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SuperBIO Workshop: a great success
In the frame of SuperBIO, TWB* hosted its first thematic workshop entitled “Use of Microorganisms and their products for biopesticide, biostimulation and bioremediation applications”, on 13 January 2017 (Toulouse, France). The chemical global market of plant protection products was estimated in 2016 to USD 55 billion but the one of global bioprotection products represents only… Read more »
Season’s greetings 2017
All the TWB collaborators wish you a very happy festive season. In 2017, together, let’s continue to innovate! Best wishes and See you soon!
CYTOMETRY services
Accessing to advanced cell sorting technologies (flow cytometry) is a key success factor in biotechnology projects, both for academic research and industrial development projects. Main benefits are: Fast and accurate microorganisms numeration Fast access to cells physiological status Isolation of homogenous cell populations from heterogenous populations Clones isolation (one cell per plate). To answer the… Read more »
CARBIOLICE: a successful collaboration
CARBIOS, an innovative Green Chemistry company specialized in enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers, announced the 1st of September, 2016, the operational launch of the joint venture CARBIOLICE between CARBIOS, Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients (LCI) and BpiFrance (SPI). The process licensed to CARBIOLICE consists of the incorporation of enzymes at the heart of the… Read more »
Tunisia White Biotechnology?
Pierre Monsan and Michel Manach attended the Scientific Committee of the Center of Biotechnology of Sfax (CBS) – Oct. 31 to Nov. 2, 2016 -, invited by its Director, Professor Mr. Sami Sayadi, in the presence of Mr. Khalil Amiri, Secretary of State for Scientific Research (Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research). The managers… Read more »
TWB & AURIGA Partners support company formation
TWB and AURIGA IV Bioseeds, a professional investment capital fund, are initiating a partnership to ensure a prosperous future for TWB’s research projects and the companies resulting from them. The aim is to reinforce, through the investments of the AURIGA IV Bioseeds fund, the support provided to TWB’s innovative research projects, to ensure their sustainability… Read more »
TWB strengthens its R&D Project activity
Franck Bordier joined the TWB team the 5th September 2016 as a Junior Project leader. He will work in cooperation with Olivier Galy, Chief Technical Officer. This new hire will meet the ever increasing activity linked to increasing number of precompetitive research projects, development of new collaborations with public laboratories and technical services growth on… Read more »
TWB & PILI partners for the production of dyes
PILI, company specialised in the production of renewable and ecological dyes, has started a collaboration with TWB and chosen to move into TWB’s premises in order to benefit from its structures, equipment, and skills. The aim is to reach the pilot scale of the industrial manufacturing process for a first dye. PILI plans to market… Read more »
TWB & DEINOVE optimize Deinococcus production
DEINOVE and TWB undertake a collaborative R&D project to optimize the metabolic fluxes of Deinococcus. This partnership aims to strengthen DEINOVE’s unique expertise of Deinococcus metabolism and optimize the production of targeted compounds of interest. The project, conducted in collaboration with the MetaToul platform (LISBP, INSA Toulouse – MetaboHUB national infrastructure) headed by Prof. Jean-Charles… Read more »
EnobraQ raises funds
EnobraQ, start-up from a TWB research project, that develops CO2-based industrial fermentation processes, announces it has secured a 2.9 M€ seed financing round. Sofinnova Partners, original investor, is joined by Auriga Partners, IRDInov and CEA Investissement. Proceeds will be allocated towards EnobraQ’s research and development plan targeting an advanced proof of concept before the end… Read more »
