23 March 202221 March 2022 The LEGO® brick road to open science and biotechnology The development of LEGO® building in science and biotechnology constitutes an emerging trend that aims to provide widely available professional-grade tools and systems to all researchers regardless of financial and technological constraints
18 March 202214 March 2022 Cemvita Launches the Gold Hydrogen Program for Subsurface Biomanufacturing of Hydrogen Supported by Energy Leaders, Initiative will Scale Production of Clean, Natural Gold Hydrogen to Meet Rising Global Demand
17 March 202211 March 2022 This startup uses an ancient microbe to turn CO2 into ingredients for food The result is a protein that is actually carbon-negative, and requires little to no processing before being added to products like veggie burgers
11 March 20229 March 2022 Twelve and LanzaTech Partner to Create Ethanol From CO2 Collaborative process seeks to eliminate the fossil fuel impact of ethanol production
3 March 202228 February 2022 Carbon-negative platform turns waste gases into valuable chemicals Researchers built on LanzaTech technology to develop a new process that converts emissions from heavy industry or bio-based syngas, into either acetone or IPA, using an engineered bacterium called Clostridium autoethanogenum
2 March 202228 February 2022 Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals Engineered bacteria convert captured carbon dioxide into chemicals for fuels, fabric and cosmetics
23 February 202222 February 2022 BASF Venture Capital and Orbia Ventures Invest in Israeli Biotech Company FortePhest FortePhest is leading in nature-inspired development of novel substances. New herbicides inhibit the growth of herbicide-resistant weeds and invasive plants
18 February 202216 February 2022 10 years after the first EU bioeconomy strategy. An interview with Chris Patermann, the father of the European bioeconomy In this exclusive interview with Il Bioeconomista, Chris Patermann talks about the new challenges we are facing to make the new economy based on biological resources happen
14 February 202211 February 2022 DMC: Subsequent Close of Series B Financing, Total Raised $39 million DMC is commercial with its first bio-based chemical intermediate with primary applications in sustainable detergents and human nutrition
8 February 20227 February 2022 Ÿnsect Launches Ÿnfabre, the world’s first industrial programme dedicated to beetle genetics The ŸNFABRE programme aims to develop high-precision phenotyping tools for the next generation of the group’s breeders, which will secure the supply of larvae to the group’s insects farms
7 February 202228 January 2022 EU Accelerator funds three bioeconomy start-ups Around 30 million euros will go to BIOWEG, CO2BioClean and Genome Biologics to research and grow
3 February 202226 January 2022 Mushroom Leather: The Next Big Trend in Sustainable Fashion? MycoWorks, a San Francisco based biotechnology company, has been working on a mushroom leather alternative and is now ready to scale it up
31 January 202227 January 2022 Ingenza collaborates with Johnson Matthey for efficient industrial enzyme synthesis Together, the companies have developed new, efficient approaches for the production of industrially-relevant enzymes – including cytochrome P450 – through judicious selection of suitable microbial hosts
28 January 202227 January 2022 MycoWorks Raises $125 Million Series C Financing to Fund Mass Production of Fine Mycelium™ Led by Prime Movers Lab, Financing to Launch MycoWorks' First Full-Scale Production Plant to Meet Demand for Sustainable, Luxury-Quality Leather Alternatives
27 January 202225 January 2022 Covestro and Genomatica produce important chemical raw material using biotechnology Breakthrough for HMDA, widely-used ingredient, paves the way for more sustainable coatings, apparel, adhesives and plastics
21 January 202217 January 2022 Biotalys and Olon Enter into Long-Term Partnership for the Production of Protein-Based Biocontrols Biotalys and Olon Enter into Long-Term Partnership for the Production of Protein-Based Biocontrols. Relying on its leading expertise in microbial fermentation, Olon Group will manufacture Biotalys’ biocontrols beginning with Evoca
10 January 20224 January 2022 Sustainable Plasticizers from Renewable Feedstocks Collaborative project develops alternative as part of the circular economy
