SFI Centre for Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research
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Proof of principle fly larvae biorefinery for biopolymer plastic production. BioLaMer, funded by the EIC Pathfinder Open project, tackles two major global challenges: food waste and the petrochemical plastics problems, by introducing a new value chain. BioLaMer is demonstrating a proof of principle fly larvae biorefinery by establishing food-eating black soldier fly larvae
(Hermetia illucens) as a high-impact feedstock for the production of two biopolymers, chitosan and polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), and value-added bioplastics-based products from them.
This project is an EIC Pathfinder coordinated by Dr. Sibu Padmanabhan. It started on 1st April 2023 with a budget of €2,956,826.
AMBER Researcher & Coordinator: Director & PI Michael Morris, TCD
Website: https://biolamer.eu/
AMBER has a strong emphasis on collaboration. Central to AMBER’s research remit are collaborative projects performed with industry partners, and working with academic, industry and wider stakeholder on international and national research programmes.
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