Exploring the Feasibility of CuanTec’s Process By-products as Sources of Added Value

In this Feasibility project, CuanTec Limited and James Hutton Institute teamed up to analyse the value of side streams from crustacea shells.

Feasibility project, Packaging, Product, ProcessValerie Evans18 August 2022Case Study

Optimising light wavelengths in algal bioreactors

With funding from IBioIC, researchers from St Andrews and Xanthella Ltd have undertaken a feasibility project to improve the production of industrial feedstocks by microalgae under solar illumination.

Product, algae, Feasibility projectValerie Evans3 August 2022Case Study

Microbial production of hydroquinone from waste feedstocks

IBioIC funded a joint project between Victrex and Joanna Sadler and Stephen Wallace from the University of Edinburgh to explore alternative, more sustainable routes for the production of Hydroquinine, ideally from renewable or waste feedstocks, to contribute to their goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

Product, Chemicals, Feasibility project, waste recyclingValerie Evans3 August 2022Case Study

Enamel matrix protein formulation for tooth repair

IBioIC awarded over £8.5k through our Spin Out Fund to Bioenamel to produce human proteins in yeast and test them on surfaces that mimicked damaged teeth.

Product, Medicine and healthcare, Spin OutValerie Evans3 August 2022Case Study, Scale up

Engineering polyketide production

BioIC awarded funding to researchers at the University of Edinburgh to help Ingenza engineer a novel way to produce sustainable surfactants utilising polyketide-producing enzyme complexes that would be adaptable to industry’s needs.

Medicine and healthcare, surfactantsGuest User13 May 2022Case Study

Enhancing the purity of speciality seaweed products

Marine Biopolymers (MBL) is a Scottish SME whose focus is on extracting high value components from brown seaweeds for use in a range of applications such as food and pharmaceuticals, but also in different industrial application areas, where the use of natural polymers is growing fast.

Food and drink, Medicine and healthcare, Packaging, Process, ProductValerie Evans25 March 2022Case Study

Development of an assay for measuring levels and composition of Omega-3 in a variety of sources

Fatty acids are traditionally obtained by extracting oils from plant, fish, or animal tissues, however, the composition in these sources generally depends on the season and location. There is a requirement to find alternative sources to meet the growing demand across the food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetic industries.

Food and drink, agriculture, ServiceValerie Evans25 March 2022Case Study

New Strategies for Downstream Processing of Recombinant Proteins

A feasibility study which offers the potential to improve the production of therapeutic proteins through the development of a purification platform which includes an affinity chromatography step that has been specifically designed for use with a novel set of protein tags.

Medicine and healthcare, ProcessValerie Evans11 March 2022Case Study

Overcoming barriers to sustainable production

Scottish biotechnology company ScotBio has developed an environmentally-friendly way of boosting the production and stability of the natural blue pigment phycocyanin, opening the door to access new global markets.

Food and drink, ProductValerie Evans24 February 2022Case Study, net zero

Accelerating scale up of the ABUNDA® bioprocess

As ENOUGH (formerly 3fBio) move mycoprotein production from their scale up facility in Glasgow to full scale production in the Netherlands, they wanted to design a suite of early diagnosis tests to determine when a batch of product is growing sub-optimally in the hope that issues can be mitigated and avoid reductions in the amount or quality of product.

Food and drink, Process, ProductValerie Evans18 February 2022Case Study

Extending the analytical capability of affordable Microbioreactors

ŌGI Bio Ltd wanted to explore the feasibility of utilising the University of Edinburgh’s state of the art in-line dilution technology to extend the valid range of OD measurements for their microbioreactors.

Novel process for efficient bio-methanisation of waste- derived syngas

Owners of food waste AD plants are looking for alternative ways to valorise waste that contains both plastic and biobased substances. Carbogenics wanted to investigate whether fermentation from screening waste was possible and test a scaled-up version of their process for making biomethane from waste using bacteria.

agriculture, Anaerobic digestion, Food and drink, Process, wasteValerie Evans18 February 2022Case Study, net zero

Biological recovery of Rare Earth Elements

Using bacteria to clean waste water and recover metal ions.

Process, wasteValerie Evans17 February 2022Case Study, net zero

Evaluation of Fish Waste as a Novel Feedstock for the Bio-production of Adipic Acid in Escherichia Coli

Turning low value fish waste into high value molecules using biotechnology.

aquaculture, Plastics, Process, Product, ServiceValerie Evans11 February 2022Case Study

Sustainable Substrate

Revive Eco develop green technologies to produce high value products from waste. Their initial focus is on waste coffee grounds from which they extract several high value chemicals and consumer products.

agriculture, ProductValerie Evans3 February 2022Case Study

Using a Single Use Airlift Bioreactor to produce recombinant monoclonal antibodies (mABs) in mammalian cells.

This Feasibility project sought to obtain data on whether and how the CellMaker aids the growth of mammalian cells for use in the production of medicines, therapeutics and research reagents.

Feasibility project, Medicine and healthcare, Product, ServiceValerie Evans3 February 2022Case Study

Antimicrobial nanocellulosic matrices and coatings

Waste root vegetables could help stop microbes growing on medical implants.

Product, Medicine and healthcare, materials, waste recyclingValerie Evans3 February 2022Case Study

Using a mini-chromosome for synthetic biology in Pichia pastoris

Funding of just under £50k from IBioIC enabled Ingenza to gain invaluable expertise and enhanced their ability to access new markets and end users thanks to the technology developed as a result of this project.

synthetic biology, Proteins, Medicine and healthcareValerie Evans18 January 2022Case Study

Fish oil waste source for the production of bio based surfactants

This project investigated the feasibility of using oils extracted from fish industry waste to produce ingredients such as detergents and foaming agents for use in industrial products.