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Sonnenblumenfeld
Sunflowers are important oil plants that are also used to produce cooking oil for frying and baking.

Chemistry Waste Chemistry

Bio-based chemicals from used cooking oil

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis in Rostock have developed a catalyst that can synthesise amines – which are important for the chemical industry – from used cooking oil in a single step.

Die Geschäftsstelle der VolkswagenStiftung in Hannover-Döhren.
The office of the Volkswagen Foundation in Hanover-Döhren.

Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology

Volkswagen Foundation promotes innovations in the bioeconomy

The Volkswagen Foundation is supporting six projects with around 7.8 million euros that are developing innovative approaches for the utilisation of biogenic and recyclable waste materials in the sense of a circular economy - including five projects on bioeconomy.

Elektronenmikroskopisches Bild eines Stomas auf dem Blatt einer Tomatenpflanze.
Electron microscope image of a stoma on the leaf of a tomato plant

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

How plants regulate water loss

How do plants control their guard cells and thus their water loss? Scientists at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg have made discoveries that could be of interest for future agriculture.

Forscher wollen Chinaschilf (Miscanthus sinensis) als Biomasse zur Energiegewinnung und Ausgangsstoffe für neue Produkte etablieren.
Researchers want to test whether the reed grass Miscanthus can also thrive on contaminated soils and be used as biomass.

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Growing biomass on unusable soils

A European research team with German participation wants to show that the cultivation of plants can make contaminated soil fit again and that their biomass is suitable for high-quality textiles.

Bunte T-Shirts
Coloured textiles can also be recycled with the help of Carbios' enzymatic recycling process.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

T-shirt made from biologically recycled textile waste

After two years of research, the French company Carbios and the textile consortium Fibre-to-Fibre present the world's first garment made entirely from enzymatically recycled plastic and textile polymers.

Gerste produziert bestimmte Abwehrstoffe gegen Pilzbefall.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Plant breeding research

Barley defends itself against fungal attack

Researchers at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) in Halle (Saale) and the University of Cologne have discovered a new group of defence substances in barley that protects its roots against fungal attack.

Im Wellenbecken haben die Braunschweiger Wissenschaftler*innen die Seetangfarm im Maßstab 1:20 nachgebaut.
In the wave pool, the Braunschweig research team has recreated the seaweed farm on a scale of 1:20.

Agriculture and forestry Animals Agriculture sciences

Trial run for algae farms on high seas

As part of an international research project, researchers in Braunschweig are investigating how seaweed can be successfully cultivated in offshore facilities in order to relieve the pressure on coastal areas.

Lichtmikroskopische Aufnahme von Glasschalen verschiedener, einzelliger Kieselalgen
Light microscope image of glass shells of various unicellular diatoms

Agriculture and forestry Microorganisms Agriculture sciences

Glass microalgae as a bioindicator for coastal marshes

Researchers at the University of Rostock were able to demonstrate the positive environmental changes following the rewetting of a coastal moor on the island of Rügen using the diatom.

Schilfrohr (Phragmites australis) ist eine Art, die in Paludikulturen auf wiedervernässten Moorflächen angebaut werden kann. Es ist ein guter Naturbaustoff, da es keine Feuchtigkeit aufnimmt und nur langsam verrottet.
Reed (Phragmites australis) is a species that can be grown in paludicultures on rewetted moorland. It is a good natural building material as it does not absorb moisture and only rots slowly.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Bioökonomie mitgestalten

How Europe's moors can be saved

According to a ZALF study, a mix of economic incentives and adapted land use models could drive the rewetting of peatlands in Europe and make the cultivation of paludiculture more attractive for farmers.

Mit den Projektdaten von Wald5Dplus lassen sich Karten erstellen, welche die Entwicklung von bis zu zehn verschiedenen Merkmalen von Bäumen vorhersagen.
The Wald5Dplus project data can be used to create maps that predict the development of up to ten different tree characteristics.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry

Forest observation from a distance with AI

Researchers at Munich University of Applied Sciences have developed an AI-based method that enables a precise inventory and development forecast of forests.

Das Startup Phaeosynt will aus Kieselalgenkulturen produzierte Antikörper unter anderem in Schwangerschaftstests einsetzen.
Antibodies produced from diatom cultures would avoid animal testing and reduce the burden on the environment.

Pharmaceutical industry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Antibodies from diatoms for diagnostics

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.

Bohnen
Pulses such as beans are rich in protein and can replace animal proteins.

Food unspecific Agriculture sciences

Shaping sustainable food systems of the future

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.

EU-Förderung für die Bioökonomie im Überblick

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EU Research funding for the bioeconomy

Through the Horizon Europe framework program, the European Union supports researchers from academia and industry in realizing their ideas. How can bioeconomy researchers benefit from this attractive EU funding? This dossier offers a compact overview of the wide range of funding formats and explains where interested parties can get help with their application.

Cover Bioeconomy International

Bioeconomy International

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.

Internationales Forschungsteam entwickelt neue Methode für de novo Proteindesign
International research team develops new method for so-called de novo protein design.

Chemistry unspecific Biotechnology/Systems biology

Optimising protein structures with AI

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.

Acker mit grünem Getreide, daneben eine Baumreihe.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Agroforestry - cultivating woody plants on the field

Agroforestry systems combine the cultivation of arable crops with the use of woody plants. This dossier presents various concepts and current agroforestry projects and sheds light on how they can be used to make agriculture more sustainable.

Drohne vom Typ DJI T30 aus dem Projekt Smarter Weinberg im Testeinsatz in Bernkastel-Kues.
DJI T30 drone from the Smarter Vineyard project being tested in Bernkastel-Kues.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Smart technologies for climate-resilient viticulture

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.

Wie hier im Schweizer Solothurn soll nun auch in Japan eine neue Biomethanisierungsanlage entstehen.
As here in Solothurn, Switzerland, a new biomethanisation plant is now to be built in Japan.

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Electrochaea takes bio-methane to Japan

The Bavarian company Electrochaea has concluded a licence agreement and technology transfer for its patented power-to-gas technology with Japan's Hitachi Ltd.

Mikroskopaufnahme von methanogenen Archaeen, unserem Biokatalysator
Microscope image of the biocatalyst: methanogenic archaea

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

Primordial microbes hold the key to sustainable energy storage

The Munich-based power-to-gas company Electrochaea has developed an innovative process in which microorganisms convert surplus electricity into climate-neutral methane.

Vollautomatisierte Mesokosmenanlage zur automatischen Bewässerung und Messung von Pflanzenstruktur, -vitalität und -wachstum. Sie befindet sich an der Universität Greifswald.
Fully automated mesocosm system for automatic irrigation and measurement of plant structure, vitality and growth. It is located at the University of Greifswald.

Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences

Millions in funding for peatland research

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.