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nova-Institute to host chemical industry defossilisation summit
The Renewable Materials Conference will take place from 22 to 24 September in Siegburg, near Cologne, Germany, and online. Hosted by nova-Institute, this year's event carries the theme "Defossilisation through Innovation." The conference centers on replacing fossil carbon with renewable…
Dyadic strikes new deal for precision-fermented dairy proteins
Dyadic International has signed a new development and commercial license agreement with a European biotechnology company. The deal will add more precision-fermented dairy proteins to Dyadic's growing food and nutrition pipeline. The Jupiter, Florida-based company uses its Dapibus platform to…
Novonesis to buy MicroBioGen in yeast biotech push
Novonesis has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining shares of MicroBioGen, an Australian biotechnology company known for its work on yeast strains for industrial use. The deal builds on more than a decade of collaboration between the two companies.…
India and Japan launch initiative to scale biogas production
India and Japan have launched a joint initiative to expand biogas production, with plans to build 1,000 biogas plants and create a market for 2.5 million biogas-powered vehicles. The move was announced at the 16th India–Japan Annual Summit in July…
MORF-Bio Secures Innovate UK Investor Partnership Award to Advance Microbial Digital Twin Technology
MORF-Bio, the University of York spin-out developing intuitive bioinformatics tools for microbiology, has secured an Innovate UK Investor Partnerships Award, unlocking a new investment round led by Deeptech Seed Fund and matched by Helix Research and Enterprise. The funding will…
Algenesis moves from Silver to Gold, in EcoVadis’s top 5% worldwide
Algenesis has earned a Gold Medal from EcoVadis, moving up from Silver in a single year. The San Diego materials science company scored 82 out of 100, placing it in the 96th percentile of companies EcoVadis rates worldwide. Algenesis develops…