All Projects

ALADIN
  • 1G sugar, Aerobic fermentation, Algae, Algae (lutein-rich), Case study, ERA4HEALTH Partnership, Fermentation, Food, Food grade, Food ingredients, Heterotrophic production of microalgae, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Partner, Process development, Product recovery and purification, WP leader

Algal lutein against decline of intellectual nimbleness.

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Biopet
  • 1G sugar, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, 2G sugar - food, Aerobic fermentation, Biomass pretreatment, Biorefinery, Brewers spent grain, DSP process development, Endive roots, Extraction, Feed, Fermentation, Food related sidestreams, Industrial biotechnology, Low TRL, Ongoing, Ongoing projects, Partner, Pears, Precision fermentation, Product recovery and purification, Triacylglycerides, VIB Grand Challenge

The Biopet project aims at using biotechnology to produce sustainable pet food.

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DyeAnotherWay
  • 1G sugar, DSP process development, Extraction, Fermentation, HEurope-MSCA, HEurope-Other, In situ product recovery, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Precision fermentation, Process development (TRL 4-5), Product recovery and purification, Textile dyes, WP leader

This Doctoral Network aims at providing 12 Doctoral Candidates skills necessary to lead the textile and food industries into a greener future by developing new sustainable dyeing methods.

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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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HiPProFib
  • (Inter)Cluster, 1G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, 2G sugar - food, DSP process development, Fermentation, Low TRL, Moonshot flanders-cSBO, Ongoing projects, Partner, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Product recovery and purification, Regional-flanders, Sporesilk, Textile fibres

Scalable production of high performance protein fibre materials

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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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Biosurfing
  • 1G sugar, Biosurfactants, Cosmetic ingredients, Detergents, FP7, Fatty acids, Fermentation, Finished projects, Glucose, Nano technology, Oils, Oils and derivatives, Personal and home care, Personal care, Process development, Product recovery & purification, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Sophorolipids, Vegetable oils, WP leader

This project aims to create new-to-nature and tailor-made biosurfactants through metabolic engineering of the unconventional yeast Starmerella bombicola.
Surfactants or surface active agents are applied in a wide range of industries and products e.g. cleaning, personal care, cosmetics, agriculture, oil recovery, paper industry.

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CarboSurf
  • 1G sugar, 2G oils, 2G sugar, 2G sugar - agriculture, Agricultural sidestreams, Biosurfactants, Custom manufacturing, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Detergents, Fatty acids, Fatty alcohols, Fermentation, Finished projects, Food, Food grade, Fucosylated carbohydrates, H2020 BBI-RIA, HMO, Lactose, MELs, Market sample production, Oils, Oils and derivatives, Personal and home care, Product recovery & purification, Rhamnolipids, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Sialylated carbohydrates, Sophorolipids, Specialty carbohydrates, Used cooking oil, Vegetable oils, WP leader, Xylolipids

The CARBOSURF project aims to develop new biobased processes as well as products and solves bottlenecks in the fermentative production of biobased biosurfactants and specialty carbohydrates. Specifically, it targets different glycolipid biosurfactants with a wide range of application fields and specialty carbohydrates, i.e. complex Human Milk Oligosaccharides that find applications as neutraceutical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic ingredients.

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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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