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The purpose of this study is to estimate the economic impact of the production activities of European enterprises applying biotechnology in their research and manufacturing processes. The analysis covers the years between 2008...

The research projects CHAMPION and PERFECOAT aim to replace conventional fossil-based materials with novel bio-based solutions. At their jointly organized event, “Bio-based Innovations for Industrial Applications”...

In recent years industrial biotechnology – also known as “white” biotech – has emerged as a high-value driver of industrial modernisation and the green transition. Through the innovative...

The European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology & the Bioeconomy (EFIB) 2023 focuses on industrial biotechnology for a sustainable and resilient global Europe. EFIB is now in its 16th year...

This workshop report summarises the presentations at a workshop for Parties to the Nagoya Protocol organised by the EU in Brussels in November 2017.

This is a preliminary report by external experts tasked by the EU in 2020 to analyse the implications of the compliance obligations under the EU ABS Regulation on compliance measures for users from the Nagoya Protocol...

Many plants turn glucose from photosynthesis into polymers that form insoluble starch granules ideal for long-term energy storage in roots and seeds. Cai et al. developed...

The new route makes it possible to shift the mode of starch production from traditional agricultural planting to industrial manufacturing, and opens up a new technical route for synthesizing complex...

The imminent need for transition to a circular bioeconomy, based on the valorisation of renewable biomass feedstocks, will ameliorate global challenges induced by climate change, environmental pollution and population...