All Projects

CIRCLE
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - food, 2G sugar - forestry, Automotive applications, Biomass pretreatment, Bulk chemicals, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Fermentation, Food related sidestreams, Forestry sidestreams, HEurope - CBE JU, HEurope - CBE JU - FLAG, Lactic acid, PLA, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, WP leader

Circular Initiative for Recycling and waste Conversion into Lactate Extracts

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FERM eiwit
  • 1G sugar, 2G sugar, Agricultural sidestreams, Agriculture, Biomass pretreatment, Bulk chemicals, Coordinator, Database and network, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Enzymes, Feed, Fermentation, Fermented foods, Food, Food ingredients, Food related sidestreams, Forestry sidestreams, Gas fermentation, Gasses, Industrial sidestreams, Low TRL, Oils and derivatives, Ongoing projects, Other feedstock, Personal and home care, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Proteins, Regional-flanders, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Single cell protein, VLAIO/AO, Value chain building, WP leader

The ‘FERM eiwit’-project focuses on strengthening Flanders as an international leader in fermentation-based proteins.

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ROBOCOOP-EU
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - food, 2G sugar - industrial, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Extraction, Food related sidestreams, Fruit waste, HEurope-CBEJU-IA, Ongoing projects, Partner, Personal and home care, Product recovery and purification, Specialty chemicals

ROBOCOOP-EU aims to develop and deploy regional circular bio-based business models for the valorisation of waste streams from three agricultural sectors: grape, olive and stone fruit.

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POLYMEER
  • Automotive applications, Biocatalysis, Biochemical modification, Biomass pretreatment, Biomaterials, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Biorefinery, Brewers spent grain, Enzymatic conversion, Food related sidestreams, Fractionation, Green chemistry, HEurope - CBE JU, HEurope - CBE JU - RIA, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Polymers, Process development (TRL 4-5), Task leader, Textile fibres

Brewers spent grain as main by-product for development of novel, high-performance bio-based polymers, polymer blends and co-polymers. 

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PROMOFER
  • Agricultural sidestreams, Biocatalysis, Biomass pretreatment, Butanediol, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Fermentation, Food related sidestreams, HEurope - CBE JU, HEurope-CBEJU-IA, Ongoing projects, PHB, Polymers, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, WP leader

Boosting upstream and downstream processes to maximize yield of PHB production and 2,3-butanediol.

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SURFs UP
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - food, 2G sugar - forestry, 2G sugar - industrial, Agriculture, Biosurfactants, Coordinator, Cosmetic ingredients, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Detergent ingredients, Detergents, Food related sidestreams, Food waste, Forestry sidestreams, Glycerol, HEurope - CBE JU, HEurope-CBEJU-IA, Hard wood, Industrial sidestreams, MELs, Oils and derivatives, Ongoing projects, Personal and home care, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Sophorolipids, Starch, Used cooking oil

Safe and sustainable by design microbial and lignin-based biosurfactants sourced from sustainable feedstock for home, personal care and agrochemical application.

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YAF
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, 2G sugar - food, 2G sugar - industrial, Advanced fuel, Agricultural sidestreams, Agricultural waste, Algae, Biomass pretreatment, Fermentation, Food related sidestreams, Food waste, Fuels, HEurope-MSCA, HEurope-Other, Industrial sidestreams, Jet fuel, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Paper and cardboard, Partner, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Residue textile industry, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

Yeast-based solutions for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).

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ChitoBioEngineering
  • 1G sugar, Agriculture, Bacterial, Biopolymers, Chitin, Chito-oligosaccharides, Chitosans, Coordinator, E. coli, ERA-IB, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food related sidestreams, Glucose, Process development (TRL 4-5), Sucrose, Sugar, WP leader

The ChitoBioEngineering project aims at establishing biotechnological ways of producing fully defined, partially acetylated chitosan oligomers. This will be achieved through genetic, metabolic, and enzyme engineering.

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DAFIA
  • Active barrier coatings, Biochemicals, Biopolymers, Bulk chemicals, Chemical building blocks, Di-amines, Fermentation, Finished projects, Flame retardants, Food related sidestreams, H2020-RIA, MSW, Marine waste, Muconic acid, Municipal solid waste, Other feedstock, Polyamides, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery & purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Specialty chemicals, WP leader

The main objective of DAFIA is to exploit the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes (MSW) and marine rest raw materials (MRRM) as feedstocks for higher value products.

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