News
November 2022
The 6 scientific deliverable of the project is finished!
The partners of the LOOP4PACK project are pleased to announce that the D2.2 deliverable, "Separation and purification of PHA: Scale-up of the chosen PHA recovery method", is finished and has been sent to all partners on the 29/11/2022. This deliverable was written by Fanny Allayaud and Elise Blanchet (INSA-CRITT Bio-Industries). An abstract is available here
October 2022
SFM 2022
Effect of carbon source and P limiting level on microbial selection of PHA overproducers Auteurs : Laetitia Cavaillé, Sandrine Paissé, Matteo Castiello, Anne-Sophie Lepeuple, Claire Dumas, Guillermina Hernandez-Raquet, and Etienne Paul (paul@insa-toulouse.fr) Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are very attractive molecules because of their biodegradability and their industrial benefits. PHA production can be done using mixed microbial cultures, which lowers production costs and environmental impacts. However, these cultures must be enriched in overproducing [...]
September 2022
LOOP4PACK present at ISBP 2022
On the occasion of the 18th International Symposium on Biopolymers (ISBP) in Sion (Switzerland), Mattéo Castiello – TBI – presented his study on the “PHA production by microbial consortia selected in continuous cultures: Modeling the effect of phosphorus limitation and nitrogen deficiency". It was also an opportunity to share and discuss with the scientific community involved in the various biopolymer production sectors. https://www.isbp2022.com/
July 2022
The first 2 deliverables of the project accessible to all
The deliverables D4.1 and D4.3 concerning the cartography of the available resources ( valorizable co-products) and those of the necessary characteristics for the new packaging are now available on the document page of the website D4.1_Cartography-of-available-feedstock-resources v2 D4.3_Cartography-of-characteristics-needed-for-new-packagings v2
Participation in the RRB 2022 International Congress
Coline Perdrier introduced her thesis work at the RRB 2022 conference (Renewable Resources and Biorefineries) held in Bruges, Belgium, with a poster entitled "Impact of specific feeding rate of propionic acid on the structure (especially %HV) and properties of microbial P(3HB-co-3HV) copolymer”. This was an opportunity to make the LOOP4PACK project internationally known and to discover other teams working on microbial PHAs (from their biosynthesis to their use). Coline [...]
June 2022
LOOP4PACK in Denmark for the WasteEng conference
Etienne Paul and Matteo Castiello - TBI - had the opportunity to participate in the 9th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorization (WasteEng 2022) which was held in Copenhagen from June 27 to 30. Matteo was able to present his work on the "Production of a P(3HB-co-3HV) copolymer with a mixed microbial culture from fermented organic waste". https://wasteeng2022.org/
April 2022
The 5th scientific deliverable on the pretreatment of McCain co-products is available
The partners of the LOOP4PACK project are pleased to announce that the deliverable D1.1, "Volatile Fatty Acid (VFA) Production from Potato Peels - Pretreatment of McCAIN By-Products" is finalized. The full document is available here. An abstract is available here.
The 4th scientific deliverable of the project is finished!
The partners of the LOOP4PACK project are pleased to announce that the D4.5 deliverable, “1st LCA coupled with valorization chain design and economic study”, is finished the results were presented to all the partners on 14/02/2022 and the final document was sent to all partners on the 04/04/2022. This deliverable was written by Etienne Paul (INSA-TBI), Frédéric Merle (Euramaterials) et Estelle Grousseau (UM-IATE). An abstract is available here. [...]
March 2022
Loop4Pack present during SFGP Zoom
During the webinar "Agro and Bio resources" organized by the SFGP (Société Française De Génie Des Procédés) section Grand Sud-Ouest, Estelle Doineau - UM-IATE - made a presentation entitled "Valorization of agri/agro by-products for the production and formulation of microbial polyesters for applications in food packaging". The LOOP4PACK project was developed for its contribution on the impact of synthesis, extraction/purification and processing on the functional properties of PHBV-based materials. [...]
February 2022
2nd annual meeting of the project
All the partners finally met face to face on February 14 and 15, 2022 in Toulouse on the INSA site for the 2nd annual meeting. On the agenda, scientific presentations, discussions, visit of the laboratories of the TBI Symbiose team and the technical hall of the CRITT Bio-Industries. Thanks to INSA for the organization. And thank you all for this very constructive moment of share for the project! [...]