HM — Indus­tri­al Biotechnology

The research Group Indus­tri­al Bio­tech­no­logy at Uni­ver­sity of Applied Sci­ences Munich is involved in the devel­op­ment and eco­nom­ic eval­u­ation of sus­tain­able mater­i­als and applic­a­tions based on bio­tech­no­lo­gic­al pro­cesses, renew­able raw mater­i­als and resid­ual materials. 

The focus is on an auto­mated high-through­put cul­tiv­a­tion plat­form based on micro­bi­ore­act­ors. With this plat­form, devel­op­ment times for biopro­cesses can be greatly reduced. It also allows the rap­id detec­tion of nutri­ent require­ments and the selec­tion of suit­able microorganisms.

Anoth­er focus is on the devel­op­ment of molecu­lar bio­lo­gic­al tools for the optim­iz­a­tion of micro­bi­al pro­duc­tion strains. In this way, less tested and researched microor­gan­isms, which are not cur­rently used as stand­ard in bio­tech­no­logy, are to be made access­ible. In par­tic­u­lar, biopoly­mer-pro­du­cing organ­isms are to be addressed and fur­ther developed.

Exem­plary pro­jects are the optim­iz­a­tion of lime-form­ing microor­gan­isms for the applic­a­tion field of bio­cement­a­tion, auto­mated and AI-based media devel­op­ment, biore­medi­ation and reuse of con­tam­in­ated soils, optim­iz­a­tion of the expres­sion of recom­bin­ant pro­teins as well as the adapt­a­tion of biopoly­mer-form­ing microor­gan­isms for the use of resid­ual materials.