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Interview with DAB.bio: making sustainable everyday products affordable
Most products are still produced using fossil and other scarce natural resources. Increasingly, biotechnology offers a sustainable alternative. DAB.bio wants to make that alternative affordable as well. Eric van der Meer, CEO and Kirsten Herben-Steinbusch, CTO from DAB talked to AD.nl about how their fermentation technology can reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and other scarce resources.
Breakthrough technology from VitroTEM | From photo to film using graphene
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could study with razor-sharp precision how a brain or nerve cell works? What happens at the cellular level in prostate cancer? And how a virus infects a cell? "With our technology, researchers can study biological processes in living cells", says Pauline van Deursen, Chief Technology Officer of Vitrotem at Planet B.io.
DAB | Faster towards a green future
For the production of vitamins, paints or fragrances, we often use fossil raw materials, such as oil. This can be done differently. In Delft, several companies are working on production based on renewable raw materials, such as sugar and wood waste. This is relatively expensive. Start-up company DAB has developed a technology for faster and cheaper ‘green’ production.
XPure returns to Delft’s native soil
Back to the familiar nest. Last summer, technology provider XPure moved to Planet B.io at the Biotech Campus Delft. In doing so, it returned to its native soil. With its patented purification technology for biotech companies, chemical companies and the food industry, XPure helps enabling the transition to a bio-based economy. Planet B.io is the ideal starting point for this, says director René Nanninga: “Planet B.io is an inspiring environment and unique scientific business community.”
Avansya | The future is sweet for Delft and Nebraska partnership
Energy drinks, cookies, drinking yogurt and even breakfast cereals. Sugar makes its way into everything. It’s time for a healthier alternative with a natural sweet taste and without the excess calories. To this end, DSM and Cargill are working together in the joint venture Avansya, which is located with Planet B.io. A new plant in Blair, Nebraska (US) is now producing the stevia-based EVERSWEET®. CEO Oscar Goddijn sees global opportunities for their innovative sweetener: “This is the beginning of a new voyage of discovery.”