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Proof of Concept funds
Business Interaction Vouchers
Scale-up Funds
Collaborate and Innovate Grant Fund

Proof of Concept funds

Seaweed in he sea

Enzymatic production of brown algae derived polyol diacids

Project lead
Leonardo Gomez
Institute
University of York
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Developing novel high-performance textile composites

Project lead
Simon McQueen-Mason
Institute
University of York
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Diagram depicting the circular process

Improving the economics of poly-B-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) production based on polymerisation of secreted monomers

Project lead
David Leak
Institute
University of Bath
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WasteWood2Paper: paper packaging from waste wood derived cellulose

Project lead
Jason Hallett
Institute
Imperial College London
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Seafibres side by side

Seafibres: Production of sustainable fibres from UK sourced seaweed

Project lead
Leonardo Gomez
Institute
University of York
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Wheat straw field with blue sky

Sounding out ultrasonic effects for lignin valorisation from organosolv and enzymatic processes (SULVOE)

Project lead
Madeleine Bussemaker
Institute
University of Surrey
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Scientist in white coat looking at test tube

A chemo-enzymatic approach to the bio-production of a nylon precursor from lignin in engineered bacteria

Project lead
Stephen Wallace
Institute
University of Edinburgh
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Seaweed hanging on a catching line

SAFFS: Sustainable acrylic fabrics from seaweed

Project lead
Jonathan Todd
Institute
University of East Anglia
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Folded strips of fabric on a background of microscopic fibres

Development of enzyme-based coloration and coating for sustainable machine washable wool to support the wool industry transition to a circular system

Project lead
Jinsong Shen
Institute
De Montfort University
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Pawn shells

CruSHH – Crustacean Shell Protein-derived Peptides for Heart Health

Project lead
Christine Bosch
Institute
University of Leeds
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Dark fermentation and homoacetogenesis to convert wheat straw into volatile fatty acids

Project lead
Matthew Reilly
Institute
University of York
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Orange circular microscopic molecules on a black background

Bio-based catalyst for bioproduct oxidation

Project lead
Jonathan Wagner
Institute
Loughborough University
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Carpet beetle enzymes for sustainable valorisation of keratin

Project lead
Federico Sabbadin
Institute
University of York
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Mining natural and synthetic diversity towards sustainable methacrylate production

Project lead
Benjamin Blount
Institute
University of Nottingham
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Refinery with graph above

MSAD: Methanosarcina detection and addition for optimised anaerobic digestion

Project lead
Caroline Orr
Institute
Teesside University
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Seaweed in he sea

Novel valorisation routes of red seaweeds for oligosaccharide and protein extraction

Project lead
Federico Sabbadin
Institute
University of York
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De-centralised flower waste biorefinery: towards continuous supply of feedstock for the fine chemical industry

Project lead
Parimala Shivaprasad
Institute
University of Nottingham
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From lignocellulosic biomass to chemical wealth

Project lead
Mauro Adriel Rinaldi
Institute
University of Hull
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Biofilm-based immobilisation of strains for the production of succinic acid from lignocellulosic biomass sugars

Project lead
Yongqiang Liu
Institute
University of Southampton
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Enabling the paper sector’s decarbonisation via anaerobic digestion and industrial symbiosis. (PAPERdecarb)

Project lead
Silvia Tedesco
Institute
Salford University
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Bio-based solvent production from lignocellulose derived sugars and aromatics

Project lead
Neil Dixon
Institute
University of Manchester
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Business Interaction Vouchers

Transplanting biomass utilisation machinery into an industrial yeast for an affordable bioproduction

Project lead
Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Institute
Imperial College London
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Bio-loading impact study on downstream hydrolysis and fermentation of autoclaved fibre from the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW)

Project lead
Jessica Adams
Institute
Aberystwyth University
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Can green seaweed provide a new bio-based route for the production of acrylic acid in the context of biorefineries?

