Biotechnology

Quelle: ATB Bornim

A restrained use of natural resources demands the development of efficient, 1ow-emission and energy-saving processes. Under the leadership of Prof. Dr Treffenfeldt, member of the BioEconomyCouncil, the work group will draw up recommendations in the field of industrial biotechnology. Industrial biotechnology, also known as ‘white’ biotechnology, uses various processes such as fermentation technology, biocatalysis, and synthetic biology for the sustainable production of materials or energy. Building on the strengths of industrial biotechnology in Germany, the biotechnology work group aims to support further development so as to consolidate industrial biotechnology as an important pillar of the economy and to help it achieve an advantageous competitive position on the world market.

The biotechnology work group’s agenda covers the following subjects:

• The interlinking of science, business, politics and society
• Structures for research, technological development, and the introduction of products and processes into the market
• The combination of technological and socio-economic research topics (including considerations of sustainability)
• Highlighting efficiency and synergy potentials beyond the current areas of application.
• Development of international solutions

The work group consists of BioEconomyCouncil members and outside experts from science and business.

Spokeswoman for the biotechnology work group

• Prof. Dr Wiltrud Treffenfeldt
  Director of Bioprocess Development, Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, USA

Members of the BioEconomyCouncil

• Prof. Dr Thomas Hirth
  Head of the Fraunhofer Institute of Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, and the Institute for Interfacial Engineering, Stuttgart University
• Prof. Dr Bernd Müller-Röber
  Professor of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, and Potsdam University
• Dr Christian Patermann
  Advisor on knowledge-based bio-economy to the Land of North-Rhine Westphalia
• Dr Holger Zinke, CEO BRAIN AG

Outside experts

• Dr Friedhelm Balkenhohl, BASF SE
• Prof. Dr Rainer Fischer
  Fraunhofer Institute of Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology
• Prof. Dr Stefanie Heiden
  German Federal Foundation for the Environment
• Prof. Dr Karl-Heinz Maurer
  Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
• Dr Thomas Schäfer, Novozymes
• Prof. Dr Andreas Schmid
  Chair of Biotechnology, Technical University Dortmund
• Prof. Dr Dirk Weuster-Botz
  Chair of Bioprocess Technology, Technical University Munich

Contact at the BioEconomyCouncil office

Dr. Katja Leicht, academic staff member