Collaborations
Working with global leaders in industrial biotechnology, agriculture, polymers and biosynthetic development.
Research Projects
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Full name: @note, biomedical textmining
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@Note (pronounced as ANote) is a Biomedical Text Mining platform that copes with major Information Retrieval and Information Extraction tasks.
http://anote-project.org/consortium
University of Minho
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Full name: Characterization of food consumption and physical activity in Portugal
duration
2015
2016
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https://ian-af.up.pt/consortium
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto (coordinator)
Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto
Faculdade de Ciências da Nutrição e Alimentação da Universidade do Porto
Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge
AIDFM - Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa
Faculdade de Desporto da Universidade do Porto
Faculdade de Motricidade Humana da Universidade de Lisboa
SilicoLife
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Oslo, Noruega -
Full name: Designer yeast strain library optimized for metabolic engineering applications
duration
2014
2017
Development of optimized cell factories for the production of novel compounds is a time-consuming process and represents a significant cost/time burden. DeYeastLibrary project helps overcoming this hurdle by using cutting-edge computational and experimental tools. The project exploits the biochemical design principles of nature and will accelerate the development of yeast-based bioprocesses.
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European Molecular Biology Laboratory (coordinator)
University of Minho
SilicoLife
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat
Technical University of Denmark -
Full name: Dynamics analysis and optimization of industrial microorganisms under dynamic process conditions
duration
2015
2018
The project lead by Delft University of Technology studies the properties of cells as factories under large-scale production conditions aiming to improve the cellular properties in order to maximize fermentation performance under real-world, large-scale conditions.
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TU Delft (coordinator)
University of Minho
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Metabolomic Discoveries
SilicoLife
Genomatica -
Full name: Integrated Process and Cell Refactoring Systems for Enhanced Industrial Biotechnology
duration
2014
2017
The project aims to convert low-value glycerol, a by-product of biodiesel production, to chiral amino alcohol (CAA) and 1,2-propanediol (PDO). CAA is an intermediate in the manufacturing of some medicines, while PDO is used for the de-icing of aircrafts. Two yeasts are being engineered for an optimal biological conversion glycerol into CAA and PDO.
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University College London (coordinator)
Jacobs University Bremen
SilicoLife
Technical University of Denmark
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Bio-Prodict
Ingenza
University of Strathclyde -
Full name: Thermophilic cell factories for efficient conversion of brown algae biomass to high-value chemicals
duration
2016
2019
Thermofactories is a marine biotechnology initiative for the development of thermophile cell factories exploiting brown algae biomass as a feedstock for the production of specialty chemicals. The ThermoFactories project gathers top notch entities from Portugal, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway and is co-funded by ERA-MarineBiotech program.
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology (coordinator)
SINTEF
University of Iceland
Lund University
Technical University of Denmark
Matis Ohf
Biotrend
SilicoLife -
Full name: New tailor-made biopolymers produced from sugars obtained from lignocellulosic residues for flame retardancy highly demanding applications
duration
2012
2016
BRIGIT developed a cost-competitive and environmentally friendly continuous process to produce biopolymers (polyhydroxybutyrate, PHB, and succinate-based biopolyesters, PBS-Poly-Butylene-Succinate) from waste-derived lignocelullosic sugar feedstock liquor of wood sulphite pulping process based on “in-situ” fermentation process and new fermentation culture technology without alteration of the quality of current lignosulphonates (with a high market demand as additive).
http://www.brigit-project.eu/consortium
AIMPLAS
University of Lund
University of Cantabria
Biotrend
SilicoLife
Agricultural University of Athens
Avecom
BioComposites Centre at Bangor University
Nextek
DLab
Green Source
Addcomp Holland
Pro Form
Xperion Aerospace
Solaris
Centro Ricerche Fiat -
Full name: Bioinformatics Services for Data-Driven Design of Cell Factories and Communities
duration
2016
2020
DD-DeCaF is a four-year collaborative project on data-driven design of cells and microbial communities for applications ranging from human health to sustainable production of chemicals. This project, coordinated by the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, was awarded by the European Commission with 6.3 million Euros and brings together leading academic partners from five European universities with five innovative European companies to address the challenge of building a comprehensive design tool.
