In Depth 2 Nov 2016 Green Waste is Biotech’s New Black Gold: A Review of Biorefineries Replacing petroleum-based products with biobased equivalents is the Holy Grail of the bioeconomy. What are biorefineries doing and how can Biotech help? ‘Biorefinery’ is a buzzword for a cool technological space that draws from GreenTech, Industrial Biotech and SynBio. The core concept behind it is relatively simple: these plants mimic the traditional petroleum refinery, but […] November 2, 2016 - 5 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 29 Oct 2016 Aliens in the Cornfield: The Borg Are Taking over Nebraska The assimilation of the human race has begun! A Star Trek nightmare is coming true, as biohackers recruit piercing artists to build human-based Borg. Similar to the Borg’s obsession with perfecting biological life through machinery, biohackers are driven to make human life easier with technological implants. The first trials have already begun, as some biohackers have […] October 29, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 25 Oct 2016 Meet the Cyborg Bacteria that Culture Themselves What if you could program your bacteria to grow in any pattern you fancy? Researchers from ETH Zurich can, and this is huge news for the Biotech Industry! Scientists from ETH Zurich have developed a fully automated system that can precisely control bacterial growth using light. What’s more, unlike other prototypes, this system can adjust to any […] October 25, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 15 Oct 2016 This Scientist crystallises Bacteria for Stained Glass and Lace! Simon Park is a scientist who wants to teach us about the microbiome through his art. Among his works are a self-portrait, lace and stained glass, all of which have been produced from bacteria! At Cafe Science, Dr. Simon Park, Senior Lecturer in Microbial Sciences at the University of Surrey, described the diversity and ubiquity […] October 15, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 12 Oct 2016 Italy has new €100M Factory for Biobased Butanediol With an industry worth €3.5Bn, butanediol is an important chemical intermediate. Novamont has recently opened the first industrial plant to produce bio-butanediol from sugars, using engineered E. coli. Biotechnology is a key driver in replacing fossil fuels with renewable raw materials, so companies and academia are busy creating ways to produce different chemicals from biomass. Examples […] October 12, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 7 Oct 2016 Will SynBio replace the French Wine Industry? Ava Winery is creating cheap, sustainable and customizable wine without grapes, yeast or fermentation. The company plans to commercialize its first product in the coming months, will they be able to steal customers from the most famous French wine companies? Ava Winery claims that 90% of tasters cannot tell its prototype apart from traditional wine. The […] October 7, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Sep 2016 Novozymes moves on Microbes in recent Acquisition The world’s leading producer of enzymes is making moves in the microbial world. Novozymes just acquired Organobalance, a German biotech specializing in microbes. Novozymes is a pillar of the Danish biotech scene and the world’s leading enzyme manufacturer. In 2000, it spun out of Novo Nordisk under the supervision of the World’s Best CEO, and […] September 19, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Evelyn Warner Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 26 Jul 2016 What is Lithuania’s role in European Biotech? Since the days of the Soviet Union, Lithuania has always been considered as a leader in life sciences discoveries in Eastern Europe due to its infrastructure. But what about for Biotech? Nowadays, as a member of the NATO, the European Union, and Eurozone, Lithuania’s life science sector is growing around 20-25% annually; with special focus on […] July 26, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 3 Dec 2015 History of Biotech: How the “First” Biotech Patent Generated Millions The Cohen-Boyer patents were now issued 35 years ago at Stanford University… so what were they and how did they shape the Modern Biotechnology Field? Recombinant DNA (rDNA) products provided a new technology platform for a range of industries, resulting in over US$35 billion in sales for an estimated 2,442 new products. After Genentech was […] December 3, 2015 - 5 minutesmins - By Marie Godar Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email
News and Trends 19 Oct 2015 Synbio Perfumery: Making Smells and Flavors with Microbes Isobionics is a biotech from the Netherlands that specializes in synthetic bio-production of natural essential oils and flavorings for use in the food, perfume and detergent industry. On the other hand, Evolva, from Basel, are estimated to produce up to $500M worth of synthetic vanilla essence for the industry each year. Using bacteria and yeast […] October 19, 2015 - 4 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft Share WhatsApp Twitter Linkedin Email