BYEAST - Better yeast based protein through strain development
BYEAST vil utvikle nye gjærstammer spesielt for produksjon av enkeltcelleprotein til fôr.
Industrial biotechnology
SINTEF's initiative within Industrial biotechnology contributes to ensure a future sustainable bio economy. In Industrial biotechnology enzymes and microorganisms are used to create products in the fields of fine- and bulk chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and feed, paper, textiles, energy, materials and polymers.
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- 3D bioprinting, and additive manufacturing (AM) for health/medicine applications in general
- Biopharmaceuticals, medical technology and nanomedicine
- Downstream processing – Product isolation, purification and characterization
- Environmental Biotechnology and Microbiology
- Food and Feed Microbiology and Biochemistry
- Functional metagenomics and enzyme technology
- High throughput screening
- Industrial Biotechnology - Efficient strains and processes
- Marine Biotechnology and bioprospecting
- Mass spectrometry and separation science in Biotechnology
- Nanomedicine
- Polymer particles and capsules
- Systems and synthetic biology
Projects
BlueGreenFood: Innovating Sustainable and Healthy Food Alternatives with Seaweed and Plant-Based Proteins
BlueGreenFood aims to develop sustainable methods to preserve and use seaweed, ensuring stable supply, reducing climate impact, and creating healthy products in circular value chains.
TipTop: Innovative and optimised utilisation of poultry feathers
Circular use of feathers via innovative tech that turns them into feed and biodegradable materials, returning nutrients to soil. Less waste, better resource use, and a sustainable food chain.
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News
From CO₂ to new products: New pilot facility at Tiller to boost sustainable industrial processes
The new pilot-scale facility at the SINTEF Process Technology Centre will provide a unique arena for developing and testing green biotechnological solutions at a larger scale. Initially, the plant will be used to test technology for converting CO...
Improved production process for Lithuanian bio-fertilizers
SINTEF contributed with research on bioprocess optimization in a project for establishing industrial microbiological fertilizers in Lithuania.
Cultivating salad plants that can be grown on the Moon
NASA has finished its planning and is ready to go. Humans will soon be returning to the Moon – this time in a manned base. But, if this project is to succeed, astronauts must be able to grow their own food. Norwegian researchers are in the process of...