BIZENTE project has started the LCA and LLC analysis which represent a step towards the performance of a sustainability assessment of the project outcomes. The final results of the LCA will be used mainly for decision making in order to analyse the variation of the potential environmental impact in a scenario in which the residues [...]
On the 17th of November 2021, Bizente's partners met online to analyse the progress of the work performed during the last six months and plan the actions for the next six months. We are making relevant progresses in the characterization of reference resins, the modification of enzymes and resins and the development of degradation methods. [...]
BIZENTE NEWSLETTER Issue number 2, June 2021 BIZENTE'S TOUCHDOWN IN EU GREEN WEEK 2021: THE POWER OF ENZYMES Next 27th of May, in a joint webinar in the frame of the EU Green Week the key players of BIZENTE Project and other EU Green Week participant projects will shed a light on enzymatic ways to degrade [...]
Javier Viña is Co-founder and Scientific Manager of EvoEnzyme. He is PhD in Biochemistry at Prof. Miguel Alcalde´s lab in the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry from the CSIC with stays at the Technical University of Graz (Prof. Anton Glieder). As an enzymologist he brings his broad knowledge in library creation methods and [...]
Plastic waste is one of the major threats to our ecosystems and the current end-of-life given to plastics negatively affects the environment. Circular economy is about to optimally manage waste in order to create an effective after-use plastic economy as a main strategy to promote recycling rates of plastics and to avoid further plastic littering [...]
Within the BIZENTE project, TU Delft is responsible to evaluate the activity of enzymes on low molecular-weight model compounds of representive thermoset composites. The model compounds should comprise the same main structural elements of the target polymers in order to understand how the enzymes could degrade the respective polymer. The chemical structures of the intially [...]
From the beginning of BIZENTE, partner EvoEnzyme has been studying the potential of ligninolytic enzymes in the degradation of complex thermoset composites. With the aim of customizing these enzymes (by protein engineering) and adapt them to industrial settings, EvoEnzyme started testing their activity in the degradation of soluble model molecules based on the structure of [...]
EvoEnzyme presented Bizente in Biotrans 2021 celebrated in Graz, Austria on 19th to 22nd July, 2021 with the poster "Biocatalytic solutions for the end-of-life of thermoset materials". The poster was elaborated by EvoEnzyme and the Department of Catalysis and Petrochemistry of CSIC. Happy reading!
The 15th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations (Biotrans 2021) will take place from the 19th to 22nd July, The conference is organised around poster sessions presenting the state-of-the-art in biocatalysis including synthetic and evolutionary biology, genetics, reaction engineering, biomolecular engineering, protein biochemistry, computational chemistry and synthetic (bio)organic chemistry. Check for updates at @biotrans2021. EVOENZYME [...]
Due to unique characteristics such as their high strength-to-weight ratio (enabling light-weighting) and long durability, thermoset based composite materials provide significant advantages over conventional materials such as steel or aluminium. This makes them very attractive for a growing number of applications across sectors, ranging from aerospace and automotive to construction, railway, energy, and sports. The [...]
