25 June 202418 June 2024 Insect wings, bodies, and brains in bio-inspired design Researchers are building materials inspired by natural innovations to solve a wide set of problems like antibiotic resistance and unsustainable packaging
29 May 202424 May 2024 Circe Bioscience licenses technology to decarbonize industry with microbes developed at Wyss Institute at Harvard University Novel gas fermentation approach enables engineered microbes to eat greenhouse gases and produce valuable products for multiple uses
4 May 202029 April 2020 Circe: Biodegradable plastic without the plants Engineered microbes can produce biodegradable plastics at lower cost and environmental impact than plant-based plastics
25 February 2020 The “Top 6” candidates are nominated for the innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2020”! Vodka made from CO2. Biotechnological CO2 conversion to produce chemicals, polymers and methane. Synthetic fuels produced with CO2 captured from air and CO2-based consumer products. Everything and more is possible right now!
29 August 201724 August 2017 Chitosan, a sleeping giant waiting to be woken In the last three years, science has gone on and discovered many new applications
11 August 20179 August 2017 Don’t be selfish, save the shellfish! Shellfish are more useful than ever imagined There are more and more every day uses for waste shells often destined for landfills
24 July 201720 July 2017 New CRISPR technology takes cells to the movies Genome engineering system transforms living cells into archival data storage devices
25 January 201723 January 2017 Wyss Institute: Patching a gap in wound care Wyss Institute researchers developed chitosan-based bioplastic for medical devices