Biomaterials from Microbial Chitin
In a world where plastic pollution is rampant, sustainable biomaterials have become increasingly important. An Nguyen, a doctoral student...
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Microbial Self-healing Materials
As we step into the fast-paced world of fashion, the demand for sustainable materials goes beyond the obvious. The need for new solutions...
Accelerating drug discovery with AI
The production of new drugs is complex and time-consuming, but the use of artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to reduce costs...
New pathways for microbial pigments
In a world without colors, life would be dull and uninspiring. Yet nearly all of the colors we use in our daily lives come from pigments...
Predicting the future catalytic activity of enzymes
Enzymes are nature's own biocatalysts and are involved in almost all the processes in the cycle of life in all biological systems....
AI assited enzyme design for improved bioplastics
Fossil-based plastics have become a ubiquitous part of our lives, from the products we use on a daily basis to the infrastructure we...
The BioColour - project
Textile industry weighs heavy on the environment. 99 % of the pigments currently used in textiles are fossil-based synthetic dyes. To...
The Design Build Test Learn Capabilities and Infrastructure at VTT
Harnessing microbes for industrial purposes using synthetic biology requires a systematic design build test learn cycle approach -...
Bio-based insulation boards made with microbes
Another abundant feedstock - readily available for biotechnological utilization, are the food industry side streams. Microbes are...
Plastic precursors from agro and forestry residues
In a recently established Business Finland project - SynbioPro - researchers at VTT and Tampere University are working on turning...
Screening for a novel enzyme cocktail for bioethanol production from lignocellulose
Our efforts to significantly decrease the use of fossil raw material puts high pressure on developing sustainable alternatives. And this...
Use of Xylitol from Organsolv hemicellulose fraction in bioproduction
The pulp and paper industry could potentially offer many opportunities for synthetic biology. Current pulping methods create side streams...
Mycelium leather production at 1 meter per minute at VTT
Recently a group of scientists at VTT demonstrated continuous production of mycelium leather at 1 meter per minute. Fungal mycelium is...
Microbial drop-in replacement for PET from fruit peels
Annually hundreds of thousands of tons of fruit peels, seeds and sugar beet pulp, a side stream of sugar production, pile up without high...
Ancient archaea harnessed for fuels production
One of the most abundant industrial side streams in the world is of course CO2. Using this carbon source efficiently, instead of pumping...
Knallgas Bacteria
Knallgas bacteria are able to use CO2 as feedstock. These bacteria can be used for example in protein production. This video is part of...
Photosynthetic cell factories
Around 2 billion years ago something extraordinary emerged from the primordial seas of our planet: photosynthetic bacteria. Known to many...
Meet the Scientists of the Future Bioeconomy part 3: Engineering the cell factory
To stay competitive, industries need to increase their productivity. Typically this is done by improving the process of manufacturing,...
Meet the Scientists of the Future Bioeconomy part 2: Spider Silk – the supermaterial of the future
Spider silk is one of the strongest materials found in the natural world. Scientists have been studying spider silk for decades, not just...
Spider Silk – the supermaterial of the future
Spider silk is one of the strongest materials found in the natural world. Scientists have been studying spider silk for decades, not just...
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