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[Bisc-e] Meet team RePurpose🙋♀️ the WUR team to participate in the Biobased Innovation (BISC-E) #StudentChallenge! Szonja L., Stefania Valeri, Sake de Vries, Anouk van der Windt and Costanza La Rocca make up the diverse team, with different backgrounds (Biobased Sciences, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics) and different nationalities (the Netherlands, Hungary and Italy). "Our idea has a focus on the valorisation of #lignin, which, despite its potential, is currently mainly a waste for both the paper and pulp industry and the lignocellulosic biorefineries."   Keep an eye out as they work to RePurpose this significant biopolymer into biobased pigments! Read more about the challenge here: https://lnkd.in/e3dKBTe9 #Climateneutral #BISCE2024 #SustainableInnovation #BioEconomy Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC)

Day 2 at SynBioBeta 2024 and we’re back with David Muldoon, newly appointed Chief Business Officer at Manus, and Kevin J. Fox, our Head of BioManufacturing Program, to discuss their takeaways! David notes it’s been great to meet with potential partners and current partners in the industry and connect face to face about challenges facing our industry. Most notably, the need for scaling synthetic biology. Potential future collaborations within the industry and certain government agencies could help to facilitate the scaling of this important synthetic biology work. Kevin shares his insights on the importance of scaling products specifically as it relates to supply chain security. Another big topic, especially as it relates to the future of the U.S. bioeconomy, he notes that having a U.S.-based supply of important ingredients and materials will all play a role in increasing sustainability of production as a whole. We look forward to day 3 and continuing to connect with the industry’s leading experts in synthetic biology! Stay tuned for more! #bioeconomy #biomanufacturing #biotechnology #syntheticbiology #MadeByManus #SynBioBeta2024 #SynBioBeta24

🚀 Exciting news from RevivBio! They have been awarded $275,000 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the National Science Foundation subagency. This funding will support their groundbreaking work in enzymatic bioremediation of toxic and bioaccumulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Their innovative approach aims to harness microbial enzymes to break down these harmful chemicals, offering a cost-effective and environmentally friendly solution. 🌍 🔬 The project, part of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I, will leverage cutting-edge protein engineering techniques and AI to design enzymes capable of fully degrading perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs). This could revolutionize the way we handle PFAS contamination, making it scalable and sustainable. The award will last for 8 months, starting from September 15, 2024, to May 31, 2025. #SBIR #STTR #Innovation #Bioremediation #EnvironmentalScience

Insight from today's EuropaBio - the European Association for Bioindustries webinar 👇 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 and 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 are some of the 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝘀 of the 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 #biomanufacturing.   Skills🧠 ▪️ 42% of the world's top 100 universities for life science are in Europe ▪️ Europe leads in high-quality publication   Infrastructure⚙️ ▪️ the precision fermentation capacity in Europe is roughly 2x that of the US   These two are also 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 in Europe's ambition to be amongst the leaders in the future powered by BIO.   Thanks, Francisco Castro Alves and Claire Skentelbery for the summary of the recent Biomanufacturing Policy Summit 2024! #Biotech #IndustrialBiotech #PrecisionFermentation #EuropeanBiotech

🤝 In a significant step toward engaging the #altprotein ecosystem, ATCC is collaborating with GFI to accelerate the research, characterization, and safe commercial use of food-relevant biological materials currently available at ATCC. Efforts to develop and commercialize #alternativeproteins produced from plant or animal cells or by fermentation are accelerating, but sourcing high-quality biological materials for research remains difficult. Learn more about ATCC's biological resources → https://bit.ly/3QnuBHG To solve for this industry challenge, ATCC—the world’s premier biological resource center providing scientists with essential biomaterials, standards, and protocols—will work with GFI to identify end users, food-relevant attributes, and data to optimize the utilization of the ATCC collection for the alternative protein and fats industries. Collaboration is essential for innovative research that leads to groundbreaking discoveries and results, which is why it's exciting to see ATCC and GFI working together to develop more sustainable alternative proteins and build a better food future that benefits the planet, people, and animals. To learn more about the science of alt proteins, visit: https://bit.ly/3WjVAYv

🌟 Exciting news from Seia Bio! They have been awarded $275,000 by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the National Science Foundation (NSF) subagency. This funding is part of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Action. #SBIR #STTR 🔬 The project aims to protect beneficial microbes from harmful stressors, enabling their widespread use. By switching from chemical to microbial products, we can reduce CO2 emissions and lower costs in various industries, from agriculture to healthcare. This innovative work will result in a generalized process for formulating any microbe for protection and understanding the engineering parameters required to scale-up microbial production. #Innovation #Sustainability 📅 The research will span 12 months, starting on November 1, 2024, and ending on October 31, 2025. This award reflects NSF's commitment to advancing scientific knowledge and its broader impacts. #Research #Science

📢 Exciting News! 🎉 Our research paper on "Sustainable Biosynthesis of β‑Carotene Utilizing Sugarcane Bagasse: Depiction and Biotechnological Implications" has been published in the prestigious international journal Springer! 🌿🔬 Special thanks to Dr. Vikram Raval sir and Prashant Arya for their invaluable support throughout this journey. Read the full paper here https://lnkd.in/dikczfzj. #Biosynthesis #Sustainability #ResearchPublication 📚🌱.

Do we need to change the way we use chemical compounds? “In the long run, if we keep using classical chemicals for these purposes, we will see that it’s harming the land, our health, etc. It’s not contributing in any way. This concept needs to be changed immediately, because each year that we continue to use the same approach, we will continue doing harm and damage," said our coordinator Dorit Avni in an interview with the SECRETed Project H2020. Read the full interview on the future of bio-compounds and the transition to a more sustainable industry. ⬇ ... The SECRETed project is working on novel molecules with tailor-made properties by combining biosynthetic genes of amphiphilic compounds (biosurfactants and siderophores) from marine and extremophilic microorganisms. #DrugDiscovery #DrugDevelopment

Let the SynBioBeta 2024 countdown begin! The Synonym team is looking forward to another great conference this year. Our co-founder and CEO, Edward Shenderovich, will be participating in the session "Scaling Biological Solution Capacity" on May 7th, at 1:45pm PT. Edward will be joined by a panel of industry leaders, including Rob Carlson from Planetary Technologies, Sang Yup Lee of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Andy Bass from MyFOREST Foods . This panel will cover many crucial topics, including scaling up biological systems and increasing capacity of bio solutions to meet global demands in sustainable and economically viable ways. Whether you’re a researcher, entrepreneur, or industry stakeholder, this conversation is for anyone interested in how biotech innovations are tackling some of the world's most pressing environmental and industrial challenges. We hope that you'll join our team and the rest of the synbio ecosystem at SynBioBeta to explore the potential of biotechnology! #biomanufacturing #bioeconomy #synbiobeta2024 #synbio #syntheticbiology #fermentation #precisionfermentation