http://dd-decaf.eu/consortium
DTU / Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (coordinator)
Technical University of Denmark
Chalmers University of Technology
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
University of Minho
SilicoLife
Genialis
Biobyte solutions GmbH
Biosyntia
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Full name: Modular cell factories for the production of 100 compounds from the shikimate pathway
duration
January 2019
December 2022
SHIKIFACTORY100 is a Horizon2020 project aiming towards the production of a universe of more than 100 high-added value compounds from the shikimate pathway through the development of an optimized shikimate chassis and implementation of novel biosynthetic routes exploring enzyme promiscuity to introduce new pathways for the production of known and newly designed compounds. This project is coordinated by SilicoLife and has 11 partners (6 research partners, 4 biotech SMEs, 1 industrial company).
http://shikifactory100.eu/consortium
SilicoLife
DTU
EMBL
EPFL
University NOVA of Lisbon
The University of Manchester
Universidade do Minho
c-LEcta
Galchimia
NNFCC
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Full name: Parasite Glycobiology and anti-parasitic strategies
duration
2014
2017
The main scientific goal of GlycoPar ITN is the description of novel paradigms and models by which parasite glycoconjugates (from protozoans to helminths) play a role in the successful colonization of the different hosts and the translation of all this knowledge into novel diagnostic tools and therapeutic approaches against parasitic infections affecting humans or animals.
http://www.glycopar.eu/consortium
Instituto de Medicina Molecular (coordinator)
University of Dundee
Barcelona Institute for Global Health
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Hanover Medical School
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland
Malcisbo
Biogno
SilicoLife
Ludger
GlaxoSmithKline R&D
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Full name: Predictive and Accelerated Metabolic Engineering Network
duration
2016
2020
PAcMEN will apply novel modeling, ‘omic data analysis, synthetic biology and protein engineering technologies to enable a new paradigm for cost-effective, predictive and accelerated metabolic engineering of cell factories. Further, PAcMEN will serve to educate the much-needed scientists to create biotechnological solutions for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals. The graduates will be prepared through research, business, and entrepreneurship training to become leaders in small and large private companies or academia.
http://www.pacmen-itn.eu/consortium
Technical University of Denmark (coordinator)
Delft University of Technology
RWTH Aachen University
SilicoLife
Chalmers University of Technology
SeSaM-Biotech
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne -
Full name: Systematic Models for Biological Systems Engineering Training Network
duration
2015
2019
SyMBioSys is a joint academic/industrial training initiative supporting the convergence of engineering, biological and computational sciences. The consortium's mutual goal is developing a new generation of innovative and entrepreneurial early-stage researchers to develop and exploit cutting-edge dynamic mathematical models for biomedical and biotechnological applications.
http://www.h2020symbiosys.eu/consortium
Imperial College London (coordinator)
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas
Aristote University of Thessaloniki
Insilico Biotechnology
Process Systems Enterprise
SilicoLife
Humboldt-Universität
ProtATonce
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
RWTH Aachen University Clinic
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne -
Full name: SME qualification - Hiring highly qualified human resources
duration
01-12-2020
31-03-2023
Exploitation of internal technologies for the development of new products and services (including IP generation)
http://www.silicolife.com/norte2020-rh/consortium
SilicoLife
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Full name: OptFlux: metabolic engineering workbench
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OptFlux is an open-source and modular software to support in silico metabolic engineering tasks.
www.optflux.comconsortium
University of Minho
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Full name: Deep Learning and Machine Learning for industrial biotechnology applications
duration
01-07-2019
30-06-2022
Development of computational methods for metabolic engineering based on Machine Learning / Deep Learning for the prediction of biological activities, new molecules, reactions and pathways for industrial biotechnology applications.
http://www.silicolife.com/deepbio/consortium
SilicoLife
Universidade do Minho
Universidade Nova de Lisboa