Bizente’s main goal is to develop enzymatic solutions for the end-of-life treatment of complex composite materials. EvoEnzyme is the partner in charge of the engineering of novel enzymes (ligninolytic and hydrolytic) by directed evolution to adapt them to the degradation process under industrial conditions (Fig 1.). Model scaffold molecules for four selected resins (Hexflow®RTM6, Araldine®LY1568, [...]
During the month of October 2022, BIZENTE held a scientific workshop with the Aragonese Foundation for Research and Development (ARAID). The main objective of the event was to present the BIZENTE project to a specialised audience such as the different principal investigators of the ARAID programme and to promote circular economy projects with a [...]
Unlike thermoplastic for which effective recycling options do exist, thermoset composites cannot be melted because they contain, in their structure, crosslinked polymer networks based on irreversible chemical bonds. Therefore, currently most of the thermoset composites waste are not properly recycled and they are either incinerated or diverted to landfill. Industrial needs for high performance [...]
The University of Cadiz and the BIZENTE project are taking part in the European Researchers' Night 2022, which was held in Cadiz on 30 September. This scientific dissemination event, which takes place in the streets and squares of 400 European cities, is focused on showing citizens the work done by scientists. The workshop, conducted [...]
ACCIONA CONSTTUCTION, partner in Bizente project, is a Spanish construction company present in over 30 countries through its different divisions and with a turnover of over 3 billion euros and around 11,300 employees. ACCIONA covers the whole range of construction, from engineering to the performance of works and their later maintenance, and the management [...]
At Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) we coordinate the work on the scientific basics of the envisioned enzymatic polymer degradation. Inspired by nature’s solutions to degrade recalcitrant lignin, the research group investigates so-called peroxygenases to degrade non-natural polymers for which nature has not developed degradation strategies (yet). Natural enzymes and human-engineered enzymes are investigated [...]
The Bizente project consortium is having quite a busy summer, participating in various international conferences and workshops. In July, for example, the strategic lines of Bizente were presented by Evoenzyme at the workshop "A sustainable future with sustainable plastics", organised by the project coordinator, Aitiip Centro Tecnológico. In addition to the technical presentation, in [...]
Our partners from Evoenzyme presented Bizente at the 2022 Oxienzymes Conference, that took place in Sienna. ¡You can now download the poster! Click here Poster Oxyzymes-Bizente Project
The role of EvoEnzyme in BIZENTE is to engineer the most promising composite degrading enzymes by Directed Evolution. During the last months we have been developing high-throughput screening assays to detect activity on model molecules from the resins (epoxy, vinyl-ester and polyester). These assays have allowed us to explore libraries in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and to [...]
The objective of BIZENTE project (https://specificpolymers.com/bizente/) is to develop multi-step degradation process to degrade thermoset materials (cured reference resins used) at their end-of-life. To do so, BIZENTE partners are working in parallel in order to develop specific enzymes custom designed on the basis of reference resin and, on the other hand, achieve chemical modification of [...]
