Acronym NorZymeD
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title Enzyme development for Norwegian biomass - mining Norwegian biodiversity for seizing Norwegian opportunities in the bio-based economy Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Vincent Eijsink Coordinator email Vincent.eijsink@umb.no
Coordinator institution
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Institutions involved
Biomega - Biomega Group AS (Norway) ,
NA - Borregaard AS (Norway) ,
NA - Norilia AS (Norway) ,
NORCE - Norwegian Research Centre (Norway) ,
SINTEF-SFH - SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture (Norway) ,
UiT - The Arctic University of Norway (Norway) ,
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2018 Funding (€) € 4,205,895 Website https://www.uib.no/en/svt/96514/norzymed Summary "This project focuses on developing enzymes and processes for biomasses and value chains where Norway has clear competitive advantages, namely lignocellulosics and marine co-products from fisheries and aquaculture. Starting at unique biodiversities of the arctic, hot vents and gut microbiomes, the project will build generic competence by establi shing a national ""enzyme development pipeline"" .
Through national complementarity and distribution of tasks, we will combine expertise on thermophilic enzymes in Bergen and cold-adapted enzymes in Tromsø, with expertise in enzyme engineering and applied enzymology in Ås, fermentation and screening facilities at SINTEF, and structural characterization in Tromsø. We will develop generic technology competence in four work packages, focusing on metagenomie sampling (WP 1) screening and characterization of candidate enzymes (WP2,WP3), enzyme engineering (WP4) and larger-scale production for industrial trials (WP2). One innovative aim is to combine the best of cold- and heat-adapted enzymes using bioinformatics, protein engineering and gene shuffling-based directed evolution. The project workflow will follow the value creation chain all the way to industrial trials. This is underscored by the involvement of two Norwegian companies with a strong R&D focus, which has made them leaders in lignocellulosic (WPS) and marine co-product biorefining (WP6). By linking enzyme development in two different value chains (blue and green), the project will unleash considerable synergies. Ethical, legal and societal aspects (ELSA) will be pursued in a dedicated work package (WP8). Expanding the interest to explore biocatalytic opportunities will be an important task for the management group (WP7,WP9), which will interact strongly with the Industrial Biotech Network Norway."
Keywords
Biomass;
Bioprocess;
Bioproduct;
Marine enzymes;
Discard;
Value chain;
Bioprospecting;
Fish;
Engineering;
Metagenomic;
Biorefinery ;
Genetic;
Byproducts;
Protein;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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