German Research Foundation - Current projects
Characterisation of drought tolerance and water storage of phototrophic biofilms
Due to global warming, in addition to higher temperatures, extreme weather events will also occur more frequently in the future, which will have a considerable impact on agriculture. In addition, longer periods of heat will lead to progressive desertification. Irrigation during hot spells cannot be guaranteed, so ideally the water must be kept in the soil for longer. In this project, the scientific and process-technical foundations are to be created to be able to use phototrophic biofilms to improve water retention in the soil and for the rehabilitation of degraded land.
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Partner | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Bröckel |
Status | Current project |
Funding | German Research Foundation (DFG) |
Funding periode | 08/2024 - 07/2027 |
Funding code | STR 1650/7-1 |
Mitarbeiter/-Innen | N.N. |
Magnetic separation of P-loaded adsorber particles (Project C1 within Research Training Group WERA)
By using functionalized, magnetic adsorber particles in combination with magnetic separation techniques, it is possible to separate selected substances from process solutions directly and independently of the presence of other dissolved substances and other suspended solid particles...
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Partner | see WERA Homepage |
Status | Current project |
Funding | German Research Foundation (DFG) |
Funding periode | 07/2024 - 06/2029 |
Funding code | WERA (GRK 2908) |
Mitarbeiter/-Innen |
Production of ethyl-butyrate in a self-sufficient reaction cascade (PEBcascade)
With this project, the applicants want to investigate a self-sufficient biotechnological reaction cascade for the production of the fuel ethyl butyrate. In our approach, an artificial anaerobic mixed culture of clostridia and yeast or bacteria is used in combination with a surface-dissolved lipase for the production of the ester in a reaction system.
Partners | Electrobiotechnology |
Status | Current project |
Funding organisation | German Research Foundation |
Funding period | 10/2022 - 09/2025 |
Funding code | UL 170/26-1 |
Employees | Katharina Oehlenschläger |
Use of phototrophic biofilms in the agricultural sector to improve plant growth
(German title: Einsatz von phototrophen Biofilmen im Agrarsektor zur Verbesserung des Pflanzenwachstums)
In 2018, around 866 million tonnes of greenhouse gases were produced in Germany, with 10-12% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions worldwide being attributable to agriculture. While the...
Status | Current project |
Funding organisation | German Research Foundation |
Funding period | 07/2021 - 06/2025 |
Funding code | STR1650/1-1 |
Employees | M. Sc. Jonas Kollmen |
German Research Foundation - Completed projects
Projekt | Infos |
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SFB 926 Funding period: 07/2011 - 06/2023 | |
Funding code: UL 170/16-1 Funding period: 02/2017 - 12/2020 | |
Investigation of the process behaviour of productive biofilms (German title: Untersuchung des Prozessverhaltens von produktiven Biofilmen) | Funding code: UL 170/14-1 Funding period: 07/2016 - 12/2019 |
Extraction of pharmacologically relevant triterpenes from plant cell cultures using the example of oleanolic and ursolic acid (German title: Gewinnung von pharmakologisch relevanten Triterpenen aus pflanzlichen Zellkulturen am Beispiel von Oleanol- und Ursolsäure) | Funding code: UL 170/8-1 Funding period: 01/2010-12/2011 |
Nutrient-poor emersed fermentations of terrestrial cyanobacteria for the production of biotechnological materials (German title: Nährstoffarme Emers-Fermentationen terrestrischer Cyanobakterien zur Produktion biotechnischer Wertstoffe) | Funding code: UL 170/7-1 Funding period: 03/2010-02/2012 |
Search for and use of enzymes of marine origin for the targeted hydrolysis of sulphated polysaccharides (German title: Suche nach und Verwendung von Enzymen marinen Ursprungs zur gezielten Hydrolyse sulfatierter Polysaccharide) | Funding code: UL 170/3-3 Funding period: 07/2008-06/2011 |
Search for and use of enzymes of marine origin for the directed hydrolysis of sulphated polysaccharides | Funding code: UL 170/3-1 and UL 170/3-2 Funding period: 02/2005 - 05/2008 |
Confocal laser scanning microscope for biological questions (German title: Konfokales Laserscanning-Mikroskop für biologische Fragestellungen) | Funding code: INST 248/150-1 FUGG (Application under the large-scale research equipment programme) Funding period: 2011 |
Bioprocess engineering analysis facility (mini-plant system) (German title: Analyseeinrichtung Bioverfahrenstechnik (Mini-Plant-Anlage)) | Funding code: INST 248/62-1 FUGG (Application under the large-scale research equipment programme) Funding period: 2007 |
Bilateral symposium (USA) - Workshop on process intensification for the production of biogenic energy sources from phototrophic microorganisms (German title: Bilaterales Symposium (USA) - Workshop zur Prozessintensivierung der Produktion biogener Energieträger phototropher Mikroorganismen) | Funding code: UL 170/11-1 Funding period: 16/03/2012 - 15/03/2013 |