Researcher Profile
Pharmaceutical industry unspecific Chemistry
Sonja Jost is an expert in the area of chiral catalysis. The engineer is the director of Dexlechem, a Berlin-based start-up that has already begun to make the business of synthesising drugs easier on the environment.
17.12.2020 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
A team of researchers at Hof University of Applied Sciences wants to banish conventional plastic silage films from the fields and develop a bio-based alternative with better properties.
26.11.2020 News
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The BMBF has published the new strategy "Research for Sustainability" (FONA) and doubled the funding to 4 billion euros. The bioeconomy also plays an important role.
02.12.2020 News
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By 2022, plastic bags are planned to disappear from the market for good. This has now been decided by the German Bundestag.
02.12.2020 Success story
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Bioelectrochemistry enables economically attractive microbial biofactories. In the future, the proteobacterium Shewanella oneidensis could be used in this way for acetoin production.
08.12.2020 News
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The 13th German Sustainability Day was dominated by the corona crisis. In virtual forums, around 100 experts discussed the opportunities of the pandemic for a sustainable future.
08.12.2020 News
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The new Bioeconomy Council has met for the first time. For the next three years, the 20-member body will advise the German government on the implementation of the National Bioeconomy Strategy.
23.12.2020 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
It is not only eggs that can contain salmonella – but also almonds. Researchers have now been able to use compressed carbon dioxide to make these pathogenic bacteria harmless.
22.01.2021 Interview
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Sascha Peters is a materials expert and trend scout for new technologies. He is convinced: The recycling of resources must already be considered in product design.
12.12.2020 Studies and statistics
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We wear masks to protect others and ourselves. Empa researchers asked themselves what the environmental balance of this mass-produced product looks like and examined the environmental impact using the example of cotton and disposable masks by means of life cycle assessment analyses.
27.08.2020 Standard post
The project map is a database that catalogues research and development projects in the bioeconomy field that are supported by public funding initiatives of the federal ministries in Germany.
28.12.2020 Country
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Japan is a highly industrialized country and, as a mountainous island nation, has special geographical conditions. These circumstances mean that Japan mostly has to import food, animal feed and biomass for industrial use, and bioenergy only plays a minor role. Biomass as a chemical raw material, on the other hand, has a long tradition in Japan. In a country with a strong research sector, the same applies to biotechnology. This is probably one reason why the bioeconomy strategy adopted in 2019 focuses strongly on the high-tech side of the bioeconomy.
19.08.2020 Success story
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
The archaeon is to become a platform organism for biotechnology. The research project "HotAcidFACTORY" wants to create the basis for this.
26.08.2020 Studies and statistics
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Plastic waste in the environment is increasingly becoming a burden on ecosystems. The number of plastic packaging used to distribute food, clothing or cosmetics has doubled in two decades.
01.09.2020 Interview
unspecific unspecific Bioökonomie mitgestalten
Ulrich Schurr wants to turn the Rhenish lignite mining area into a model region for a sustainable bioeconomy. To achieve this, he is relying on the regional strengths and conditions to master the structural change.
26.08.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Microbiologists from Braunschweig can for the first time prove which bacteria are involved in the decomposition of herbicides in so-called mini sewage treatment plants.
27.08.2020 News
unspecific Microorganisms Biodiversity
Researchers observe an unusual alliance of purpose between green algae and molds.
22.09.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biodiversity
Studies of the reproductive success of 1,200 plant species show how pollinator performance is influenced by agriculture and urbanization.
14.09.2020 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Do modern wheat varieties have more immunoreactive protein and thus promote coeliac disease? A study shows: The gluten content is the same for new and old varieties, but can increase due to environmental factors.
02.09.2020 News
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In the Wissenschaftsjahr (Year of Science) competition "Mein(e) Plastik ist bio" ("My plastic is organic"), interested parties produce bio-based plastics themselves using simple means and bring them into shape.
