Third granted patent for microbial production of fatty acid-derived products
Biopetrolia has received a notice of allowance from the USPTO for a patent divisional application related to engineering hydrocarbon metabolism in yeast. The original patent, granted in 2017, claims yeast strains with modifications that allow increased production of hydrocarbons (used…
Biopetrolia receives second granted patent for microbial production of fatty acid-derived products
Biopetrolia has received an intention to grant of its Wax ester patent (EP2601292B1) from the EPO. The patent claims modifications to produce fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEEs) in fugal cells. FAEEs can be used in a variety of applications ranging…
Biopetrolia begins activities in EU Horizon 2020 grant CHASSY
Biopetrolia is involved in an EU “Horizon 2020” project as part of an international consortium. Horizon 2020 is so far the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever and it aims to bring breakthroughs and innovative ideas from the lab to…
New Board members and management restructuring
Biopetrolia has undergone a restructuring in its management, with Anastasia Krivoruchko taking the role of CEO and Florian David and Jens Nielsen the roles of COO and CSO, respectively. In addition, Henrik Dalbøge and Jan Svärd have joined as members…
Biopetrolia: Where research and business meet
Jens Nielsen, Florian David and Anastasia Krivoruchko have been interviewed by Chalmers about Biopetrolia. Chalmers and Biopetrolia share a symbiotic relationship where the research from SysBio (Systems and Synthetic Biology division from Chalmer’s Biology and Biological Engineering department) is converted into a reality…
Novo Seeds awards pre-seed grant to Biopetrolia
Biopetrolia has recently been awarded a pre-Seed grant from Novo Seeds, an innovation investment interface from Novo, a company fully owned by the Novo Nordisk Foundation dedicated to investments on innovation, development and establishment on the biotech industry. The grant was…
Biopetrolia: a new development from Chalmers University of Technology
Biopetrolia was founded as of February 2014 as a patent-holding company from Jens Nielsen’s research group. This held intellectual property represents a rich portfolio of technology that has been generated by innovative research through many years on the field of…