2011-2012 Research Program: 5th call for projects

• Production of succinic acid from bio-methanol using Methylobacterium extorquens as mini cell factory
• Combination of autotrophic denitrification using elemental sulfur and biological wastewater treatment systems for small and medium communities
• Development of marine by-products Iipid components extraction
• Forest biomass torrefaction optimisation in order to produce high value product

2011-2012 Competition: 4th call for projects - November 2010

• Creation of new small fruit extracts active againts type-2 diabetes
• Modelling the growth of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meat products using response surface methodology and validating the model at lab and pilot scale.
• Intensive algae culture with high calorific value and industrial use of residual biomass
• Development of lipases for the control of extractives in papermaking
• Production of p-fuels and l-fuels from residual lignocellulosic biomass
• The ecological integrated forest biorefinery: Second generation technologies
• Wood adhesive derived from pyrolysis oil
• Development of an organic fertilizer made from fertilizing residuals
• Enrichment process in lipids and omega-3-fatty acid in a culture of microalgae by use of PEPPA-II technology
• Industrial feasibility of an ecoprocess for the bleaching of chlorophyll-concentrated oils
• Development of transcriptomic markers related to the synthesis of antioxidant molecules in spinach plants and establishment of growing strategies for commercial organic production for pharmaceutical purposes

2009-2010 Competition: 2nd call for projects - October 2009

• Biodiesel and other bioproducts derived from microalgae
• Agronomic and energy valuation of the liquid manure
• Lipid Characterization of Field Peas for Nutritional and Biodiesel Properties
• Optimization of a bioprocess of manufacturing of recombinantes nanoparticles of pharmaceutical interest by in vitro assembly
• Development of biofuels with high energy yield and low atmospheric emission from plants of agricultural origins to replace fossil fuels in various industrial processes

2009-2010 Competition : 1st call for projects - June 2009

• Fractioning process for cellulosic and hemicellulosic saccharification
• Development of genomic markers to identify and quantify endomycorrhizal fungi in soils inoculants for corn cultivation

2010-2011 Competition: 3rd call for projects - June 2010

• Development of a new technology for the control of pathogens in ready to eat vegetables
• Concomitant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and smells resulting from a landfill site by biocoverings
• Development of innovative electrolytic technologies adapted to bioprocesses used for the treatment of wastewater from the small and medium communities
• Improvement of pyrolytic oil quality by a flash-pyrolysis process coupled with a roasting pretreatment of the forest biomass
• Development of an industrial process for the production and use of bio-ingredient from lactic acid bacteria for long term preservation of sea products
• Development of a sector of energy valuation of a solid biofuel stemming from municipal and industrial residual materials
• Phytoremediation of sites contaminated by organic pollutants
• Production of commercial bioproducts in a pulp and paper mill aerobic bioreactor
• Conversion of forestry residues towards development of an ecoprocess for antioxidant extracts production