Aventur AB
Aventur AB is a research-based company in the field of food – nutrition – biotechnology. The core activity is the development of scientifically verified products and processes for functional foods and adjacent spheres. Aventur´s competence stretches all the way from research to finished products. Aventure’s business focus is to develop attractive foods with proven preventive properties that contribute to sustainable health and better life. While healthcare systems are cracking under the burden of lifestyle related disease, we represent a change in paradigm, where prevention and protection can reduce the need for medical treatment and pharmaceuticals.
We refine and utilize the inherent properties of nature’s raw materials such as berries, cereals, and healthy bacteria to achieve preventive health effects. This allows a true “clean label”-philosophy, with a minimum of additives. Our R&D is based on a deep understanding of human metabolism.
DTU Bioengineering
DTU Bioengineering is an important contributor to the areas of biotechnology, food technology and human & animal health, through the advances we make in research, technology and innovation and through the training and education of first-class BScs, MScs and PhDs in bioengineering. DTU Bioengineering provides a fundamental and applied understanding of biological and molecular systems. A key focus is to provide the technological and biological means to discover new bioactive molecules, proteins/enzymes or biologics (microorganisms or microbiomes) for biomedical or biotechnological purposes.
Enza Biotech
ENZA Biotech was founded in 2012 and became part of the Croda International group in 2017. The company is situated in Lund, in Southern Sweden, close to the scientific community at Lund University and the innovative environment at Ideon Science Park. Enza is a small highly innovative company, operating in the borderland between science and sets out to become a key player in the transition from a fossil-dependent to a biobased society. Enza Biotech takes responsibility for our future and contributes to the development of sustainable and “green” products made from biobased raw materials.
The modus operandi of Enza Biotech is based on the identification of a need for molecular performance and based on structure-performance studies, molecules responding to the need are designed. A synthetic route based on enzymatic catalysis is developed and finally the beneficial properties of the synthesized molecules are verified. Thereafter Enza Biotech adapts the process to industrially relevant conditions and brings the technology to market.
HCMR
The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR) is a governmental research organization operating under the supervision of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) of the Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs. It aims to carry out scientific and technological research, and experimental development, dissemination and implementation of produced results, especially in the fields of study and protection of the hydrosphere, its organisms, its interface with the atmosphere, the coast and the sea bottom, the physical, chemical, biological and geological conditions that prevail and regulate the above mentioned systems with:
-the production of products and supply of services
-the support of decision-making concerning the general public, the economy and culture
-their economical exploitation either by the HCMR and/or by its employees or by third parties.
The Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology & Aquaculture (IMBBC) is one of the three institutes of the HCMR based in Heraklion, Crete and with facilities in Anavyssos, Attica and Souda, Crete. With a staff of 136 people and 27 regular researchers, it undertakes research in marine biodiversity, genetics and genomics, and aquaculture. In the area of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, our activities include collection, collation and diffusion of marine biodiversity data, using the latest techniques and information management techniques for dissemination of innovative technological achievements and products for the protection and sustainable management of marine biodiversity and ecosystems. In the area of Genetics and Μolecular Βiotechnology, our activities include genomics and transcriptomics to allow the understanding of evolution, function and structure of genomes; gene expression according to the stages of life and environments; microbial diversity and environmental genomics, genotype-phenotype associations and gene mapping in target species to shed light on the genetic basis of traits of commercial interest. In the area of Aquaculture, our activities are directed to the study of fish physiology, nutrition, behavior, health and welfare of marine fishes with potential for aquaculture production. Research is carried out on all life stages, from early development, juveniles, grow out and fattening, and reproduction. The overall objective of this research is the acquisition of relevant knowledge on fish husbandry in order to develop and optimize methods for the aquaculture industry.
