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The "Window on biobased economy" presented more than 20 inventions, spanning building materials and the auto-motor industry.

Automobile unspecific Agriculture sciences

Bio-based and digitalized – Hannover Messe 2017

Industry 4.0 via digitalization spanning robots and bio-based economy – that is the main message of the Hannover Messe 2017.  

More than 250,000 participants of the "LivingLand" inititative voiced their support for sustainable farming policies for tommorow.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

“LivingLand” initiative closes with great support

More than 250,000 Europeans voiced their support for a change in the agriculture industry towards sustainable farming policies across Europe.

Biosprit, Bioethanol, Benzin, Tankstelle
Bioethanol is added to E10 and E5 fuels.

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Bioethanol increases market shares

The consumption of bioethanol as part of the petrol market has increased slightly in Germany. In 2016 1.2 million tonnes of bio-based ethanol has been added to fuels.

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What plastic does to our waters

What are the effects of plastic waste on ecosystems? That is the question that biologist Carolin Völker and her colleague Johanna Kramm are trying to answer with their projects in their junior research group ‘PlastX’.

Microplastic particles accumulate in the oceans and negatively affect marine organisms.

Chemistry Microorganisms Environmental technology

Groundbreaking microplastic paper retracted

A body of research has shown the negative consequences of microplastics for aqueous life. Now, a seminal paper that had demonstrated behavioural changes in fish was retracted.

The global cultivation area of GM maize is growing, but scepticism in Europe and Germany remains high.

Food Plants Agriculture sciences

Global cultivation of GMO is growing

The global cultivation area of GMO crops is growing, but Europe and especially Germany remain sceptical regarding the usage of GMOs.

Biopolymere

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Biopolymers (2017) – Facts and Statistics

The study published by the Institute for Bioplastics and Bio-Compounds (IfBB) provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the bioplastics sector.

Die Flagge Australiens

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Australia

Australia has a technologically advanced agricultural industry and is also well-established in industrial biotechnology. While there is currently no national bioeconomy strategy, individual states are increasingly pursuing bioeconomic initiatives. For example, Queensland has entered into a cooperation agreement with the German government in the field of bioeconomy research.

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Austria

In the Alpine Republic, the bioeconomy strategy is based on the food industry, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and the timber industry.

Die preisgekrönte Mikrobiologin Nicole Dubilier erforscht im Meer das Zusammenleben von Mikroben mit anderem Meeresgetier.

Chemistry Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology

Searching for synergy in the ocean

Even as a child, Nicole Dubilier was fascinated by the sea. Today, she counts among the world's leading microbiologists.

zwei unterschiedlich stark gefärbte und verzweigte Algen auf hellem Untergrund
Two species of red algae that produce carrageenans with different structures and properties.

Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology

Marine sugars from algae

From cosmetics to the food industry – in the BioTrim research project, enzymes from marine bacteria are used to modify carrageenans.

Wurde das Gencluster in den rot markierten Bakterien ausgeschaltet, konnten sie kein Detergens mehr synthetisieren. Sie konnten sich dann nicht mehr so gut an die Oberfläche von Öltröpfchen anheften (links) wie normalerweise (rechts).
If the gene cluster in the red-labelled bacteria was switched off, they could not synthesise any more detergent. They were then no longer able to adhere to the surface of oil droplets (left) as well as they normally do (right).

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

How a marine bacterium digests oil

Researchers were able to clarify how the oil-eating marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis synthesises a natural detergent to destroy the alkanes contained in crude oil.

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Thailand

Thailand does not have its own bioeconomy strategy, but is one of Asia’s pioneers with regard to biotechnology. Political strategies for the further development of biotechnology have existed since 2004.

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Japan

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.

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Sweden

Sustainable biomass production is being promoted in the wooded kingdom.  

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Brazil

The strongest South American economy is rich in bio-based raw materials. The Amazon country has unrivaled biodiversity. However, there is no bioeconomy strategy.

Friederike Hoberg

Chemistry Fungi Biotechnology/Systems biology

“Dyes from fungi are an alternative to synthetic colors”

In the MycoColors project, a team led by Friederike Hoberg is investigating the potential of fungi-based dyes for the fashion and textile industries.

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South Africa

The bioeconomy already found its way into South Africa’s innovation policy several years ago.

Tomaten
According to the Leibniz Network's SARAS concept, healthy foods such as vegetables should also be affordable.

Food unspecific Agriculture sciences

Signposts for crisis-proof food systems

The Leibniz Research Network ‘Green Nutrition - Healthy Society’ provides recommendations for the reorganisation of food and agricultural systems, taking sustainability and resilience into account.

Kulturen der mikroskopisch kleinen Grünalge Chlamydomonas reinhardtii im Labor
Liquid cultures of the microscopic green algae C.reinhardtii in the laboratory

Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology

A guide to algae cultivation

How can the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii be reliably cultivated in the laboratory? - A handbook by researchers from Bayreuth and Göttingen provides answers.