The Bioeconomy Science Center explanatory film provides a first insight into bioeconomy. It describes how interdisciplinary and integrative research cooperation on a regional scale can be organized and what is required to develop solution approaches for the challenges of the 21st century.
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Unfavorable and complex constraints such as limitation of agricultural areas, competing uses of renewable resources – energetically or materially – and changing consumption habits call for new cross-disciplinary approaches from the field of sustainable bioeconomy.
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The sustainable production of energy and renewable resources through resource-efficient processes and the development of a closed-cycle economy is an important aspect of adapting to climate change. Already today, the concept of a sustainable bioeconomy offers many solutions for improving climate protection.
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This can only be achieved through sustainable management of our natural resources, including air, water, climate and ecosystems. A sustainable bioeconomy can provide a number of promising solutions in this area.
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Its storage capability is what makes bioenergy such an important part of the future energy mix. It is an indispensable component that can compete with energy sources such as wind and solar energy that are not always available. The sustainable bioeconomy offers solutions for developing integrated production processes for sustainable production.
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On April 1, the 11th BioSC Forum took place in the Central Library of Forschungszentrum Jülich. After an overview of the last 15 years of the BioSC as a bioeconomy research hub in NRW, long-term developments in the fields of bioplastics, fibers, functional molecules and process technologies were presented. In breakout sessions and a subsequent panel discussion, the relevance of bioeconomy research for societal challenges such as climate change was discussed. In the afternoon, new results from ongoing BioSC projects on a wide range of topics were presented. Extensive networking rounded off the successful day.
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With the funding commitment of 5.83 million euros from the federal and state governments, the Rhenish mining area can continue on its way to becoming a model region for the bioeconomy. NRW Science Minister Ina Brandes and Dr. Mandy Pastohr, President of the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) as the responsible approval authority of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection officially launched the project in Merzenich-Bürgewald on February 24, 2025.
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Congratulations to the consortium around Nick Wierckx and Benedikt Wynands! Using deep metabolic engineering, guided by laboratory evolution, the consortium has optimized Pseudomonas putida to grow on nylon hydrolysates. This includes the expression of nylonases, explored in collaboration with Kenneth Jensen from Novonesis. The researchers enable the ultimate P. putida NYLON-PHB strain to convert polyamide hydrolysates into eco-friendly polyhydroxybutyrate.
Polyamides like nylon are amazing materials with numerous applications, but their recycling is currently almost non-existent. With the new nylon-eating strain, scientists now have a new option: to replace glucose with plastic waste as a feedstock for biotechnological processes.
The 8th International BioSC Symposium focused on how bio-based solutions can contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Almost 200 participants from science, business and politics spent two exciting days at lectures, panel discussions and poster sessions. Thorsten Menne, Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia, opened the symposium and presented in the presence of the namesake the BioSC's Christian Patermann Award 2024 to Benedikt Wynands, Forschungszentrum Jülich, for his outstanding interdisciplinary supervision of doctoral theses on the bioeconomy.
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Busch, F, Leal, OdA, Siebers, N and Brüggemann, N (2024). Biochar captures ammonium and nitrate in easily extractable and strongly retained form without stimulating greenhouse gas emissions during composting. Journal of Environmental Quality n/a(n/a). NewBIAS
Gauthier, C, Lavoie, S, Kubicki, S, Piochon, M, Cloutier, M, Dagenais-Roy, M, Groleau, M-C, Pichette, A, Thies, S and Déziel, E (2024). Structural characterization of a nonionic rhamnolipid from Burkholderia lata. Carbohydrate Research 535: 108991. DesignR/SurfIn/ResPuTra
Langletz, T, Grande, PM, Viell, J, Wolters, D, Tonn, J, Klose, H, Schriever, SG, Hoffmann, A, Jupke, A, Gries, T and Herres-Pawlis, S (2024). Toward a Greener Bioeconomy: Synthesis and Characterization of Lignin–Polylactide Copolymers. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research 5(2): 2300187. LignoTex
Siekmann, F and Venghaus, S (2024). Regional transformation pathways for the bioeconomy: A novel monitoring approach for complex transitions. Journal of Industrial Ecology 28(3): 603-616. Transform2Bio
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