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Jump to main contentThe group's ambition is to use biotechnology as a tool for solving environmental problems and develop sustainable processes in the field of energy and materials.
A close collaboration between different disciplines here at the University of Borås is a unique opportunity to conduct interdisciplinary research. The research team in biotechnology have taken advantage of this opportunity in the form of several research and development projects.
Biogenic CO2 utilization for circular waste-to-batteries and hydrogen production
Start date: 2025-12-15 — End date: 2028-12-15
SynoProtein - Carbon capture from syngas to Single Cell Protein (SCP) and use as fish feed ingredient
Start date: 2023-09-01 — End date: 2028-02-29
Mobility of higher education of students and staff supported by external policy funds
Start date: 2024-08-01 — End date: 2027-07-31
Volatile fatty acids from food waste: chemical building blocks for a fossil-free tomorrow
Start date: 2025-11-01 — End date: 2027-04-30
Innovative fungal leather from food waste
Start date: 2025-01-01 — End date: 2026-12-31
INBIOWAL – Innovative Bio valorization Techniques
Start date: 2024-09-01 — End date: 2026-08-31
New marketable, nutritious, and sustainable mycelium-based food from food industry residues
Start date: 2023-12-01 — End date: 2025-11-30
Resource recovery using volatile fatty acids and alcohols platform
Start date: 2021-12-01 — End date: 2025-11-30
Development of resource efficient processes to reuse of food waste for construction of membranes and filters for water purification and facemasks respectively
Start date: 2021-11-15 — End date: 2025-11-14
FULLRECO4US
Start date: 2021-09-28 — End date: 2025-09-27
Cell culture laboratory
Start date: 2023-01-01 — End date: 2025-06-30
Food processing residues to climate smart food via edible filamentous fungi
Start date: 2023-01-01 — End date: 2024-12-31
Using scaffolds/membranes for a better CO2 fixation by algae
Start date: 2022-07-01 — End date: 2024-06-30
Sustainable Fungal Textiles: A novel approach for reuse of food waste
Start date: 2019-01-01 — End date: 2023-01-16
Fish from ethanol residues – environmentally friendly feed for future farmed fish
Start date: 2020-03-31 — End date: 2022-12-30
Electrospinning of fungal biopolymers to make biomaterials for medical application
Start date: 2021-09-01 — End date: 2022-09-30
Development of novel food waste-derived fungal membranes for water purification
Start date: 2021-08-31 — End date: 2022-02-20
Akram Zamani
Professor
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Mahtab Mohammadi
Doctoral Student
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Sharmeen Mustafa
Doctoral Student
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