News

Carbios strengthens its strategic partnership with TWB

21 May 2015

Carbios, an innovative green chemistry company, develops its strategic and historical partnership with TWB. Significant progress has been made by the academic teams of TWB and LISBP involved in the THANAPLAST project. Within this context, CARBIOS wishes to strengthen its collaboration with TWB and the CRT/CRITT Bio-industries (INSA Toulouse, France) to accelerate the industrialization of… Read more »

Alain Marty appointed Chief Science Officer at Carbios

21 April 2015

Alain Marty, professor at INSA Toulouse (France) and researcher at LISBP (Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés), was appointed Chief Science Officer at Carbios. Since the founding of TWB, Alain Marty is working with TWB via INRA in the THANAPLAST project. The objective of this project over a five-year time is to replace… Read more »

TWB visited the Technological Center of Andalusia

21 April 2015

Thursday, April 16, 2015, TWB visited the Technological Center of Andalusia (CTA: Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía) in Seville (Spain). This meeting allowed a better mutual understanding of the concerned structures. It should lead to a new collaboration on a large project southwestern Europe. On the picture:  David Páez, CTA´s Business Development Manager, CTA / Pierre… Read more »

The 2014 activity report of TWB is available

4 March 2015

  The 2014 activity report of TWB confirmed the positive results achieved in 2013, the first full year of operation of the demonstrator. A new stage is reached in the development of TWB and a sustainable future is now expected.   Downloading : TWB-RA-2014-HD-UK  

Best wishes from the TWB team

17 December 2014

The TWB team wishes you a happy holiday season and a successful 2015 New Year, with a lot of opportunities to work together. See you soon!  

Press release: TWB welcomes new industrial partners

25 November 2014

TWB welcomes 10 new industrial partners to accelerate innovations in the bioeconomy. Toulouse White Biotechnology (TWB), a pre-industrial demonstrator in Industrial Biotechnology based on renewable carbon, managed by INRA, announces the opening of its consortium to international and national new members. In parallel, the historical members committed since 2012, renew their partnership for 3 years…. Read more »

The "iGEM 2014 Toulouse" team has won!

4 November 2014

The Toulouse team presented a method of biological eradication of the plane tree canker (invasive fungus) by biofungicidal therapy. The project, named SubtiTree, based on the use of Bacillus subtilis received the support of the French Ministry of Agriculture and of fourteen companies and organizations including TWB. Plane trees are widely present in Southern France… Read more »

"iGEM 2014 Toulouse" team soon in Boston

14 October 2014

TWB provides support to the team of students from INSA Toulouse and the University Paul Sabatier. They will soon present their project at the international competition of synthetic biology iGEM 2014 (International Genetically Engineered Machine), organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Toulouse team will present a method of biological eradication of the… Read more »

TWB at EFIB 2014

1 October 2014

TWB welcomes visitors to its booth (# 43) at EFIB* in Reims from 30 September to 2 October 2014. This show is the opportunity to present TWB activities and partners and make new contacts for the opening of the consortium on 1st January 2015. The Carnot Institute 3BCAR is also on the stand with TWB…. Read more »

TWB with INRA at the business exhibition ICS

19 September 2014

TWB is present on the INRA stand for the business exhibition ICS (Innovation Connecting Show) being held in Toulouse (France) from 16 to 18 October 2014. The business exhibition ICS is an opportunity for all players, exhibitors and visitors, to meet in order to discuss and initiate projects supported on an open and cross innovation…. Read more »