Upcycling residual dairy and animal biomass into valuable peptides and amino acids
ONE EARTH is a Horizon Europe project that uses biotechnology to transform residual dairy and animal biomasses into valuable products. It focuses on the extraction of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and polypeptides for use in cosmetics, bioadhesives, fertilizers, and fish feed.
A key part of the ONE EARTH project involves upcycling chicken feathers and fish scales to peptides and amino acids. For this aspect, the FHNW School of Life Sciences is contributing its expertise in biocatalysis to digest residual biomass. Specifically, the FHNW team developed a flow reactor based on monolithic and hierarchically structured silica, allowing controlled protein hydrolysis.
Other activities include turning cheese why, a liquid waste from dairy industries, into volatile fatty acids (VFAs) through anaerobic acidogenic fermentation, then using VFAs as a carbon source for culturing microbial strains to produce PUFAs.
The ONE EARTH project consortium consists of 15 partners from Italy, Spain, Croatia, Portugal, Belgium, Greece, Germany, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Switzerland.
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Project details
- Type
- Research project
- Research areas
- Molecular nanotechnology
- Topics
- Biology and chemistry, Circular economy, Environment and sustainability, Natural sciences, Pharmaceutical, medical and biotechnology, Technologies and engineering
- University
- FHNW School of Life Sciences / Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics
- Partner
- The University of Bologna (UNIBO)
Aller Aqua Research GmbH (AAR)
Anaveris Monoprosopi Anonymi Etaireia
ANFACO-CYTMA
Biotrend – Inovação e Engenharia em Biotecnologia, S.A
Caseificio Mambelli s.r.l
“Forel” Research and Production Center
Cromaris Dionicko Drustvo za Marikulturu
Gesco Società Cooperativa Agricola (GESCO)
Oxigen
Pedal Consulting s.r.o
Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIVPM)
Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek NV (VITO)
Bolton Food S.p.a - Funding
- Horizon Europe 101135559
- Running time
- 2024-2028
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