International research projects

acib is a strong partner in EU projects, not only for scientific approaches but also for communication, dissemination work packages or life-cycle assessments.

Duration: 2024 – 2028

BeyondBattRec is about a beyond state-of-the-art battery recycling approach by increasing the selectivity and specificity of efficient pre-processing technologies.

Duration: 2024 – 2028

CAARE is a doctoral network to develop advanced downstream processes and analytical tools for bionanoparticle manufacturing.

Duration: 2023 – 2026

Piezo4Spine aims to develop a novel multifactorial therapy for spinal cord injury (SCI). To tackle SCI complexity more accurately, we focus on two pivotal aspects of neural repair: Mechanotransduction, targeting Piezo mechanoreceptors, and inhibitory scarring, targeting meningeal fibroblasts.

Duration: 2021 – 2025

The main objective of ConCO₂rde is to train Early Stage Researchers in different research disciplines that together allow the conversion of CO₂ by smart autotrophic biorefineries.

Duration: 2024 – 2028

CirculH2 is an research project aimed at advancing industrial biotechnology by utilizing hydrogenases to promote hydrogen (H₂) as a clean, circular, and renewable reactant in the sustainable production of chemicals.

Duration: 2024 – 2026

FEASTS is a groundbreaking, collaborative research programme with the goal to deliver a comprehensive, unbiased knowledge base about cultured meat and seafood (CM/CSF), and their place in the food system.

Duration: 2023 – 2026

The Doctoral Network BiocatCodeExpander is focused on expanding the diversity of functional groups present in proteins to enhance the fields of biocatalysis and biotechnology by using non-canonical amino acids as building blocks.

Duration: 2018 – 2022

A radically new value chain for the utilisation of surplus sucrose from sugar beet biomass in the EU will be developed.

Duration: 2019 – 2022

This FETOPEN project intends to realize biocatalytic cascades in one pot by coupling enzymes to magnetic nanoparticles. By applying an alternate magnetic field, temperature optima can be locally controlled. This means a game changer for industrial biotransformations.

Duration: 2019 – 2022

A diverse team of chemists, biologists, biophysicists, and protein engineers are pioneering the development of Synthetic Glycobiology.

Duration: 2019 – 2023

The SECRETERS partnership builds new-generation microbial platforms for the production of disulphide-bonded and new format ‘difficult-to-express’ proteins.

Duration: 2019 – 2023

acib is coordinating the MSCA European Training Network in the field of continuous downstream processing of bioproducts.

Duration: 2019 – 2023

Bio-Plastics-Europe aims to research sustainable strategies and solutions for bio-based products to support the EU Plastics Strategy and a Circular Economy.

Duration: 2020 – 2023

INTERfaces ist ein MSCA-ITN Training Network Projekt, in dem heterogene biokatalytische Reaktionskaskaden erforscht werden.

Duration: 2020 – 2023

The H2020 UPLIFT project deals with the up-cycling of bio-plastics for applications in food and drinks packaging.

Duration: 2020 – 2024

The BBI-JU project ENZYCLE deals with the enzymatic degradation of plastic fractions that could not be recycled before.

Duration: 2021 – 2024

Bionanopolys unites European experts in this field to establish an Open Innovation Test Bed (OITB) environment to accelerate the development of nano-enabled bio-based materials.

International research projects

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