Vacancy: Project Acquisition & Platform Manager (Language: Dutch)

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Vacancy: Project Acquisition & Platform Manager (Language: Dutch)

Op zoek naar een The ProteInn Club is een samenwerkingsverband van de Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant, Universiteit Gent, CAPTURE en ILVO, dat de innovatie en implementatie van microbiële eiwitten (geproduceerd via fermentatie) wil stimuleren en sterk inzet op het realiseren van nieuwe waardeketens in samenwerking met zijn industriële leden. We zoeken een gedreven Project … Read more

Launch of ‘FERM EIWIT’ project – Protein production through fermentation: Towards innovative value chains

01/12/2023 12:00 am
With a grant of 775000 euro, VLAIO is supporting the COOCK+ 'Ferm Protein' project that will bring together and disseminate knowledge, to accelerate implementation of fermentation-based protein production and processing.

Launch of ‘FERM EIWIT’ project – Protein production through fermentation: Towards innovative value chains

In the transition to a more sustainable food system, protein produced by microbial fermentation shows considerable potential. It is expected to become a substantial part of our food and feed system. However, development, industrial implementation, as well as processing into food, feed and fine chemicals, in many cases still needs to go through a significant … Read more

Article in ‘De Standaard’ – Why to grow cows when you can make cheese with cauliflower too?

06/12/2023 12:00 am
How cutting-edge technology is contributing in the development of food with low carbon footprint. Read Bolder Foods' story in De Standaard, 6 Dec 2023.

Read in ‘Made in Limburg’: Revolutionary food company invests 50 million

Read the story from 'Made in Limburg'. Nuggets, burgers, sandwich fillings... more and more people are going for meat-free variants. A huge market, which is still wide open. And the Bree-based start-up Naplasol is responding to this.

Processing into food

ILVO, Food Pilot

Processing into food

ILVO is the Flemish Institute for Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Research. With 730 employees, it conducts practice-oriented research on societal challenges related to food and bio-based processes. The Food Pilot (www.foodpilot.be) is operated jointly with Flanders’ FOOD and is a pilot facility with more than 70 food processing machines (overview pilot) and food analysis labs. … Read more

System development

CAPTURE

System development

CAPTURE is a strategic collaboration between excellent researchers from UGent, University of Antwerp, VUB and VITO on the use of secondary raw materials (by-products, by-products and waste streams). Water and CO2 are two important areas at CAPTURE, and the technologists are developing processes for the production of microbial protein using raw materials recovered or derived … Read more

Protein analysis

UGent, ILVO

Protein analysis

UGent there is top expertise present for the identification, quantification, characterization and purification of proteins. Expertise is present on the purification and characterization of proteins, via chromatographic techniques. The Applied Biotechnology research group focuses on synthetic biology of modular proteins, allowing new-to-nature functions of proteins to be developed. The Bart De Vreese group works mainly … Read more

Optimization and scale-up of fermentation and downstream processing

BBEPP

Optimization and scale-up of fermentation and downstream processing

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP) is an independent multi-purpose pilot facility dedicated to the process development, scale-up and pilot production of bio-based products and processes. BBEPP was founded in 2008 and is based in Ghent. It is a service provider that has developed into the global reference for the scale-up of biobased innovations and … Read more

Processing and evaluation of feed

ILVO, UGent

Processing and evaluation of feed

In addition, ILVO also has expertise in conducting feed-related research in farm animals and in aquaculture. On the one hand, ILVO has the necessary accommodation for this purpose to perform zootechnical tests such as digestion studies, performance studies or emission studies for the main farm animals (cattle, pigs and small animals). On the other hand, … Read more

Synthetic biology, Microbial technology, Chemical process technology

UGent

Synthetic biology, Microbial technology, Chemical process technology

For basic research in the field of microbial technology, strain selection and strains modification (via synthetic biology) you can come to UGent. Several labs at UGent have in-house expertise on fundamental process development in the field of microbial proteins. At the center for microbial ecology and technology CMET one researches both pure cultures and synthetic … Read more