The screening of 1434 yeast strains for the conversion of SCFAs to microbial oils has just been published: doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-6… @JSI_SLO @UL_BioTech @IMDEA_Energia #OLEOFERM @ERA_CoBioTech #Biotechnology #ERAnet #ic_mycosmo #culturecollection_ex

The life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) of a microbial oil system is now complete @IMDEA_Energia#OLEOFERM @ERA_CoBioTech #Biotechnology #ERAnet

One more step towards industrial conversion of short-chain fatty acids to microbial oils – a successful scale-up to a 250 L bioreactor has been achieved at BIO-VALO bio-valo.com @IMDEA_Energia#OLEOFERM @ERA_CoBioTech #Biotechnology #ERAnet

Our yeast strain is capable of utilizing acetic, propionic, butyric, valeric and caproic acids and accumulates high amounts of microbial oils. @JSI_SLO @UL_BioTech @IMDEA_Energia #OLEOFERM @ERA_CoBioTech #Biotechnology #ERAnet

After screening of 1434 yeast strains for their ability to produce high concentrations of microbial oils from SCFAs we now have a winner! @JSI_SLO @UL_BioTech @IMDEA_Energia #OLEOFERM @ERA_CoBioTech #Biotechnology #ERAnet

The final newsletter of the @oleoferm project is now available online! online.fliphtml5.com/pewig/u… @IMDEA_Energia @ERA_CoBioTech

The final @oleoferm conference attracted a large crowd! There were so many great results presented from both within the consortium and beyond. Thank you, @IMDEA_Energia for organising the event!

Some of the strains screened for conversion of short-chain fatty acids to microbial oils can grow at 25 g/L SCFAs. How cool is that? #ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm #Biotechnology

Acidogenic fermentation of organic waste to short-chain fatty acids at semi-industrial scale (250 L working volume!), performed at BIO-VALO. #ERAnet@ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm #Biotechnology

Our mid-term workshop was attended by 57 registered participants from 24 different countries and 38 different institutions. Looking forward to helping our results reach an ever increasing audience. #ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm #Biotechnology

#ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm WP6 is taking care of the dissemination of the results to the industrial and scientific community and to a broad stakeholder audience – science is great, communicating science is, too! #Biotechnology

We developed a simulation model for the production of microbial oils from organic waste, including waste pre-treatment, acidogenic fermentation, oleaginous fermentation, and extraction of lipids from oleaginous yeasts. #ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm #Biotechnology

#ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm WP5 is assessing cost, environmental impact, efficiency and social acceptability of organic waste conversion to microbial oils. #Biotechnology

Most important factors in production of microbial oils from short-chain fatty acids? C:N ration and the prevalence of shorter short-chain fatty acids. doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.… #ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm #Biotechnology

#ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm WP4 is searching for optimal bioreactor conditions to produce and accumulate microbial oils during growth on short-chain fatty acids. #Biotechnology

We have a winner! The best yeast for conversion of short-chain fatty acids to microbial oils is now going through genome and transcriptome sequencing to explain its fantastic performance. #ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm #Biotechnology

#ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm WP3 is screening hundreds of wild yeasts to find the best for making microbial oils from short-chain fatty acids and modelling its metabolism. #Biotechnology

We reached over 40% bioconversion yield in converting household food wastes to volatile fatty acids – producing a promising substrate for further conversion into valuable microbial oils! #ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm #Biotechnology

#ERAnet @ERA_CoBioTech @oleoferm WP2 takes care of anaerobic fermentation for SCFAs production, maximizing carbon recovery from organic waste used in production of short-chain fatty acids. #Biotechnology

Two years of the project OLEOFERM. Many exciting results presented at the meeting of the consortium! #Biotechnology #ERAnet #ERA_CoBioTech