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The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (IGB)
Institution
Section overview
Description
The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB offers R&D solutions in the fields of medicine, pharmacy, chemistry, the environment and energy. Our competences comprise Interfacial Engineering and Materials Science, Molecular Biotechnology, Physical Process Technology, Environmental Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, as well as Tissue Engeneering. We offer solutions from market analysis through research & development till the finished product.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (FhG)
Coordinated projects
- Bioeconomy International 2021: ChitoCray - Marbled crayfish as a bioreactor for valuable biopolymers - subproject B
- Collaborative project: Complementary chemical-biotechnological process development for the novel production of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from inulin-accumulating plants - subproject 2: Inulin extraktion, Biocatalysis of FDCA
- Collaborative project: Innovative process management for a new generation of flexible biogas plants
- Collaborative projects: Lignocellulosic Biorefinery - Digestion lignocellulose raw material and full use of components (Phase 2), sub-project 5: Pilot plant, sugar and lignin recovery , biotechnology
- Collaborative Surfactants: surfactants, polymers from renewable raw materials with enhanced performance characteristics, sub-project 8: Fermentation of Organic Food Producer
- Economic and ecological evaluation of a biorefinery concept for the production of fucoxanthin and EPA on a pilot scale and transdisciplinary developed scenarios on an industrial scale in Germany
- Flexible superheated steam torrefaction and grinding of indigenous biomass from remote rural sources to produce stable densified feedstocks for chemical and energy applications
- MicroMilk - Nutritional and shelf stable milk by novel microwave processing
- Research Network: Integrated bioproduction, Integrated chemical-biotechnological production of synthesis components based on renewable resources in a bio-refinery, Subproject 1: project management and processing of raw materials, development of biocatalysts, manufacture of synthesis components, process and product evaluation
Coordinated collaborative projects
- BioEcoSIM - An innovative bio-economy solution to valorise livestock manure into a range of stabilised soil improving materials for environmental sustainability and economic benefit for European agriculture
- Integrated bioproduction, Integrated chemical-biotechnological production of synthesis components based on renewable resources in a bio-refinery
- Whey2Food - Enhanced protein fractionation from protein sources for their use in special food applications
Work package leader of collaborative projects
Involved in research projects
- Microalgae
- MicroMilk-Demo - Demonstration of a novel microwave processing application for nutritional and shelf stable milk
- Synergies through integration of biomass utilization and power-to-X in the production of renewable fuels – part 4 TFZ: fuel testing
- Use of hydroponic systems for resource-efficient agricultural water reuse
Contact
The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology
(IGB)
Nobelstraße 12
70569 Stuttgart
Baden-Württemberg
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 7 11/9 70-40 01
Fax: +49 (0) 7 11/9 70-42 00
Email: info(@)igb.fraunhofer.de