Many bacterial pathogens attach to biomaterials such as catheters, and grow to form biofilms. These surface-associated multicellular communities cause infections that are difficult to eradicate. Antiadhesion therapy represents an attractive alternative to antibiotics to prevent and treat biofilm infections. Using…
EU Industry Days 2019 @ Brussels
On Tuesday 5th February prof. Soetaert participated in the session “Developing sustainable markets: the role of the circular economy in the EU” at the EU Industry Days 2019, organised by the European Bioeconomy Alliance (Brussels). The debate circled around the…
CARBOSURF – Results in Brief published article on CORDIS
The CARBOSURF project addressed the full exploitation of two very promising types of specialty biochemicals. These include glycolipid biosurfactants (new-to-nature sophorolipids, rhamnolipids, mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) and xylolipids) as well as specialty carbohydrates with high market interest. These innovative molecules…
Ho Ho Ho: check our new book chapter in CRC Press!
As an early Christmas present, our newest book chapter on ‘Microbial Biosurfactants: From Lab to Market’ was published in the CRC Press book on microbial biosurfactants on December 19th. For more information: click here.
Enroll now for the MOOC “Biobased Products for a Sustainable (Bio)Economy”
The MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) “Biobased Products for a Sustainable (Bio)economy”, in which InBio.be has participated, is starting in January 2019! Enroll now and learn all about sustainable biobased products.