Anja Karliczek officially opened the Global Bioeconomy Summit. 800 international experts from politics, industry, and science joined the 2-day event in Berlin.

Mit dem Programmdarlehen hofft die EIB auf knapp eine Mrd. Euro an privaten Investitionen für die Bioökonomie und Landwirtschaft.

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Pixabay

The European Investment Bank launches a new financing initiative that provides €400 million to support and boost developments and investments in the agriculture and bioeconomy sector.

26.04.2018 News

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Boosting investment in bioeconomy sector

The European Investment Bank launches a new financing initiative that allocates €400 million to support developments and investments across the agriculture and bioeconomy sector.

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Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology

Tobias Erb receives the 2018 Otto Bayer Award for his ground-breaking discoveries regarding artificial photosynthesis.

03.05.2018 News

Chemistry Plants Agriculture sciences

Otto Bayer Award for artificial photosynthesis

Tobias Erb, scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, received the Otto Bayer Award for his achievements regarding artificial photosynthesis.

GO-Bio Förderinitiative -Startups der Bioökonomie auf Kapitalsuche

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Pixabay

08.05.2018 News

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Wanted: biobased business ideas

The start-up competition "PlanB- Biobased.Business.Bavaria" is entering its third round and is looking for innovative bioeconomy business-ideas.

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Foodwise

09.05.2018 Product

Consumables Plants

Drinking straw

Sitting in a bar, drinking a cocktail and chewing on the plastic straw, which is then disposed of as a matter of course - there's hardly anything less sustainable. A German start-up now wants to change this and produces the straws from fruit residue.

Biotechnologin Prof. Dr. Sonja Berensmeier

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TU Munich

16.05.2018 Interview

unspecific unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Designing complex peptides

Sonja Berensmeier uses computer models to design complex peptides for technical applications.

Rasterelektronenmikroskop-Aufnahme der fertigen Faser.

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Nitesh Mittal, KTH Stockholm

The resulting, ultrastrong cellulose fibre seen with a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

16.05.2018 News

unspecific Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

New bio-based material stronger than steel

Swedish researcher developed a new ultra-strong and bio-based material at Hamburgs DESY institute by transferring superior nanoscale mechanics to macroscopic fibres.