13 May 20198 May 2019 Bio-TCat™ technology viability confirmed during extensive Anellotech pilot plant campaign Company is planning its first commercial plant and is engaging in partnership and funding discussions with existing and new strategic partners
Welcome to the final RoadToBio Newsletter We will introduce the various parts of the new Roadmap and show your opportunities and advantages to increase the bio-based share in the chemical production
9 May 20196 May 2019 Polartec and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories to Bring First Spider Silk Fabrics to the Performance Apparel Market In joint development since 2016, Polartec and Kraig are applying the performance characteristics of spider silk into yarns for military-grade textiles
Pakistan Announces National Coordinated Trials of 85 Bt Cotton Varieties NCVT aims to assess the cotton varieties' production capability and fiber qualities in accordance to Pakistan's 2018-2019 research plan
8 May 20193 May 2019 Expert View: Turbocharging the green chemistry revolution Who will be the leaders that shape the sustainable value chains of the future and become the hallmark of true corporate social responsibility?
6 May 201930 April 2019 Chinese chemical firm invests €5.5m in Danish biotech start-up to develop new biochemicals Zhejiang NHU shows great strategic interests in expanding their biotechnology-based product portfolio by partnering with biotechnology companies
3 May 201929 April 2019 You Can Now Smell a Flower That Went Extinct a Century Ago The scent of a long-disappeared organism is once again in the air
Enabling the Advanced Bioeconomy through Public Policy Supporting Biofoundries and Engineering Biology This paper considers several policy options to remove critical technical barriers to commercialization
2 May 201928 April 2019 GMOs Have Benefits for the Environment GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, are one of the most overlooked solutions to combating threats to our planet
29 April 201924 April 2019 Corbion and Green-Basilisk SENTIALL® Innovation Named Bio-Based Product of the Year Innovation dramatically improves the durability of concrete constructions and reduces costly maintenance and repairs
17 April 201911 April 2019 How Biotech Can Reduce Emissions Through Soil Microbes Addressing emissions from agriculture is a challenge
10 April 20195 April 2019 Covestro and Genomatica launch partnership for sustainable growth High-performance materials from plants
5 April 20192 April 2019 LAVVAN Cites Amyris’s Proven Commercial Achievements and Capability to Bring to Market the Highest Quality Cannabinoids for Large Scale Use LAVVAN’s partnership will provide for broad distribution during commercialization to meet significant demand growth for these products
SME of the Month April – Phytowelt GreenTechnologies Interview with Dr Peter Welters, CEO of the winner of the Most Innovative European Biotech SME Awards 2018 in the Agricultural Biotech category
4 April 20192 April 2019 High-performance materials from plants Covestro and Genomatica launch partnership for sustainable growth
3 April 20191 April 2019 Biotechnology: A Critical Tool in Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals Recent advances in biotechnology are helping us prepare for and meet society’s most pressing challenges
28 March 201925 March 2019 The Search for a Better Biofuel: Can Biotech Deliver? Innovative biotechnology has breathed new life into the development of advanced biofuels, but still much R&D is needed before these methods can be used on a large scale
26 March 201921 March 2019 Advantage Capital Invests $6.5 Million in Danimer Scientific, Supporting Company’s Growth in Rural Georgia Investment will enable the company to increase production capacity which will require many new employees
22 March 201920 March 2019 AFYREN and the SPI industrial projects fund, operated by Bpifrance, announce the creation of an industrial company, AFYREN NEOXY Companies unveil new organic acids biomolecule JV to help press ahead with bio-based plant
21 March 20199 September 2021 Winners of innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2019” by Covestro and nova-Institute chosen First-time innovation award “Best CO2 Utilisation 2019” goes to Carbicrete (Canada) for cement-free carbon-negative concrete. The second winner is Nordic Blue Crude (Norway), with synthetic kerosene, petrol and diesel, and the third winner is b.fab (Germany) with an innovative biotechnology based on synthetic biology
20 March 201915 March 2019 Lygos Awarded Three Innovation Research Grants to Advance Applications for its Portfolio of Sustainable Specialty Biochemicals Latest funding from DOE, USDA and NSF further validates company’s commitment to replacing toxic petrochemicals, reclaiming local manufacturing and reviving industrial chemical innovation
11 March 20196 March 2019 Biotechnology will take over Europe in September! Preparations are already well underway for the European #BiotechWeek which, this year, takes place between 23-29 September
6 March 20191 March 2019 Yeast produce low-cost, high-quality cannabinoids Berkeley researchers engineered brewers yeast to produce marijuana’s main ingredients as well as novel cannabinoids not found in the plant itself
4 March 201928 February 2019 New SENTIALL® Co-polymer Platform from Corbion to Unlock Value in Multiple Industries Self-healing concrete application demonstrates how SENTIALL® biotechnology can leverage controlled release capabilities to enable unprecedented efficiencies
22 February 201918 February 2019 Substantial EU funding for Finnish custom-made enzymes that create value from pulp production side streams WoodZymes is a large EU-funded Horizon 2020 project that aims to find out how lignin and hemicelluloses could be extracted more efficiently
