Tag Archive for: precision fermentation

A team led by Imperial College London has launched a miniature lab into Earth orbit to test the production of edible proteins in space with the help of yeast-based biotech.

French dairy heavyweight Bel Group has teamed up with Standing Ovation in a bid to transform surplus whey from cheese production into high-value casein proteins using precision fermentation. The collaboration is set to address the longstanding issue of under-utilised acid whey, a by-product that often goes to waste in the dairy sector.

French dairy giant Danone, engineering materials group Michelin, US start-up DMC Biotechnologies and Crédit Agricole Centre France have joined forces to create the Biotech Open Platform as  precision fermentation centre.