Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 8, 2022

A UK-based demonstration plant that generates industrial biotechnology sugars and other recycled material streams from the paper and card in mixed household waste has come online in May 2022. The Centre for Process Innovation UK is expected to join soon as a new project partner.

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2022

New £120m venture aims to scale up biotechnology alternative to palm oil and fossil fuels used to make everyday products. Unilever did not disclose the amount it had invested in the partnership, but confirmed it was the largest investment it had made to date in biotechnology alternatives to palm oil.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2024

A project aiming to develop a novel bioinspired membrane to selectively extract compounds from water has won a €3m grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder programme. BIOMEM is a consortium led by Danish biotech company Aquaporin, with research led by Aston University’s Dr Alan Goddard.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

John Kowitz / Two Frontiers After Tierney retrieved flasks of the seawater, Max Schubert, the other lead author of the cyanobacteria paper and a lead project scientist at the scientific nonprofit Align to Innovate, got to work identifying the different organisms in it.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

John Kowitz / Two Frontiers After Tierney retrieved flasks of the seawater, Max Schubert, the other lead author of the cyanobacteria paper and a lead project scientist at the scientific nonprofit Align to Innovate, got to work identifying the different organisms in it.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

We also work to improve plant biotechnologies and have contributed to proof-of-concept studies demonstrating that genome editing can be used to develop useful traits in barley, brassica and potatoes by deleting just a few letters of DNA. So of course they protect these innovations through patents and intellectual property rights.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2022

Alexander Popp, leader of the land use management group at PIK and a co-author of the new study, said biotechnologies such as microbial meat production therefore needed to be fuelled by green energy in order to ensure the climate impacts are kept to a minimum. "A said Popp.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 14, 2024

home in Somerville, MA that was previously an abandoned, unfinished manufacturing space ripe for innovation. Greater Boston, specifically Cambridge, is well regarded as the global hub for life science innovation, research and development, and talent—not to mention the many pharmaceutical and biotech companies headquartered here.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Biohm, a London biotech and biomanufacturing startup, has created a line of sustainable lampshades called Obscure that are made of 100% coffee chaff and orange peel. Biohm has become an example of what’s possible in development and bio-manufacturing of natural materials for the built environment.

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Better Ventures

JANUARY 15, 2020

While synthetic biology isn’t new, its potential as a means for scalable and sustainable production has been dramatically enhanced by the recent breakthrough innovations of low-cost DNA sequencing and gene editing tools such as CRISPR-Cas9. Pow’s innovative solution involves editing the fermentation host (i.e.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

In such markets, the development of standards can play a vital role in turning innovation into reality." The BSI report drew comparisons with the electric vehicle industry, where it said the early emergence of standards helped create the 'scaffolding' which has enabled investment in EV and charging innovations.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

He’s excited to bring his skills for channeling innovation and building partnerships to achieve broader impact. Six years later, he is CEO of Clara Foods, a biotech food company that uses fermentation to create egg proteins without involving chickens. Indeed, his former employer Unilever is a key strategic partner.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

🐄 Agteria Biotech , a Stockholm, Sweden-based methane-reducing feed additive service provider, raised $6m in Seed funding from AgriZeroNZ, Industrifonden, Mudcake (prev. Sky’s the limit, with new space-based solar panel innovation. Trellis Road), and Norrsken Launcher.  

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