6 January 20222 January 2022 FAO and JRC launch new guidance note on monitoring bioeconomy sustainability New bioeconomy Guidance note describes in easy-to-follow steps how countries and macro-regions, such as the European Union (EU), can monitor sustainability along with their bioeconomy strategies and policies
5 January 202217 December 2021 Novozymes to deliver on strategy with carbon capture collaboration agreement Novozymes launched its 2025 strategy with a clear objective to explore new growth opportunities. The company is now delivering on its strategy by entering a collaboration agreement with Saipem, a leading engineering company, to deliver new biotech solutions for enzymatic carbon capture
16 December 202110 December 2021 Phytonix Corporation Wins First Prize in The Fifth China (Shenzen) Innovation & Entrepreneurship International Competition Finals out of 1,473 Company Entries Company is also placed second in a regional semi-final sponsored by SCIiinovation with a financial award
13 December 202110 December 2021 From pollutant to product: the companies making stuff from CO2 Vodka, jet fuel, protein… according to a new clutch of carbon-to-value startups, these are just some of the things that can be manufactured from thin air
9 December 20216 December 2021 DMC Biotechnologies has completed the first close of its Series B fundraising, raising $34 million (USD) Company has a deep pipeline of predictable, scalable, cost-competitive products, addressing sustainability challenges across a wide range of industries
How to grow the economy with biology A new report makes the economic and environmental case for the U.S. investing billions of dollars to build what is known as the bioeconomy
29 November 202124 November 2021 The SHIKIFACTORY100 – Modular cell factories for the production of 100 compounds from the shikimate pathway Cell metabolism includes hundreds of crosslinked metabolic pathways, such as glycolysis, the Krebs cycle and the shikimate route
24 November 202119 November 2021 CO2 from the air as a raw material for chemicals National and international agreements are aimed at rapidly increasing the share of renewable energies in the energy mix and curbing CO2 emissions. Industry is under pressure to act
11 November 20215 November 2021 Sustainable coffee grown in Finland – the land that drinks the most coffee per capita produces its first tasty cup with cellular agriculture VTT is developing coffee production through plant cells in its laboratory in Finland. In the process, cell cultures floating in bioreactors filled with nutrient medium are used to produce various animal- and plant-based products
9 November 20214 November 2021 MHI Invests in Cemvita Factory, Inc., a Leading Industrial Biotechnology Startup, to Accelerate Decarbonization Efforts The partnership contributes to MHI’s strategic focus on identifying and accelerating decarbonization opportunities through investments in renewable projects and climate tech startups
8 November 20213 November 2021 Making Martian Rocket BioFuel on Mars Researchers have developed a concept that would make Martian rocket fuel, on Mars, that could be used to launch future astronauts back to Earth
Clariant completes construction of first commercial Sunliquid® cellulosic ethanol plant in Podari, Romania Cellulosic ethanol plays a key role in lowering greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector
22 October 202119 October 2021 Nappies for a sustainable bioeconomy Tübingen-based biotech company Novis GmbH to develop a fully compostable nappy from renewable resources
21 October 202119 October 2021 Research gives new meaning to fish-net stockings Innovation project looks to create clothing fibres from seafood processing waste
20 October 202119 October 2021 Europabio: Life science needs future-proof approach to become innovation ‘powerhouse’ According to a recent study, the biotech sector is among the fastest-growing innovative industries in Europe with an average annual growth rate of 4.1% in a time period from 2008 to 2018
6 October 202111 October 2021 Free Webinar: Value from CO2: The Power of Biotechnology SAVE THE DATE: 23 November 2021, 14:00–17:00 h CET, online via Zoom
1 October 202128 September 2021 Chinese Scientists Report Starch Synthesis from CO2 Researchers of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) designed a chemoenzymatic system as well as an artificial starch anabolic route consisting of only 11 core reactions to convert CO2 into starch