Lund University
LUND University (ULUND) is ranked in top 100 in QS world university ranking. The contact partner, Eva Nordberg Karlsson is a Professor (since 2012) and Head of Div Biotechnology, a division of approx. 40 researchers at Dept of Chemistry at ULUND. The focus of the research group at ULUND is on on valorization of
marine/agricultural resources, with extensive experience in cultivation-, gene-technology, and enzymology of carbohydrate conversions.Typical products are components for food, feed or industrial biotechnology. ULUND is well equipped for the research, with units for fractionation, separation, molecular biology, recombinant protein production, enzyme technology and carbohydrate analysis systems. Examples of analytical equipment include gas chromatography (GC-FID and GCMS), HPLC (with UV, RI, ELSD, Corona-CAD and MS/MS detection), HPAEC-PAD, FTIR, atom absorption, Orbitrap MS, etc, as well as equipment for protein analysis e.g. DSC, ITC, DSF, DLS, CD-spectroscopy etc.
Matís ltd
Matís, Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D is a government owned, independent Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D institute working on a diverse array of projects spanning the entire food/ingredient value chain. MATIS´ long term strategic vision is to increase the value of abundant and underutilized marine biomass by developing enzymatic and microbial biorefinery tools and processes for production of various bio-based products. The Biotech and Environmetnal Microbiology group are involved in R&D of genetic resources in Iceland and focuses on developing new enzymes and microbes for biorefineries and other industrial applications. The groups of 25 people in total, including molecular biologists, microbiologists, biochemists, enzymologists, bioinformaticians, and technicians has extensive expertise and decades of experience of working with marine bioresources, microbes invertebrates, micro- and macroalgae, as resources for novel enzymes and bioactive compounds. In collaboration with partners both within and outside Matis both groups actively collaborate in product and process development using enzymes or microbes. This includes projects aiming at developing new feedstocks for biorefineries from residual industrial waste streams and from underexploited abundant biomass such as seaweeds.
Ocean rainforest ORF
ORF is a blue biroefinery company that tarted in 2012 ajd located in the Faroe Islands and in California, USA. Orf. It specilizes in farming and biorefining of seweeds, and offers a collection of seaweed products. It is a pioneering in open sea-cultivaion of brown seaweed its harvesting and further processing to value added bioproducts for for feed, food and cosmetic appications.
University of Crete
ORF is a blue biroefinery company that tarted in 2012 ajd located in the
The University of Crete (UoC) established in 1973. Currently, over 14,000 undergraduates and 2500 postgraduate students are registered. They are educated by an outward looking academic faculty of around 500 members, supported by over 150 adjunct lecturers, as well as post-doctoral researchers, 110 laboratory support staff and instructors, and 380 technical and administrative staff. The international orientation of the University is reflected in its track record of collaborations with many of the leading research and educational institutions in Europe and worldwide as well as active promotion of mobility and exchange programmes. UoC has 17 Departments in 5 Schools (Philosophy, Education, Social Sciences, Sciences & Engineering, and Medicine) as well as a number of affiliated research-oriented institutions, including the Natural History Museum.
The Department of Chemistry at the University of Crete was established in 1985 emphasizing both on research and teaching in a broad scope of fields, covered from the 5 divisions of the department (Biochemistry, Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry). The Department, presently, has 22 faculty members, and – apart from the BSc curricullum in Chemistry – offers several MSc programmes. Currently, the undergraduate Chemistry majors at the Department are approximately 250. The Graduate student body enumerates 80 students.
(Pavlidis Group is a part of the Department of Chemistry, established in 2018, and focuses on enzyme technology and biocatalysis. At the moment the group consists of 11 people, running several national and international projects. Its research interests include enzyme identification, protein engineering and process optimization. Pavlidis Group develops novel biocatalysts for industrial applications, mainly focusing on the valorization of industrial side-streams.)
BioEconomy, Research & Advisory
The main focus of the research-SME, BioEconomy, Research & Advisory, is to be partner to Danish, Nordic, EU and International research projects; all focusing on upgraded use of bioresources, hitherto not fully exploited. In such projects the contribution of BioEconomy, Research & Advisory is to make (enzyme or microbe) discoveries of relevance for designing processes for creating higher value products; primarily by microbial or enzymatic conversion of a spectrum of types of biomass. Furthermore, the SME BioEconomy, Research & Advisory, further holds the portfolio of advisory roles within sustainable circular bioeconomy, primarily to public and NGOs, being Danish, Nordic or European.