News from IBioIC’s network

Take Root Bio worked with Heriot-Watt University to successfully turn salty whey, a high-volume by-product from cheese production, into a widely used fuel called bioethanol.

An Edinburgh-based spinout developing a new way to measure hormone levels in real time has secured £1.2 million to explore how its technology could provide new insights into women’s hormone-related conditions and support improved diagnosis and treatment.

Evonik is using Celtic Renewables’ bio-butanol to produce ECOHANCE^® Soft BOL, a sustainable emollient for cosmetics and personal care products.

The Water Discovery Challenge has awarded £100k of funding to Carbogenics to develop FilaChar, a patent-pending carbon material that can improve wastewater treatment and protect rivers while reducing costs and emissions.

The first Open Call of the European Circular Innovation Valley (ECIV) has successfully demonstrated the strong interest and engagement of European stakeholders in advancing the circular economy. With high-quality proposals and solid interregional collaboration, this first milestone sets the stage for future opportunities through Open Call 2 and the upcoming Experimentation Fund.

Starting in July 2026, a new collaborative project with Carbogenics, Scottish Water, and the Environmental Research Institute from the University of the. Highlands and Islands, and supported by IBioIC, will investigate an innovative approach to addressing one of the water sector's emerging challenges: the removal of Emerging Contaminants (pharmaceutical, PFAS, Personal Care Products, Hormones/endocrine-disrupting compounds, Pesticides, Microplastics) from wastewater.

A prospective University of Strathclyde spinout is developing a process that turns low-value mineral waste into carbon-negative cement replacement materials, helping reduce emissions from cement production while permanently storing captured carbon dioxide (CO2).