Nylon Eaters – Microscopic helpers recycle plastic waste

Bacterium “eats” individual building blocks of different types of nylon and converts them into value-added products

Numerous World’s First Scientific Breakthroughs on Path to De-Extinction

Colossal Secures $200M in Series C Funding From TWG Global

Are trees the future for the production of industrial chemicals?

Finding could help turn trees into affordable, greener industrial chemicals

Turning bacteria into bioplastic factories

Biologists find new ways to encourage the plastic-producing power of purple microbes

Unlocking the world of bacteria

Researchers introduce novel approach to DNA transformation and genetic mutation of bacteria: The basis for new antibiotics and cell-based therapies

Groundbreaking Genome Editing Tools Unlock New Possibilities for Precision Medicine

Start-up Seamless Therapeutics will advance these innovative findings to therapeutic application

Scientists use quantum biology, AI to sharpen genome editing tool

"This study represents an exciting advancement toward, understanding how we can avoid making costly ‘typos’ in an organism’s genetic code"

Structural biology: Molecular scissors caught in the act

Structure of an enzyme crucial for tRNA maturation sheds light on cause of neurodegenerative disorders

Researchers visualise activity of CRISPR genetic scissors

New method allows precise observation of gene recognition

How to produce more antibiotics?

Coaxing microorganisms to perform at their best

Biotech in Germany has significant potential, but lack of collaboration hampers growth

Basic research, research and development in biotech, startup activity, public infrastructure and the business environment were analysed

Start-up boom thriving

In 2024, 37 new spin-offs were founded at ETH Zurich, a large proportion of them in the fields of AI and biotechnology.

Wacker Chemie AG: Chemical and biotechnology divisions performed in a weak market environment in 2024

Preliminary figures

Numerous World’s First Scientific Breakthroughs on Path to De-Extinction

Colossal Secures $200M in Series C Funding From TWG Global

BIOTECH AUSTRIA calls for better framework conditions for the biotechnology sector of the future

Proposals provide impetus for research, infrastructure and investments in Austria

BASF partners with Acies Bio to drive sustainable production of Personal and Home Care ingredients

Partnership on biotechnology supports the further development of fermentation technology

Engineering biology is expected to disrupt all industries

Bavarian biotechnology grows and achieves record financing

11 start-ups and two relocations show start-up momentum

Vaccines from the field?

"Green factories" - vaccines from plants: how does it work?

8.5 million euros for innovative start-up teams to strengthen biotechnology in Bavaria

Bio M opens new start-up incubator

Nylon Eaters – Microscopic helpers recycle plastic waste

Bacterium “eats” individual building blocks of different types of nylon and converts them into value-added products

Biotech in Germany has significant potential, but lack of collaboration hampers growth

Basic research, research and development in biotech, startup activity, public infrastructure and the business environment were analysed

Microbes from Extreme Environments as Key to Innovations

Research Project XTREAM Investigates the Industrial Potential of Extremophilic Microorganisms

Enduro Genetics raises €12 million to unlock the future of scalable bioproduction

Patented cell reprogramming technology "addicts" cells to high production and integrates seamlessly into any microbial bioproduction host

Start-up boom thriving

In 2024, 37 new spin-offs were founded at ETH Zurich, a large proportion of them in the fields of AI and biotechnology.

Wacker Chemie AG: Chemical and biotechnology divisions performed in a weak market environment in 2024

Preliminary figures

Protein protects biological nitrogen fixation from oxidative stress

The protein could help to make nitrogenase usable in biotechnology and thus reduce the amount of synthetic fertiliser used

Numerous World’s First Scientific Breakthroughs on Path to De-Extinction

Colossal Secures $200M in Series C Funding From TWG Global

BIOTECH AUSTRIA calls for better framework conditions for the biotechnology sector of the future

Proposals provide impetus for research, infrastructure and investments in Austria

BASF partners with Acies Bio to drive sustainable production of Personal and Home Care ingredients

Partnership on biotechnology supports the further development of fermentation technology

Nylon Eaters – Microscopic helpers recycle plastic waste

Bacterium “eats” individual building blocks of different types of nylon and converts them into value-added products

Biotech in Germany has significant potential, but lack of collaboration hampers growth

Basic research, research and development in biotech, startup activity, public infrastructure and the business environment were analysed

Microbes from Extreme Environments as Key to Innovations

Research Project XTREAM Investigates the Industrial Potential of Extremophilic Microorganisms

Wacker Chemie AG: Chemical and biotechnology divisions performed in a weak market environment in 2024

Preliminary figures

Protein protects biological nitrogen fixation from oxidative stress

The protein could help to make nitrogenase usable in biotechnology and thus reduce the amount of synthetic fertiliser used

BASF partners with Acies Bio to drive sustainable production of Personal and Home Care ingredients

Partnership on biotechnology supports the further development of fermentation technology

Research team decodes symbiotic interactions in marine algae using raman spectroscopy

Implications for biotechnology and environmental protection

Nanotechnology: DNA origami with cargo function

LMU chemists present two studies that open up new possibilities for biotechnological applications

Engineering biology is expected to disrupt all industries

Bavarian biotechnology grows and achieves record financing

11 start-ups and two relocations show start-up momentum