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Washington Logroño (links) und Zac Austin gründeten Pacifico Biolabs im Jahr 2022.
Washington Logroño (left) and Zac Austin founded Pacifico Biolabs in 2022.

Food Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology

Millions for mushroom mycelium-based seafood

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.

Gemeinschaftsaufgabe: die nachhaltige Entwicklung von Stadtquartieren.
A joint task: the sustainable development of urban districts

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DBU: Shaping a sustainable future together

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.

Aminosäuren im Rastertunnelmikroskop untersuchen

Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Examining amino acids down to the nanometer

A research team at TU Braunschweig has combined various methods to make a scanning tunneling microscope usable for the surface analysis of peptides.

Betonbaustein aus rezyklierten Zuschlagstoffen und Reishülsenasche mit einer Reisstroh-Dämmung
Concrete block made from recycled aggregates and rice husk ash with rice straw insulation

Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology

Rice husk ash as a cement substitute

As part of the ReMatBuilt project, Fraunhofer researchers and partners from China have developed sustainable building materials made from recycled concrete and plant residues.

Luisa Gronenberg, : VP Technology Integration & Strain Development bei der Insempra GmbH in Martinsried

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

“Our robust yeast can process a wide range of waste streams”

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.

Feld
A special commission of the DFG will provide scientific support for the transformation of agricultural and food systems.

Food unspecific Agriculture sciences

New DFG commission: A holistic view of agricultural and food systems

An 18-member panel of experts forms the new Senate Commission of the German Research Foundation for the transformation of agricultural and food systems.

Biogasanlage in Wredenhagen (Mecklenburg-Vortpommern)
The conversion of biogas into synthesis gas would offer biogas operators new sales opportunities.

Chemistry unspecific Chemistry

Sustainable production of synthesis gas from biogas

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.

Spinnen von AMSilks Seidenprotein
The biotechnologically produced spider silk fibers from AMSilk could replace petroleum-based textile fibers made of polyethylene or polyamide.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

AMSilk and BRAIN Biotech: A smart protein design leads to a patent

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.

Hier entsteht das neue Produktionswerk: traceless Gründerinnen Anne Lamp (li.) und Johanna Baare (re.), zusammen mit der Vorbesitzerin Franziska Wedemann (Mitte)
The new production plant is being built here: traceless founders Anne Lamp (left) and Johanna Baare (right) with the previous owner Franziska Wedemann (center)

Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology

Traceless: First production facility in former industrial bakery

The bioeconomy start-up traceless materials will launch the first large-scale production of its biomaterials in the former Wedemann bakery in Hamburg-Harburg.

Ein Pumpensystem am Roboter ermöglicht, Wasser bis auf einen Milliliter genau zu dosieren.
FarmBot in the greenhouse - a pump system on the robot makes it possible to dose water precisely down to one milliliter.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

Studying climate impacts on plants with a high-tech platform

Researchers and students at TH Köln and the University of Cologne have developed an experimental platform that illustrates how climate change affects plant growth.

Smarte Technologien und neue Züchtungstechniken im EFI-Gutachten 2024

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EFI: Making greater use of the potential of new technologies in crop production

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.

Drohnen könnten im Pflanzenschutz unterstützen, Pflanzenschutzmittel zielgerichtet auszubringen.
Drones could support the targeted application of crop protection products.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Identifying strategies for saving plant protection products

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.

Vielfalt auf dem Acker

Agriculture and forestry unspecific Agriculture sciences

New European partnership for agroecology research

As part of the European partnership AGROECOLOGY, the call for proposals for actors from Germany has now started. Submit your ideas by April 26!

Feldversuche in Thailand

Chemistry unspecific Agriculture sciences

Weatherproof protein-based insecticides

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.

Anja Wagemanns, Professorin (W3) am Lehrstuhl für Lebensmitteltechnik der Technischen Universität Dresden

Food unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

“Animal protein is difficult to replace with alternative protein”

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.

Fast ein Drittel der Neugründungen sind nachhaltige Firmen, so der aktuelle Green Startup Monitor 2024.
Almost a third of start-ups are sustainable companies, according to the current Green Startup Monitor 2024.

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Green start-ups remain drivers of transformation

Although the proportion of green start-ups remains high, it is declining slightly due to the current difficult market and financing conditions. This is shown by the latest Green Startup Monitor.

Mit pilzwiderstandsfähigen Rebsorten lassen sich bis zu achtzig Prozent der eingesezten Pflanzenschutzmittel im Weinbau einsparen
With fungus-resistant grape varieties, up to eighty per cent of the pesticides used in viticulture can be saved.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Better arming grape varieties against fungi

Under the leadership of the Julius Kühn Institute, a European research team wants to analyse fungus-resistant grapevines and identify molecular markers for grapevine breeding. The cuticle on the berry skin could play a key role.

Von AlphaFold2 vorhergesagte Protein-3D-Strukturen
Protein 3D structures predicted by AlphaFold2

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Exploring and designing proteins with AI

In recent years, AI technologies have revolutionized protein research and the possibilities for producing tailor-made protein molecules. This dossier highlights how AI-based tools are opening up new avenues for research and innovation. 

Aufbau des Wandelements
Structure of the wall element

Construction Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

New composite material made from plant-based carbon fibres and biochar

As an alternative to reinforced concrete, researchers at the German Institute of Textile and Fibre Research have developed a combined building material made of natural stone, carbon fibres and biochar that has a particularly good carbon footprint.

Maispflanzen im Labor
The root microbiome of maize plants from different regions of the world was analysed.

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Genetic material of maize plants influences the root microbiome

Not only the properties of the soil, but also the genetic make-up of a plant influence which microbes colonise its roots. This is shown by an international study in which researchers from Bonn and Gatersleben were involved.