Project lead
Thierry Tonon
Institute
University of York
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Integrating digital modelling techniques to develop a sugarcane biowaste valorisation process

Project lead
Dongda Zhang
Institute
The University of Manchester
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Grass covered gas tank with a hand reaching out to touch it

Catalytic conversion of bio-derived feedstocks to bio-LPG component gases

Project lead
Jude Onwudili
Institute
Aston University
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Exploring a novel circular economy concept for the valorisation of crude glycerol from biodiesel production

Project lead
Alfred Fernandez-Castane
Institute
Aston University
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Liquids in bottles on a lab trolley

Assessing varied food manufacturer’s waste for further valorisation as industrial biotechnology feedstock

Project lead
James Winterburn
Institute
The University of Manchester
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Glass flask containing fabrics on a black background

Preteatment of cellulosic textiles by reaxtive species produced by gas plasma

Project lead
Hemaka Bandulasena
Institute
Loughborough University
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Enabling unspecific peroxygenases for the valorisation of renewable compounds

Project lead
Gideon Grogan
Institute
University of York
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Recycling of paper waste from plasterboard

Project lead
Jason Hallett
Institute
Imperial College London
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Glass flask containing fabrics on a black background

Production of the first garment using textile waste derived microbial cellulose.

Project lead
Neil Bruce
Institute
University of York
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ENhancing Bio-nutrient Recovery of Organic Waste (ENBioROW)

Project lead
Jonathan Wagner
Institute
Loughborough University
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Bioprocessing agricultural waste to recover natures most abundant protein

Project lead
Douglas Orr
Institute
Lancaster University
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Wheat straw field with blue sky

Next generation glycosaminoglycans: Towards sustainably sourced, non-mammalian aquatic alternatives.

Project lead
Mark Skidmore
Institute
Keele University
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A pile of biomass in the foreground and a biorefinery in the background

Industrial chemicals from waste biogenic CO2 derived from UK Anaerobic Digestion plants

Project lead
Jude Onwudili
Institute
Aston University
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Wheat straw field with blue sky

Increasing the efficiency of dry anaerobic digestion via anaerobic gut fungi bioaugmentation: an exploratory study

Project lead
Jolanda van Munster
Institute
SRUC
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A pile of biomass in the foreground and a biorefinery in the background

Optimisation of substrate characterisation for improving monitoring and facilitating the modelling application in the anaerobic digestion of food waste

Project lead
Gina Javanbakht
Institute
University of Huddersfield
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Seaweed in he sea

BlueYarn: bringing UK based seaweed fibres to the market

Project lead
Leonardo Gomez
Institute
University of York
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A pile of biomass in the foreground and a biorefinery in the background

CLEAR: Circular Liquid Effluent for Advanced Recycling

Project lead
Konstantinos Salonitis
Institute
Cranfield University
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Large green leaves photographed from the ground with sky visible in between

Non-aseptic Growth of Anaerobic Fungi in Vitro for Organic Acid Production

Project lead
Matthew Reilly
Institute
University of York
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Scale-up Funds

Straw fibres in a conical flask against a black background

Process and Parameter Intensification for Pilot Scale Demonstration of 2,3-Butanediol (BDO) Biosynthesis (PILOT-DIOL)

Project lead
Vinod Kumar
Institute
Cranfield University
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Glass flask containing fabrics on a black background

Scaling-up biobased textile recycling for sustainable fashion

Project lead
Neil Bruce
Institute
University of York
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Collaborate and Innovate Grant Fund

The Continuous BioFlow Network Launch Meeting

Project lead
Sebastian Corgrove
Institute
Keele University
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BioVerse – A place-based approach to biomass valorisation

Project lead
Parimala Shivaprasad
Institute
University of Nottingham
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Reinforcing International Collaboration: The UK’s Return to Horizon Europe and the LignoBTX Project

Project lead
Fatih Gulec
Institute
University of Nottingham
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Presenter at a podium infront of a screen displaying the title of the meeting

A Colloquium: Harnessing Microbial Biotechnology to drive the transition to a bio-based economy and a sustainable society

Project lead
Louise Horsfall
Institute
University of Edinburgh
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