All Projects

CIRCALGAE
  • Algae, Biomass pretreatment, Cosmetic ingredients, Demonstration (TRL 5-7), Feed, Feed additives, Feed grade, Feed ingredients, Food, Food grade, Food ingredients, HEurope-IA, HEurope-Other, Ongoing projects, Partner, Personal and home care, Product recovery and purification, Proteins, Scale-up (TRL 4-6), Task leader

CIRCular valorisation of industrial ALGAE waste streams into high-value products to foster future sustainable blue biorefineries in Europe.

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COMBO
  • Algae, Cell culture, Cosmetic ingredients, HEurope-Other, HEurope-RIA, Low TRL, Ongoing projects, Partner, Personal and home care, Sponge

COMBO will investigate into innovative cultivation methods for marine biodiscovery.

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FLEXIZYME
  • 2G sugar, 2G sugar - food, Agriculture, Biocatalysis, Cosmetic ingredients, Detergent ingredients, Enzymatic conversion, Forestry sidestreams, HEurope - CBE JU, HEurope - CBE JU - RIA, Ongoing projects, Partner, Personal and home care, Scale-up (TRL 4-6)

Construction of a FLEXIble and adaptable enZYMatic biotechnological platform for sustainablE industrial production of bio-based fatty amines from side stream materials.

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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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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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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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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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BioCluster
  • AO-NIB, Biomaterials, Bioplastics, Biosurfactants, Bulk chemicals, Finished projects, Lubricants, Partner, Personal and home care, Polymers and packaging and biomaterials, Process development, Regional-flanders, SME support, Solvents, Specialty chemicals, VLAIO/AO, Value chain building

The main goal of the project is to facilitate the transition of the Flemish industry to a sustainable, biobased economy by building a competitive biocluster of companies that are able to build new value chains.
The project is primarily aimed at companies from the agro-industry, technology developers and the chemical sector.

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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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