Project description
Biogenic dyeing methods for the textile and food industries
Dyeing is essential in the textile and food industries, but both face environmental challenges from wastewater and the use of synthetic dyes. These sectors need to adopt sustainable methods. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the DyeAnotherWay project will prepare doctoral candidates to lead the textile and food industries towards sustainability through innovative dyeing methods that use bacterial genetic resources and advanced technology. The project will also leverage advancements in microbiology, bioeconomy and related fields. Bacteria-based pigments will be the foundation for research across multiple disciplines, including chemistry, biotechnology and market research, to make biogenic dyes commercially available for traditional and new textiles. This will help the industry transition away from petrochemical dyes.
Objective
DyeAnotherWay aims at providing Doctoral Candidates with the skills necessary to lead the textile and food industries into a greener future by developing new sustainable dyeing methods exploiting bacterial genetic resources in an innovation-oriented way using cutting edge technology. The co-operation between the professional textile industry, commercial suppliers of analytical and biotechnological services, and scientists from nine Universities from ten countries addresses urgent needs in the non-academic sector and scientific hotspots in microbiology, bioeconomy and the textile and food industry simultaneously. Bacteria-based pigments, are the common research platform in combination with a broad spectrum of disciplines ranging from microbiology, chemistry, biotechnology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and bioinformatics to textile processing and market research. This will, in the near future, make a range of fully characterised biogenic dyes commercially available to the industry for use in dyeing both conventional and new textiles, allowing the industry to wean itself off petrochemical dyes in an economically viable way. The dyes will potentially find application beyond the textile and food industry, thus allowing many fields to benefit from their low carbon footprint production and their compatibility with human and environmental health. The 12 Doctoral Candidates will obtain multi- sectoral training in the relevant disciplines. In addition, training in research management, communication/presentation, creativity and entrepreneurship will provide key transferable skills for public and private sector employment, thereby maximizing the impact on the research and training on the fellows’ careers. The diversity of dissemination and communication activities guarantees the DCs' exposure to stakeholders in every sector and will help shape the future of education in this field.
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- engineering and technology materials engineering synthetic dyes
- social sciences other social sciences development studies social developments
- engineering and technology materials engineering textiles
- social sciences economics and business economics bioeconomy
- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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1040 Wien
Austria
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