
acib as a
research center
In its role as an international research centre in all areas of industrial biotechnology, acib responds to pressing social issues such as the health crisis, the climate crisis, the shift from fossil energy sources to renewable resources, the preservation of ecosystems by avoiding harmful waste, and ensuring sufficient food to feed the world.
Research fields
- Biocatalysis & chemical analytics
- Enzyme technologies & protein engineering
- Microbial biotechnology
- Bioinformatics & simulations
- Bioprocess technologies
- Bioeconomy & environmental biotechnology

International research projects
Currently, acib is involved in more than 90 international research projects. As a project coordinator and partner, acib is actively involved in a wide variety of EU projects.
Our services
Current technology & service offers
acib developed a biotechnological based technology for the recycling of waste pharmaceutical blisters. Aluminium and plastic can be recovered by ...
Wastewater-based detection of emerging diseases has been proven to be a powerful tool during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now it’s high ...
Yeast has been both a great model organism, as well as an efficient host for protein and metabolite production. Did ...
Have you ever heard of the anaerobic fungal phylum Neocallimastigomycota? If not, you are probably not the only one, since ...
Vaccines and gene therapy vectors are in high de‐ mand leading to challenging timelines for delivering sufficient amounts in highest ...
acib has developed easy-to-use synthetic biology tools for the cost-efficient i) incorporation of non- natural amino acids, ii) assembly of ...
Plant-based expression systems are often over- looked, despite their unrivalled production speed, high scalability, low cost and eukaroytic protein modification ...
Peptides are remarkable biomolecules with many important and highly diverse roles. For example, they can display antimicrobial or antiviral activity, ...
You need an aldehyde as a final product or as an intermediate in your synthetic route? We have enzyme collections ...
You need an aldehyde as a final product or as an intermediate in your synthetic route? We have enzyme collections ...
Ergothioneine, which is also called the longevity vitamin, is mostly obtained from mushrooms as primary dietary source. It is a ...
The human diet contains a lot of really healthy compounds, but some are only contained in meat, fish and dairy ...
You have discovered a promising substance or developed a highly interesting compound, but they are just too expensive? No problem ...
acib is making use of cutting-edge biotechnology to develop new environmentally-friendly processes. Let’s see what we can do in the ...
From development to manufacturing: Process intensification of liquid/gas enzymatic reactions can be executed by implementing continuous manufacturing technology …
acib offers advanced biotechnological solutions for agriculture applications. Let’s see what we can do for you!
Did you know there is a way of growing microalgae without any (sun)light at all? And did you know that ...
acib offers biotechnological solutions for energy storage, energy conversion, biofuels and biogas.
You are doing great science in the field of industrial biotechnology – we make sure that the public will notice.
You have a project idea and want to refine it in a secured environment? acib has developed a digital open ...
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Open Innovation
Science Communication
The comprehensible and targeted communication of research results for different stakeholders is is steadily gaining in importance. Mandatory in the context of EU projects, dissemination of scientific results often contributes to the success of research projects.
With its team of experts with scientific background, acib is able to cover a wide range of communication channels and to professionally execute and manage the dissemination and communication work packages in EU projects.