All Projects

SECRETed
  • 1G sugar, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - industrial, Biomedical applications, Biosurfactants, Detergent ingredients, Detergents, Fatty acids, Fatty alcohols, Fermentation, H2020-Other, H2020-RIA, Oils and derivatives, Ongoing projects, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Vegetable oils

The SECRETed project proposes the development of novel molecules by the combination of biosynthetic genes of amphiphilic compounds, biosurfactants and siderophores, produced by marine and extremophilic microorganisms.

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SHEALTHY
  • Agriculture, Antimicrobial compounds, Extraction, Food and drink packaging, Food packaging, Food related sidestreams, Food waste, Fruit waste, Green chemistry, H2020-RIA, Membrane filtration, Ongoing projects, Packaging, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Ultrasound assisted extraction, Vegetable waste

SHEALTHY aims to assess and develop an optimal combination of non-thermal sanitization, preservation and stabilization methods to improve the safety (inactivation of pathogens and spoilage microorganisms), while preserving the nutritional quality (up to 30%) and prolonging the shelf-life (up to 50%) of minimally processed F&V products.

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SIMBA
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, Agriculture, Bacterial culture, Cultivation, Fermentation, Fermented foods, Food, Food grade, H2020-IA, Microbiome, Mixed starters culture, Ongoing projects, Process development (TRL 4-5), Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

The objective of the SIMBA project is providing innovative microbiome solutions to increase food security, nutrition, and help address key societal challenges.

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SMARTBOX
  • Aromatics, Beech wood, Biocatalysis, Biodegradable, Biomaterials, Coordinator, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Enzyme engineering, Enzyme production, Enzymes, Exploitation, FDCA, Fermentation, Food, Forestry biomass, H2020 BBI-RIA, HMF, Hard wood, Lignin, Lignin biomass, Lignocellulose, Ongoing projects, Other feedstock, Oxidative catalysis, Polycarbonate building blocks, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, Reductive catalytic fractionation, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Soft wood, Specialty chemicals, Vanillin, WP leader

SMARTBOX will develop an advanced computational engineering platform specifically for oxidative enzymes. Relying on this platform, SMARTBOX will develop the one-enzyme conversion of HMF into FDCA and intermediates, and the one-enzyme conversion of lignin monomers into a potential biobased building block for polycarbonates and vanillin.

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UPLIFT
  • Biodegradable, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Eco-design, Enzyme development, Fermentation, Food and drink packaging, H2020-RIA, Industrial sidestreams, Ongoing projects, Partner, Plastic upcycling, Plastic waste, Polymers, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Scale-up (TRL 4-6)

The concept of UPLIFT is to introduce biological depolymerization technology as an addition and integration to established recycling practices, by converting persistent plastic waste into more easily recyclable and/or degradable polymers.

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USABLE PACKAGING
  • Biodegradable, Biomaterials, Bioplastics, Biopolymers, Finished projects, H2020 BBI-RIA, Industrial sidestreams, Mixed culture, PHA, PHB, Packaging, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Process waters, Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6)

USABLE PACKAGING project will establish a new value chain for bioplastics. This will be based on low-cost and widely-available feedstock, such as by-products and sidestreams from the food processing industry.

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WASTE2FUNC
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, 2G sugar - food, Agricultural sidestreams, Agricultural waste, Biosurfactants, Bulk chemicals, Coordinator, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Detergent ingredients, Detergents, Fatty acids, Fermentation, Food related sidestreams, Food waste, H2020 BBI-IA-DEMO, Lactic acid, Market sample production, Oils, Oils and derivatives, Ongoing projects, PLA, Personal and home care, Polylactic acid, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Starch, Used cooking oil, Vegetable oils

The WASTE2FUNC project aims to resolve supply chain hurdles towards the efficient conversion of food (crop) waste into two types of biobased functional molecules.

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Afterlife
  • Aerobic fermentation, Anaerobic fermentation, Bioplastics, CAPEX, Circular Economy, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Fermentation, H2020 BBI-RIA, Industrial sidestreams, LCA, Mixed culture, PHA, PHB, Passed projects, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development (TRL 4-5), Process waters, Product recovery and purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), WP leader

The AFTERLIFE project proposes a flexible, cost- and resource-efficient process for recovering and valorising the relevant fractions from wastewater.

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AppliSurf
  • (Inter)Cluster, 1G sugar, Biosurfactants, Catalisti-SBO, Detergents, Fatty acids, Fatty alcohols, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food, Glucose, Green chemistry, High throughput screening, Industrial biotechnology, Industry user group, Oils, Oils and derivatives, Ozonolysis, Personal and home care, Personal care, Product recovery & purification, Regional-flanders, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Specialty carbohydrates, Vegetable oils, WP leader

Screening the application potential of a yeast-based biosurfactant portfolio. In AppliSurf a combination of genetic modification, fermentation development/optimization and green chemistry will be applied to enable commercial production at acceptable cost of an innovative and broad portfolio of biosurfactant structures.

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