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Mikroskopische Aufnahme des Bakteriums Vibrio natriegens
The marine bacterium Vibrio natriegens could soon be an important organism for biotechnology.

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.

Carsten Schulz, Direktor, Fraunhofer-Einrichtung für Individualisierte und Zellbasierte Medizintechnik IMTE, Außenstelle Aquakulturforschung Büsum

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.

Processing wood in biogas plants has long been problematic. That could soon change.

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.

Kolorierte Rasterelektronenmikroskopaufnahme von Pseudomonas-Bakterien, beim Eindringen in eine Spaltöffnung eines Pflanzenblatts
Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Pseudomonas bacteria, entering a stomata of a plant leaf.

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.

Johanna Pausch

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.

Zwei Kartoffelknollen
A research team has analyzed genomes from individual pollen grains of the potato plant to create the first, complete map of a potato genome.

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.

Blick in einen Buchen- und Eichenwald
Mixed oak-beech stand in the Bavarian Spessart: The production of oak quality wood is ideally suited for sustainable forest management.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

Rewarding forest ecosystem services

Researchers develop models to make sustainable forest management more attractive.

Mit CRISPR-Kill verhindern die Forschenden an der Modellpflanze Ackerschmalwand das Ausbilden von Seitenwurzeln.
Using CRISPR-Kill, the researchers prevent the formation of lateral roots in the model plant thale cress.

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.

Blick vom Pfänder auf den Bodensee
Lake Constance is the third largest inland lake in Central Europe, an important drinking water reservoir and ecosystem at the same time.

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.

Introbild Biowasserstoff Dossier

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.

kompostierbare Getränkeflaschen aus Papier
A beverage bottle made from recycled paper fibers is to replace plastic bottles.

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.

Heidelbeeren am Strauch
The area under blueberry cultivation in Germany has more than doubled in the last ten years.

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.

Pflanztöpfchen aus recycelter Pappe und beigemischten pilzhemmenden Substanzen aus Pappelrinde
Plant pots made from recycled cardboard and anti-fungal substances from poplar bark

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.

bioökonomie.de in neuem Look

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New design for bioökonomie.de

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.

Sportschuhe auf einer Wiese
This year, Adidas will launch shoes that look like leather shoes, but are made from mushroom mycelium.

Textiles Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology

Mushroom threads as a leather substitute

In 2021, the sporting goods manufacturer Adidas will launch shoes using a fabric made of mushroom threads instead of leather.

Biochemiker Peter H. Seeberger in seinem Potsdamer Labor
Biochemist Peter Seebeger has developed a process with which the antimalarial agent artemisinin can be produced quickly, sustainably and cheaply in the laboratory.

Chemistry Plants Chemistry

Chemistry prize for sustainable drug production

Potsdam biochemist Peter Seeberger has been awarded the International Green Chemistry Prize for the production of a particularly sustainable and cost-effective antimalarial agent.

Eine Filmkamera vor einer Wand mit dem GFFA-Logo
For the first time, the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture is held completely digitally.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

GFFA: World Food in Times of Pandemic and Climate Change

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.

Modepuppen mit verschiedenen Kleidungsstücken von Desiginern bei der Berlin Fashion Week im Kraftwerk in berlin Mitte.
The digital edition of Berlin Fashion Week took place at Kraftwerk in Mitte.

Textiles unspecific unspecific

Berlin Fashion Week: Showcase for sustainable fashion

Berlin Fashion Week is focusing more than ever on sustainability by launching several new formats for "green fashion".  

Stroh
Straw as a more popular building material is the goal of one of the projects now being funded in the university competition.

unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten

Ten more teams win university competition

The projects of the second funding round in the extended Science Year of the Bioeconomy have been determined.

Bioökonomie-Ausstellung

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Bioeconomy Exhibition

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.