The iFermenter Team is dedicated to communication of our results with the European public, companies and the EU commission, we are regularly participating in communication activities. Today 28 Sept 2021, we participated in Pitch Perfect in Brussels, and met 23 … Continued
Today Ulm University has showcased a press release related to our recent paper in Metabolic Engneering. You can find it on the main page of the university homepage (www.uni-ulm.de) and under the following link: https://www.uni-ulm.de/home/uni-aktuell/article/wenn-bakterien-etwas-gegen-bakterien-habengenetisch-veraenderte-bodenbakterien-stellen-antibiotika-alternative-her/ Keep up the good work!
Our teams just published in Metabolic Engineering (impact factor 10!) an article that summarizes the production of the antimicrobial Pediocin by C. glutamicum, one major objective in iFermenter. “Establishing recombinant production of pediocin PA-1 in Corynebacterium glutamicum” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2021.09.002 Congratulations for … Continued
Our teams in USC just published the journal article “Process and Environmental simulation in the validation of biotechnological production of nisin from waste”, in the Biotechnological Engineering Journal, accepted 14th June 2021. The article discusses the environmental impacts of producing … Continued
Despite the Covid-19 situation, our project teams met (online) to discuss the advances, challenges and strategies in our project, evaluating the first 3 years of the project. We coordinated the activities that are coming for the next year. We look … Continued
Our partners at the BBEPP, together with other partners in the iFermenter team have ran upscaling experiments. The antimicrobial production was tested and upscaled from mL scales to laboratory 2-3L scales, and then to 150 L steel container scale in … Continued
In deep sadness we inform that our dear friend and an important team member Judith Becker has passed away. We had to bury her at the age of 40 in her small home village Kutzhof on Monday, 27th April 2021. … Continued
The iFermenter teams have filed a patent application, C. glutamicum as a platform that produces antimicrobials. The patent application number 2105707.0 was filed 21 April 2021, comprising the main work of iFermenter: to convert residual sugars into high value antimicrobial peptides. We … Continued
iFermenter conference meeting was supposed to take place in the beautiful city of Wien, Austria during 15-16th June 2020. Despite the Corovid-19 situation, we successfully held a digital meeting during 2 days with around 30-40 participants, discussing the challenges of … Continued
6th February 2020, Our leaders of the work packages 1-8 have met in Brussels, reviewed progression, discussed activities and reviewed the project plans. Our teams across europe will take the appropriate actions according to the decisions of the WP leaders. … Continued