Acronym
CARBOSURF
Code
41J06715
Duration
01 August 2015 → 31 July 2018
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Engineering and technology
- Biocatalysis and enzyme technology
- Bioprocessing, bioproduction and bioproducts
- Fermentation
- Industrial microbiology
- Industrial biotechnology not elsewhere classified
Keywords
specialty carbohydrates
industrial biotechnology
biosurfactants
Project description
CARBOSURF aims to develop new biobased processes and products. Specifically, it targets the fermentative production of different glycolipid biosurfactants with a wide range of application fields, and specialty carbohydrates, i.e. complex human milk oligosaccharides, whith applications as neutraceutical, pharmaceutical and cosmetic ingredients. Sufficient amounts of new products will be produced for application testing, in order to evaluate their market potential.
Role of Ghent University
Ghent University is coordinating the CarboSurf project. Ghent University will create and optimize microbial strains for the production of biosurfactants and specialty carbohydrates. It will also develop screening techniques and engineering tools which will allow to efficiently produce these strains. Moreover, it will make an assessment of the IP situation for each product in each application field, and draft a dissemination and exploitation plan.