Leipzig research team develops process for bio-based nylon
Electrons and microbes are the decisive factor in this Until now, nylon has been produced from petroleum-based raw materials. However, this is quite harmful to the environment because non-renewable fossil resources are used, a great deal of energy is required, and climate-damaging nitrous oxide is emitted during production. A research…
Ideas Competition “SCIENCE ON STAGE” – Clear the Stage for Science
With our vision of a “Living Transfer Center”, in which bioactive and biomimetic materials and technologies are developed towards application and, above all, the transfer is lived by the team, we took part in the final pitches of the “science on stage” ideas competition in the #WeissbuchForschungSachsen project. Inspiring impulses…
Bioeconomy Workshop Saxony “Bioprocesses for the Bioeconomy” on 06.09.2023
How can small helpers such as bacteria, algae, fungi and enzymes be effectively integrated into large-scale production processes? The German Biomass Research Center gGmbH, biotopa gGmbH and the Research and Transfer Center for Bioactive Matter b-ACTmatter of the University of Leipzig invite to the fifth Bioeconomy Workshop Saxony on 06…
Integrated electrosynthesis and biosynthesis for the production of adipic acid from lignin-derived phenols
To read the article by Dr. Rohan Karande, Alexander Franz, Prof. Dr. Falk Harnisch and Micjel Chávez Morejón click here: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2023/gc/d3gc01105d