OXIPRO partners, alongside our sister projects RadicalZ, FuturEnzyme and EnXylaScope invite YOU to join researchers, policymakers, and industry experts to explore the future of enzyme innovation and sustainability in these events.   📅 April 8th – World Café | 🌍 Open discussions on sustainability and innovation 📅 April 9th – Info Day | 🧬 Dive into cutting-edge enzyme research and industry trends 📅 April 10th – Spring School | 📚 Hands-on learning for PhD students & postdocs   Whether you’re...

In the ongoing quest for sustainable solutions, the EC-funded project OXIPRO has made a ground-breaking leap in laundry hygiene. By harnessing the power of enzymes, OXIPRO partners have developed an innovative method that aims to sanitize fabrics effectively without relying on traditional chemical disinfectants. This eco-friendly approach not only promises to revolutionize household laundry but also offers a glimpse into the future of greener cleaning solutions. The Problem with Conventional Laundry Detergents Traditional laundry detergents rely on a mix of...

New Policy Brief from OXIPRO: Advancing Safe and Sustainable by Design for Enzyme-Based Innovations   OXIPRO has published a new policy brief offering critical insights and recommendations for enhancing the EU’s Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) framework, based on real-world experiences from four enzyme-based innovation cases.   As the EU pushes for greener, safer chemical solutions under its Chemical Strategy for Sustainability, SSbD has emerged as a guiding approach for developing chemicals and materials with minimal harm across their...

Enzyme research is evolving with the integration of computational tools, and at the core of this progress is the OXIPRO project. A key part of this EU-funded initiative is the development of computational platforms designed to support enzyme engineering. These platforms are being developed to make enzyme discovery more accessible and efficient for various industries.   Enzymes play a fundamental role in industrial biotechnology, catalysing reactions that are essential for producing sustainable products, from bio-based detergents to pharmaceutical compounds. However,...

New Research Sheds Light on a Unique Bacterial Enzyme with Industrial Potential   Are you looking for a natural and efficient way to enhance food preservation and personal care products? 🤔 The GECCO Biotech team, in collaboration with the researchers at the University of Groningen, has successfully identified and characterized a bacterial lactoperoxidase, CyanoPOX, that may be the answer!   CyanoPOX is a robust and easily expressed enzyme that offers a promising alternative to mammalian LPOs, which are difficult to produce....

🌍 Rethink, Innovate, Act: A Hands-On Sustainability Event for the Next Generation 🌱   📅 Date: April 8, 2025 📍 Location: Plaza Mayor UAM, c/ Einstein, 7, Fuencarral-El Pardo, 28049 Madrid, Spain ⏰ Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM (GMT+1) 🔗 Register Now – Free Participation, Limited Spaces! Register Here   Are you ready to rethink sustainability and challenge the status quo? Join us for a day of dynamic, interactive discussions at the OXIPRO World Café event in Madrid! Designed...

👚Imagine washing your clothes at just 25°C—saving energy, reducing carbon emissions, and still getting spotless, results. Thanks to enzyme technology, this future is closer than you think!   📰 A new article from NORCE explores how OXIPRO is developing enzymes to make laundry detergents more effective at lower temperatures. By replacing harsh chemicals with biotech-powered solutions, we’re moving towards cleaner, greener, and more sustainable everyday products.   This recently published article explores how enzymes—nature’s catalysts—can be designed and applied in...

From November 18th to 20th, 2024, Tejaswini R. B. Ramakrishna, a researcher from NORCE Norwegian Research Center, attended the Biocat4Value Biocatalysis Conference in Düsseldorf, Germany. Organized by the European Federation of Biotechnology, the event brought together researchers, industry professionals, and academics to discuss advancements in food science and technology, with a strong focus on sustainability and innovation in biocatalysis. A key theme of the conference was the enabling role of biocatalysis in transforming biomass and renewable sources into high-value products....

The OXIPRO team is pleased to share a ground-breaking new publication from researchers at the Bioprocess Engineering and Applied Biocatalysis Group, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). The study, led by Yerko Fredes, Gregorio Álvaro, Marina Guillén, and Oscar Romero, explores an innovative enzymatic approach to reduce environmental impact in the textile industry. The article, titled "Towards a resource-friendly circular cotton processing: From carbohydrate-rich wastewaters to hydrogen peroxide using carbohydrate oxidases", is now available in the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering....

OXIPRO invites you to an exclusive Roundtable on Sustainable Biotechnology, bringing together experts from academia, industry, and policy to explore key challenges and opportunities in applying Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) principles and valorizing marine by-products.   📅 Date: March 20, 2025🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM📍 Location: EU Liaison Office of the German Research Organisations (KoWi), Rue du Trône 98, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium💻 Live: Take part in person or follow the stream   Why Attend? This event offers...

How can enzymes transform the way we produce and use everyday products? Can they help us cut energy use, reduce chemical pollution, and upcycle industrial waste into valuable resources? The answers are now here in our newly published article! 📢 Read all about it here: 👉 OXIPRO Article What’s Inside the Article? The article explores how OXIPRO is pioneering enzyme-based innovations to tackle some of today’s biggest sustainability challenges: ♻️ Transforming waste from fish processing into high-value nutraceuticals, promoting a...

At the heart of the OXIPRO project’s mission lies the transformative potential of oxidative enzymes, like laccases, to power sustainable industrial innovation. In Chapter 9 of the newly published Laccase and Polyphenol Oxidase, OXIPRO partners Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Novonesis demonstrate how cutting-edge computational techniques are revolutionizing laccase discovery and engineering.     Authored by the project teams at BSC and Novonesis, "In Silico Bioprospecting and Engineering Laccases: Methods and Applications" is a ground-breaking exploration of how technology can overcome...