Synthetic biology and metabolic engineering
8 European H2020 organizations list this as part of their work — 6 as their primary capability.
Most active in this area
- IFEU - INSTITUT FUR ENERGIE- UND UMWELTFORSCHUNG HEIDELBERG GGMBH
German environmental research institute providing life cycle and sustainability assessment for bioeconomy, biorefineries, and building energy renovation across Europe.
“SinFonia (Pseudomonas putida biofluorination) and eForFuel (electrochemical formate-to-fuel conversion) represent a newer direction into engineered biological production systems.”
SMEDE16 projects - EXPLORA SRL
Italian biotech SME engineering microbial cell factories and synthetic biology platforms for pharmaceutical, chemical, and RNA nanotechnology applications.
“Core contributor across SynBio4Flav, MIAMi, TOPCAPI, DESTINATION, and Synbio4Arch — all centered on engineering biological systems for production.”
PrimarySMEIT10 projects - IN SRL
Italian bioengineering SME specializing in synthetic biology, biofabrication, and bioprocess engineering across health, energy, and agriculture applications.
“Core contributor to SinFonia (Pseudomonas putida engineering), eForFuel (synthetic metabolism for fuels), FutureAgriculture and GAIN4CROPS (synthetic photorespiration pathways).”
PrimarySMEIT7 projects - THE NATIONAL NON FOOD CROPS CENTRELBG
UK bioeconomy research centre turning agricultural waste and non-food crops into bio-based chemicals, bioenergy, and biofertilisers through industrial biotechnology.
“SHIKIFACTORY100 (their most recent project) involves modular cell factories, microbial chassis design, and shikimate pathway engineering — a clear step into advanced biotech.”
SMEUK5 projects - BIOPLASTECH LTD
Irish biotech SME engineering bacteria to break down and upcycle plastic waste into biobased materials and sustainable packaging.
“All four projects (P4SB, SinFonia, MIX-UP, UPLIFT) involve synthetic biology or metabolic engineering as a core method.”
PrimarySMEIE4 projects - INGENZA LIMITED
Scottish synthetic biology SME engineering microbial production platforms for industrial biomanufacturing of chemicals, enzymes, and biologics.
“Coordinated SYNBIOMAN (synthetic biology-driven biomanufacturing platform) and participated in EmPowerPutida (re-factoring and re-programming Pseudomonas putida).”
PrimarySMEUK3 projects - PROTEUS
French industrial biotech company applying synthetic biology and algae bioprocessing to plastic valorization and bio-based compound production.
“P4SB involved engineering Pseudomonas putida using synthetic biology to metabolize and upcycle plastic waste into valuable polymers.”
PrimaryFR2 projects - GALCHIMIA SA
Spanish chemistry SME specializing in bio-based chemical manufacturing, synthetic biology cell factories, and sustainable process scale-up.
“SHIKIFACTORY100 involved engineering modular microbial cell factories to produce 100 shikimate pathway compounds, directly requiring metabolic engineering and chassis design skills.”
PrimarySMEES2 projects