29 September 202128 September 2021 Circa Signs Agreement with GazelEnergie to Create Industrial-scale Plant Producing Renewable Solvent Cyrene™ With the help of Circa, GazelEnergie wants a green reindustrialisation of its Emile Huchet coal-fired power station site, with renewable heat production and a green hydrogen production project
15 September 202110 September 2021 Publication in Nature Communications of a paper describing the mechanism of enzymes yielding renewable isobutene First time that a member of a widespread enzyme family has been repurposed to yield isobutene
2 September 202131 August 2021 Trotz Biontech nur ein Nischenmarkt – Die Hürden für die deutsche Biotech-Branche Die Branche hofft nach dem Biontech-Erfolg auf Schwung für die Entwicklung neuer Medikamente. Doch Finanzierung und Produktion sind in Deutschland schwieriger als in den USA
1 September 202130 August 2021 Amyris launched Terasana Clinical to open up new avenues in sustainable skincare Terasana Clinical’s first skincare product, Clear + Control Healthy Skin Serum – the company claims – addresses dry skin, flaking, irritation and redness with its moisturizing and anti-inflammatory properties which are designed to clear and balance the skin’s appearance
27 August 202126 August 2021 Huue and Ginkgo Bioworks Partner to Accelerate Production of Sustainable Dyes Huue will leverage Ginkgo's platform to optimize microbe strains to accelerate production of its sustainable indigo dye, pioneering new models for product-focused startups to collaborate with Ginkgo
24 August 202124 August 2021 nova experts introduced: Freya Sautner (M.Sc.) Responsible for the dissemination and communication of several EU and BBI JU funded projects, Freya is also part of the nova press team
10 August 20215 August 2021 mk2 Biotechnologies Receives a Multi-Million Sum in Seed Funding Company thrives to accomplish additional development milestones towards industrializing its novel peptide production platform
NREL: Scientists to develop CO2-free fermentation technology CO2 waste translates into notable consequences for biorefiners scrambling to meet demand for low-carbon biofuels. Less carbon makes it into the fuel, lowering yields. More makes it into the atmosphere as a greenhouse gas, accelerating climate change
LG Chem mass produces and exports world’s first bio-balanced Super Absorbent Polymer In South Korea, LG Chem announced it mass-produced the world’s first ‘Bio-balanced’ SAP (Super Absorbent Polymer) that received ISCC Plus international certification and shipped its first exports.
9 August 20215 August 2021 DIC taps Debut Biotechnology for natural pigments In Japan, DIC Corporation has signed a joint research pact with California’s Debut Biotechnology targeting natural pigments for food colorants and cosmetics.
5 August 20213 August 2021 Danish Biotech Company Wants to Revolutionize Biochemical Production Danish biotech company Cysbio has developed new technology for producing hard-to-make biochemicals with minimal environmental impact. The potential is huge
4 August 20213 August 2021 Agile BioFoundry Selects New Collaborations These projects will leverage national laboratory capabilities to address challenges in biomanufacturing
22 July 202120 July 2021 Sweet Success: CABBI Demonstrates First Precision Breeding of Sugarcane With CRISPR/Cas9 But the highly complex sugarcane genome poses challenges for conventional breeding, requiring more than a decade of trials for the development of an improved cultivar
16 July 202122 November 2021 Evonik acquires share in JeNaCell, a spin-off of Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany JeNaCell is a specialist for nanocellulose generated with biotechnology methods and has a production process that is unique in this field
7 July 202112 July 2021 Challenging the classical view of yeast tolerance to alcohol Contrarily to the established hypothesis that cell membranes should be rigid to resist high concentrations of ethanol, an outstandingly tolerant yeast presents a more fluid plasma membrane structure, according to a study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
5 July 202113 July 2021 CHASSY – Model-Based Construction and Optimisation of Versatile Chassis Yeast Strains for Production of Valuable Lipid and Aromatic Compounds CHASSY, a €5.6M Horizon 2020 Industrial Leadership project aimed at unlocking the full potential of yeasts as cell factories for production of high value compounds, makes a substantial contribution to the development of the bioeconomy.