20 February 201919 February 2019 Amyris Announces $255 Million Cannabinoid Development, Licensing and Commercialization Agreement − Represents Largest Collaboration Agreement to Date for Amyris Leadership and Track Record in Scaling Sustainable Fermentation-Based Commercial Products Leads to One of Largest Agreements to Date in Cannabinoid Market
This bud’s for you: Amyris’s $255M cannabinoids project is dope Company to receive substantial ongoing royalty payments which are expected to be significant given the size of the global cannabinoid market
19 February 201914 February 2019 Circa Group’s Commercial Demonstration Plant Comes Online and Produces First Batch of 99% pure Cyrene® Joint venture between Circa and company Norske Skog is starting to produce a steady stream of the non-toxic solvent
Could This Biotechnology Innovation Help Combat Climate Change? Through the institute’s Ideal Plant initiative, researchers hope to develop plants that can store more carbon dioxide in their roots
29 January 201924 January 2019 Rice plants engineered to be better at photosynthesis make more rice Bioengineering improvement of rice, a staple food crop worldwide, has high practical importance
25 January 201922 January 2019 c-LEcta announces two long-term industry collaborations Agreement aims at the development and commercialization of an enzymatic process for the production of a fine chemical for the pharmaceutical industry
14 January 20199 January 2019 Synthetic biology start-up Colorifix raises $3m Series A round to scale its revolutionary textile dyeing solution Colorifix uses synthetic biology methods to create a range of colours produced naturally by organisms such as microbes, plants, animals and insects
10 January 20194 January 2019 Through International Support, U.S. Has Opportunity to Align Own Agencies on Precision Biotech The non-binding statement presents several principles that each country agrees to follow in order to create an international system that is harmonized on how to regulate products of precision biotechnology, including gene editing
21 December 201818 December 2018 Australian company Nanollose creates clothing from coconut-based waste Biomaterial technology firm Nanollose has created a garment produced from the company’s “tree-free” rayon fibre
20 December 201819 December 2018 Biobased beer can rings, algae and bugs, chitin-based plastic breakthrough, gribble gut enzymes, banana-based products: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of December 14th The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace – here are the top innovations for the week of December 14th
14 December 201811 December 2018 Biome Technologies awarded further funding to scale solutions to plastic waste Government's £6 million programme aims to use industrial biotechnology techniques to produce a new range of sustainable polymers
13 December 201815 December 2018 Circa Receives Green Light to Sell Non-toxic, Bio-based and Biodegradable Solvent in EU With CyreneTM the company are offering a bio-based solution with an exciting new prospect for advanced materials
5 December 20183 December 2018 Report: Pro-innovation policies, biotech advances are linked The fifth edition of the Building the Bioeconomy report shows the correlation between economies with pro-innovation policy frameworks and those achieving strong biotechnology outputs
28 November 201824 November 2018 Microorganisms Help Production Innovative Biotechnology Simplifies the Use of Biomass as an Alternative to Oil – NEULAND Innovation Magazine Presents Projects
23 November 201820 November 2018 Joanna Dupont-Inglis: fighting for the EU bioeconomy in Brussels "Biotech is about learning from nature and living systems, and finding ways to develop new products and processes that provides more benefit or solutions for society"
20 November 201815 November 2018 Telling the story of European Biotechnology Initiatives throughout the European Biotech Week included conferences, workshops, exhibitions and open-door days with companies, research institutes and museums
19 November 201814 November 2018 LCY Chemical purchases BioAmber assets, Sarnia biorefinery Bankruptcy Court of Delaware said the liquidation of BioAmber’s assets will result in little to no residual value for non-secured creditors and no residual value for equity investors
Croda: Centre of Innovation for Marine Biotechnology New centre is based at PEI’s Nautilus Biosciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of Croda
16 November 201813 November 2018 MetGen receives John Sime Award and Plantics becomes PitchFest winner at #EFIB2018 Wealth of innovation on display at annual showcase event demonstrates Europe’s strong response to SDG challenges and potential of the circular bioeconomy
Unilever started a strategic partnership with Bio-on to make the personal care sector greener This collaboration is designed to meet the demands of consumers, who are increasingly concerned about sustainability
13 November 201810 November 2018 BioAmber assets under the hammer LCY Biotechnology has bought many of BioAmber’s assets. The Canadian bio polyol company is being liquidated
30 October 201825 October 2018 New Technology Advances Lead Anellotech to Announce Commercial Plant Engineering Plans Company to scaling-up design and engineering in JV with Axens and IFPEN
25 October 201822 October 2018 BASF, Avantium in Synvina dispute Companies are said to be discussing possibilities for an amicable settlement to differences of opinion
24 October 201819 October 2018 Evonetix named Best Synthetic Biology Company at OBN Awards Prestigious business award granted in recognition of novel gene synthesis technology
23 October 201821 October 2018 Strategies for Engineering Natural Product Biosynthesis in Fungi This review briefly describes examples of the engineering of fungal NP biosynthesis at the global, pathway, and enzyme level using in vivo and in vitro approaches