Green Bioactives (GBL), a pioneering world-class company in the discovery, development and sustainable production of high value plant-based products, is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a £100,000 Scottish Enterprise SMART grant.
Read MoreA new method to extract valuable bio-based chemicals from whisky distillery waste streams could transform manufacturing and be worth up to £90 million in global chemical manufacturing markets.
Read MoreA refreshed industrial strategy, supporting economic growth and inward investment, is likely to be defined in the coming months, and given its role in the drive for sustainability, the bioeconomy should be a core focus. However, we cannot afford for new leaders to press pause on the progress made so far.
Read MoreWaste textiles from sailing boats could be given a new lease of life as a result of a research project upcycling plastic fibres from sails into new chemicals such as vanillin – the compound used in cosmetics and food products for a vanilla flavour and smell.
Read MoreIBioIC’s second annual Careers Day has seen over 100 attendees from industry and the student cohort meet at the University of Strathclyde’s Insight Institute.
Read MoreIBioIC team members Annelie du Plessis, Neil Renault, and Albert Serrano Gomez had a particularly fruitful experience at SeAgriculture in June, with new members, new work, and new inspiration for delivering support to the seaweed industry.
Read MoreThe IBioIC team attracted a full house with people standing in the aisles to hear about the opportunities presented by engineering biology at this year’s Chem UK conference in Birmingham.
Read MoreThe biotech sector in Galicia has a cutting end biotechnology industry, exciting start ups and spin outs, and several world class research institutes. They have 160 biotechnology companies, which an annual turnover of more than €1.4 bn and, like Scotland, has ambition plans to fast track this by 2030. The biotech sector generates 5,600 direct jobs in Galicia and is growing at around 10% per year.
Read MoreAberdeen-based biotechnology company NCIMB has kicked-off a new research project to demonstrate novel enzyme technology with an exciting array of potential applications in the pharmaceutical, food & drink and environmental sectors. The work is being supported with a Bio-based Manufacturing in Scotland grant from Innovate UK.
Read MoreHeriot Watt University and FlexBio have been awarded funds from Innovate UK as part of the RESILIENCE Centre of Excellence, an Innovate UK and Office for Life Sciences-funded programme which is intended to strengthen the UK’s Medicines Manufacturing skills pipeline, from outreach, awareness, and training in schools, to postgraduate and CPD study.
Read MoreIn early May, IBioIC co-hosted a UK pavilion at the world’s largest synthetic biology event in San Jose, California to showcase the best of UK’s engineering biology capability.
Read MoreThe Inward Investment Catalyst Fund from Interface and the Scottish Government is aimed at attracting businesses out with Scotland, through developing partnerships with universities, research institutes, colleges and innovation centres.
Read MoreAddressing heavy metal pollution is one of the most hotly contested areas of environmental research. Several individual treatments, namely, physical, chemical, and biological are being utilised to remove heavy metals from the environment – but they all face challenges in terms of sustainability, expensiveness and in-situ treatment failure. In this article, Leigh Cassidy discusses SEM’s latest approach to the issue.
Read MoreCarbogenics has announced the opening of their new cutting-edge site, dedicated to the production of their flagship product, CreChar, set to revolutionise the anaerobic digestion (AD) market.
Read MoreResearchers in Scotland are investigating the potential of converting sewage sludge into a mineral-rich material that could be used to treat water impacted by eutrophication and algal blooms – a phenomenon increasingly affecting lochs and rivers, associated with climate change.
Read MoreThe Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has launched a refreshed Scottish Bioresource Mapping Tool to help more businesses make the case for investing in biotechnology facilities and processes, boosting the country’s bioeconomy.
Read MoreA Scottish startup using seaweed as the base for natural fabric dyes could help fashion and textiles manufacturers improve sustainability and reduce their reliance on petrochemical-derived colourings.
Read MoreAn Edinburgh-based startup is exploring a new technology that could create gluten-safe food products, such as bread, while retaining the taste and texture of the real thing.
Read MoreThe FlexBio project at Heriot-Watt University showcases the innovative use of bacteria to derive valuable products from seaweed, signaling a new era in sustainable biotechnology.
Read MoreIBioIC members have been successful in the £12 million REforMM CR&D competition from @UK Research and Innovation. Successful organisations will complete collaborative R&D projects to de-risk new approaches to improve resource efficiency.
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