In this article, the production of biosurfactant sophorolipids from several (food) waste streams was investigated, using the non-pathogenic yeast Starmerella bombicola. From a preliminary screening, restaurant food waste emerged as the most suitable feedstock compared to bakery waste, textile…
Lecture June 27th: “Hunting for antibiotics and anticancer compounds made by bacteria”
We have the pleasure to invite you to the lecture “Hunting for antibiotics and anticancer compounds made by bacteria”. Microorganisms have provided humankind with a vast array of natural products with invaluable applications in medicine and agriculture. The advent…
Massive Open Online Course on Biobased Materials produced by nine partners successfully finished
Duesseldorf, 09 April 2019 Last week the partners of the BIG-Cluster project CROSSBEE – Cross-border Bio-Economy Education – met for a final project meeting to evaluate the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) ever produced by a consortium of nine…
Published: Miniaturization of Starmerella bombicola fermentation for evaluation and increasing (novel) glycolipid production
Our newest article in ‘Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology’ describes the development, optimization, and application of a more throughput technique—based on 24-deep well plates— for a new Starmerella bombicola strain producing bolaform sophorolipids.Find out more right here!
Talk on sugar transporters in Kluyveromyces yeasts by Prof. John Morrissey – Register now!
We have the pleasure to invite you to a talk given by Prof. John Morrissey, senior lecturer in Microbiology and leader of a research group in Yeast Biotechnology at University College Cork. Prof. Morrissey currently coordinates two large multi-partner EU-funded…