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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Application for the PhD Training Day "Discussing (in) Science – Basics of Interdisciplinary Communication and Collaboration" is open know. The workshop will take place on November 29th in Cologne in frame of the BioSC Forum.
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On the 1st of September, 2017 a BioSC Spotlight about the low-input plant Silphie takes place at Campus Klein-Altendorf in Bonn. BioSC scientists and external experts will present their latest results and discuss current developments regarding cultivation and utilisation of Silphie. The event will be in German. Registration is open!
moreThe BioSC lecture on "Inspired by nature - Development of sustainable flavour modifiers" will be given on the 4th of August 11.30 am at Forschungszentrum Jülich by Dr. Jakob Ley, Director Ingredient Research Flavour & Nutrition at Symrise AG. Dr. Ley is group leader for the development of aroma and taste modulation compounds.
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In frame of the 2. International BioSC Symposium "Towards an Integrated Bioeconomy" we are happy to announce a poster call. Submit your poster before August 15th with the main topics “Socioeconomic Perspectives within a Sustainable Bioeconomy”, “Innovations for Plant Production and Resource Management” und “Green Value Chains ‐ Processes and Products from Biomass”.
moreNumerous federal states promote the development of the bioeconomy with their own programmes and initiatives. Politics and science representatives of ten federal states met at the invitation of the German Bioeconomy Council in Berlin. In addition to, federal bioeconomy strategies specific for country, regional and land-covering research groups as well as social dialogue were the centre of focus. Besides, it becomes clear: The bioeconomy in Germany is already strong due to the network of the national and regional initiatives, but improved understanding is necessary.
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This year again, BioSC will award young researchers. With the BioSC Supervision Award, the Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC) is thus awarding young academics for special achievements with regard to the quality of their supervision of doctoral students in the BioSC Core Groups.
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Compentences covering a wide range of scientific disciplines from biology, engineering to economy and social sciences will be combined within the three so called "FocusLabs" to foster a sustainable bioeconomy in NRW. FocusLabs were established within the Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC).
The next BioSC excursion for PhDs will take place on 12 July 2017. The project: metabolon will be presented during the excursion. The objective of the :metabolon project is to redevelop the current Waste Disposal Centre Leppe by turning it into a competence, learning and innovation site for material conversion and location-related environmental technology and techniques. The number of participants is limited.
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In frame of the 2. International BioSC Symposium "Towards an Integrated Bioeconomy" we are happy to announce a poster call. Posters should address one of the following sessions:
(1) Socioeconomic Perspectives within a Sustainable Bioeconomy
(2) Innovations for Plant Production and Resource Management
(3) Green Value Chains - Processes and Products from Biomass
Advanced Pulping for Perennial Plants: A holistic and sustainable integrated lignocellulose biorefinery concept
The Focus lab AP³ aims to establish a novel biorefinery concept for a sustainable processing of perennial biomass grown on marginal soils and fractionated efficiently by the OrganoCat technology. The Focus lab combines worldwide leading expertise in plant biology, chemical & process engineering as well as economy in respect to social implications. AP³ will increase the potential of perennial plants by establishing and combining new varieties and management strategies coupled to advanced breeding and ameliorating their biomass processability.
Project leader: Dr. Holger Klose, Institute for biology I, RWTH Aachen University
moreIntegration of next generation biosurfactant production into biorefinery processes
In the spirit of a sustainable bioeconomy, the Biosurfactant Biorefinery (Bio2) project aims at the development of a biorefinery process for the production of next-generation biosurfactants rhamnolipids (RLs) and mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) with recombinant strains of Pseudomonas putida and Ustilago maydis, respectively. Interdisciplinary cooperation of seven core groups will provide a well-founded basis to establish novel and innovative solutions addressing cutting-edge process development on multiple levels.
Project leader: Dr.-Ing. Lars Regestein, AVT - Aachener Verfahrenstechnik, RWTH Aachen
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Combinatorial creation of structural diversity for novel high-value compounds
Reinforcing the change of paradigm from synthetic chemistry to sustainable microbial production, CombiCom will thus exploit secondary metabolite pathways to deliver natural compounds and further extend these structures by exploring the non-natural chemical space beyond. We will pursue an integrated approach by joining forces of experts in biology, chemistry and engineering to create synthetic biology-tailored microbial chassis allowing for the sustainable production of novel high-value compounds, which will be evaluated for their anti-phytopathogenic activity and pharmaceutical potential.
Project leader: Dr. Anita Loeschcke, Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology of the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf located at Forschungszentrum Jülich
moreVan Tassel, DL, Albrecht, KA, Bever, JD, Boe, AA, Brandvain, Y, Crews, TE, Gansberger, M, Gerstberger, P, González-Paleo, L, Hulke, BS, Kane, NC, Johnson, PJ, Pestsova, EG, Picasso Risso, VD, Prasifka, JR, Ravetta, DA, Schlautman, B, Sheaffer, CC, Smith, KP, Speranza, PR, Turner, MK, Vilela, AE, von Gehren, P and Wever, C (2017) Accelerating Silphium Domestication: An Opportunity to Develop New Crop Ideotypes and Breeding Strategies Informed by Multiple Disciplines. Crop Science 57(3): 1274-1284.
Meurer, RA, Kemper, S, Knopp, S, Eichert, T, Jakob, F, Goldbach, HE, Schwaneberg, U and Pich, A (2017) Biofunktionale Mikrogel-basierte Dünger zur kontrollierten Blattdüngung mit Nährstoffen auf Pflanzen. Angewandte Chemie. doi 10.1002/ange.201701620.
Terfrüchte, M., Reindl, M., Jankowski, S., Sarkari, P., Feldbrügge, M., Schipper, K. (2017) Applying Unconventional Secretion in Ustilago maydis for the Export of Functional Nanobodies. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 18(5), 937.
7th of September 2017
The main focus of this Joint Technology Initiative is on the transformation of non-edible parts of plants (e.g. wood, agricultural and forestry residues) and biodegradable wastes into bio-based products and biofuels.
23. October 2017
Gefördert werden FuE-Projekte , die Lösungsansätze für eines der drei folgenden Themenmodule bieten:
Modul 1: Verfahren, Technologien und Produkte der Primärraffination;
Modul 2: Verfahren, Technologien und Produkte der Sekundärraffination;
Modul 3: Nutzungskonzepte für anfallende Koppel- und Nebenprodukte.
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