A team of eight students from Toulouse (4 engineering students from INSA and 4 masters degree students from Paul Sabatier University [UT3]) will participate in the prestigious iGEM synthetic biology competition (International Genetically Engineered Machine), organised by the MIT (http://igem.org). This year the subject…

In the context of a new contract, a bibliographical study has been launched with a partner company in order to properly define the contours of the research programme to be conducted. The PILI start-up, a partner of the consortium, has signed an 18-month hosting contract with…

Following the inauguration of TWB and the corresponding press release , different media have relayed the information, including: L’USINE NOUVELLE http://www.usinenouvelle.com/article/twb-inaugure-ses-nouveaux-locaux-de-biotechnologies-blanches.N395922, FORMULE VERTE http://formule-verte.com/biotechnologies-industrielles-le-demonstrateur-pre-industriel-twb-double-de-taille/, BIOENERGIE INTERNATIONAL http://www.bioenergie-promotion.fr/46437/de-nouveaux-moyens-pour-le-demonstrateur-carbone-renouvelable-de-toulouse/, BIOFUELS DIGEST http://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2016/06/12/toulouse-white-biotechnology-completes-massive-expansion-of-rd-space/, LA DEPECHE DU MIDI…

TWB inaugurated its new premises and equipment on 7 June. The exponential growth of TWB since its creation in 2012 has led to its move to new premises for the hosting of numerous projects (57 between 2012 and 2015) and recently acquired advanced equipment. Thanks to its…

DEINOVE and TWB undertake a collaborative R&D project to optimize the metabolic fluxes of Deinococcus. This partnership aims to strengthen DEINOVE’s unique expertise of Deinococcus metabolism and optimize the production of targeted compounds of interest. The project, conducted in collaboration with the MetaToul platform…

EnobraQ, start-up from a TWB research project, that develops CO2-based industrial fermentation processes, announces it has secured a 2.9 M€ seed financing round. Sofinnova Partners, original investor, is joined by Auriga Partners, IRDInov and CEA Investissement. Proceeds will be allocated towards EnobraQ’s research and development plan targeting an advanced proof…

The exotic laws of quantum mechanics impact living systems that we are familiar with: can we hope to apply them to the field of biotechnology?   Pictures from: http://villavoice.fr/avis-de-recherche-le-chat-de-schrodinger-present-ou-absent/ , http://www.neotrouve.com/?p=1296 Schrödinger’s cat, a thought experiment imagined in 1935 by the physicist…

The flavour and fragrance industry is increasingly turning to biotechnological processes to accompany its development, to ensure the products’ naturalness and resource sustainability.  At the end of 2015, the flavour and fragrance market was estimated at €20 billion , with an annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 6%…

DEINOVE is an industrial biotechnology company based in Montpellier that develops processes for producing various compounds by biotechnological means. Its historical project is the development of a process for producing second generation biofuels . DEINOVE relies for this on a new bacterial genus,  Deinococcus , very little studied and…