With support from IBioIC, Fermtech partnered with Abertay University on an industry-led project to validate and strengthen its solid-state fermentation platform and accelerate its route to market.

Polyethelene terephthalate (PET) is a thermoplastic polymer resin which is used extensively across multiple industries including food and drink, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and textiles.

Impact Solutions and the University of Edinburgh wanted to investigate the use of modern synthetic biology methods to design bacteria capable of transforming PET waste into the anti-Parkinson’s drug Levodopa (L-DOPA).

IBioIC funding enabled Ingenza to utilise the bioinformatics experience of DrChris Wood, University of Edinburgh to supplement its own knowledge in machine learning, while generating focused DNA libraries that maximised the training value of smaller biological data sets.

This project investigated the feasibility of miniaturising and optimising the biological treatment of the wastewater effluents from SEM biofertilizer process.

This project with NuCana and the University of St Andrews aimed to find a way to make cancer treatments safer and more efficient via a new technology to improve the bioanalysis of samples.

Successful project to assess the feasibility of extracting platform chemicals from spent lees delivers a valuable new feedstock, a bespoke analytical tool, additional product streams and evidence to substantiate the company’s green credentials.

Successful collaboration between FlexBio and the Edinburgh Genome Foundry demonstrates potential impact for future projects.

The success of this project provides opportunities for Scottish Water and Scottish Water Horizons to circularise a process for disposing of Human sewage sludge and cleaning wastewater of phosphorus. The project will contribute to Scottish Water’s commitment to Net Zero by 2040.

This successful Feasibility Fund project represents a world-first step towards finding a natural solution to valorise waste wool.

This successful project advanced the development of cell lines for cultivated meat and enabled the team to win additional funding to run further projects.

This Feasibility funded project developed two antibodies using biopanning of University of Edinburgh’s phage display library, allowing TAC to successfully apply for further funding to advance the project and bringing potentially significant benefits for the Scottish economy.

in this project co-funded with the High Value Biorenewables Network, the team successfully developed a process to extract alkaloids from daffodil biomass which could be used in the treatment of heart failure and are now in a position to apply for investment to take the process forward at scale in Scotland.

In this successful Feasibility Project, the project partners identified antiviral therapeutics that can be extracted from cyanobacteria, and gained leverage for additional funding, training opportunities, and developed new methods for fractionating and purifying polysaccharides.

Innovation funding enabled the academic team on this project to optimise their bacteria growing process and gave BAM Ritchies an insight into new opportunities, with the project collaborators set to continue to work together beyond the project.

This Feasibliity project by Artisan Roast, University of St Andrews, and Energy Recovery Systems Ltd demonstrated that coffee grounds are a profitable replacement for wood as a source for bioenergy.

Proof of concept was achieved in this Feasibility project to improve the strength and water repellent properties of Cellucomp’s paper-based packaging materials.

In this project funded by our Spin Out support programme, XGenix developed a high throughput assay to rapidly screen enzymes.

In this Feasibility project, CuanTec Limited and James Hutton Institute teamed up to analyse the value of side streams from crustacea shells.

Marine Biopolymers (MBL) is a Scottish SME whose focus is on extracting high value components from brown seaweeds for use in a range of applications such as food and pharmaceuticals, but also in different industrial application areas, where the use of natural polymers is growing fast.

A feasibility study which offers the potential to improve the production of therapeutic proteins through the development of a purification platform which includes an affinity chromatography step that has been specifically designed for use with a novel set of protein tags.