Tillmann Franzen
A yeast -like black fungus is the protagonist of the new revolutionary technology that wants to end carbon in the highly polluting chemical industry.
The challenge “Circular Biomanufacturing Challenge”organized by the federal agency for innovations of break, Sprind, It has just brought a novelty in the world of biotechnology.
Under the project, the Biophelion startup created processes that They transform carbon -rich industrial by -products into recyclable chemicals.
The goal, explains, is Decarbonize the chemical industry, considered one of the most polluting worldwide and responsible for about 5% of global CO2 emissions.
And the protagonist was unlikely: the mechanism takes advantage of the metabolic flexibility of a Black fungus similar to yeast to transform industrial waste into valuable materials.
This black fungus produces three crucial compounds from waste – a Biological Base Polyester For packaging of the future, the Pullulaan edible polymeralready used in food, and a new surfattees still in the investigation phase.
“Leibniz-HKI is pleased to continue to follow and support the two founders as a partner institution in the future”, Afirmou Axel Brakhage, PhD, Diretor Do Leibniz-Hki.
The team has exceptional scientific competence, says the scientist, who emphasizes the courage of the company. “We now wish Biophelion’s new executive directors for the biggest success“.
Now the team projects to produce 3D printed bioreactors for circular bioeconomics From Pullulano – allowing the fungus itself to produce not only the final product, but also the environment where it generates it.
“Biophelion is developing applications that we still haven’t even been able to conceive – We are opening new paths with the Pullulano and our particular surfactant molecule, ”promises Till Tiso, one of the company’s founders and future CTO.
