Bioeconomy model region research network
in the Rhenish mining area
The Competence Centre Bio4MatPro "Competence Centre for the Biological Transformation of Materials Science and Production Technology" is one of the two flagship projects funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as part of the research network "Model Region Bioeconomy in the Rhenish Mining Area". In the first project phase from 2022 to 2026, more than 50 partners from science and industry are working together in 23 R&E projects to research and implement the biological transformation of industries through a biological transformation of materials science and production technology. The technological research projects are professionally supported by the project Bioökonomie Verstehen. Connect. Support. (Bioökonomie-VVU), which supports the structural change in the Rhenish mining area through innovation.
Products & topics
- From renewable raw materials to recyclable materials
- Development of future technologies for a climate-neutral circular economy (e.g. switchable adhesives, biofunctionally integrated materials)
- Biological transformation of industries (see industries) through business model developments based on local and renewable resources
Industries
- Chemicals
- (Light) construction
- Textiles
- Consumer goods
- Medical technology
Feedstock
- Biogenic raw materials and residues from agriculture and the food industry
Processes
- Chemo- and biocatalysis processes for material conversion, synthetic-biological and AI processes for strain optimisation and protein engineering, biotechnological material conversion, scalable and biocompatible processes/production technologies for e.g. biofunction-integrated materials as well as material-specific surface functionalisation and coatings.
Projects
Stakeholders
Sustainable structural change with products with high added value based on local, renewable raw materials and the creation of jobs with a promising future is what drives us.