Commercialization of high-value chemical production in moss

Información del proyecto

TYCHOBIO

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 745412

DOI

10.3030/745412

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 1 Diciembre 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Marzo 2017

Fecha de finalización 31 Agosto 2017

Financiado con arreglo a

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies – Biotechnology

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

TYCHOBIO IVS
Denmark

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TYCHOBIO (Commercialization of high-value chemical production in moss)

Período documentado: 2017-03-01 hasta 2017-08-31

Resumen del contexto y de los objetivos generales del proyecto

The current world population of 7.2bn people is projected by the UN to rise to 9.6bn in 2050. This growth will create enormous pressure on world food production. An increased focus on specific ingredients properties will play a crucial role in this context. Many ingredients originate from specialty plant chemicals, but these are often present in low quantities in the native plant constituting less than 1% of total mass. TychoBio provides a platform for green and sustainable production of plant specialty chemicals used in the personal care, food, pharmaceutical and animal feed industry. The development of our platform enables us to quickly deliver specific products to our customers through a B2B strategy. TychoBio is exploring the use of the moss Physcomitrella patens that only requires light, water and a minimum supply of nutrients to produce high-value ingredients while simultaneously removing CO2 from the atmosphere. The moss has the ability to be engineered to produce a large range of industrial relevant specialized plant chemicals.

Trabajo realizado desde el comienzo del proyecto hasta el final del período abarcado por el informe y los principales resultados hasta la fecha

Throughout this SME Phase I project we have explored three different work packages: WP1: Investigation of the patentability of our platform
WP2: Upscaling in a relevant environment
WP3: Feasibility report
We have generated a comprehensive feasibility study of our business concept.
A professional freedom-to-operate analysis was conducted during the project, which stated that we have freedom-to-operate when developing new genetic tools to optimize moss for the production of specialty plant chemicals. We plan to submit a patent application covering the production of an antioxidant in our moss platform late 2017.
We investigated several upscaling methods, including Wave plastic bags, tubular photobioreactors and simple glass bioreactors for in-house use. We showed that moss grows very fast in our bioreactor and we expect to be able to reduce the growth-rate in future tests. In the business plan we have identified our target market, made a customer profiling, a business model and initiated customer contact which resulted in positive feedback and proof that our platform has industrial interest.

Avances que van más allá del estado de la técnica e impacto potencial esperado (incluida la repercusión socioeconómica y las implicaciones sociales más amplias del proyecto hasta la fecha)

The evaluation of the feasibility of our business concept has led to several positive outcomes and prospects. We thus conclude that TychoBio have the potential to become a significant player within the synthetic biology sector in Europe by producing plant specialty chemicals for the food, animal feed, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industry.

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