your partner for innovations in industrial biotechnology
BioMolecules Center @UGent
BioMolecules technologies
Advanced facilities for cutting-edge research
Biotech engineering
The BioMolecules Center leverages cutting-edge synthetic biology, genetic engineering, and metabolic engineering to develop optimized strains for industrial applications. Using AI-driven modeling, enzyme screening, and membrane transport engineering, we enhance efficiency and improve yields. This enables us to develop tailored strains, biosensors and offer proteomics services to industry. Our expertise in orthogonal expression systems, protein engineering, genetic circuitry, and unique plasmid & bacterial collections drives innovation across the biotechnology value chain.
Biotech processing
Our state-of-the-art facilities pioneer bioprocessing innovations, leveraging advanced reactor engineering, fermentation technology, and bio-electrochemical systems to produce platform chemicals, bioplastics, microbial proteins, and organic acids from 2nd generation and gaseous feedstocks. This expertise is complemented with bioprocess modeling and LCA/TEA assessments to ensure sustainable solutions driving a circular bioeconomy.
Green chemistry
BioMolecules advances green chemistry through biocatalysis, microreactor technology, and continuous flow chemistry, enabling efficient multicomponent reactions. We have extensive expertise in industrial by-product purification, biomolecule functionalization, and process modeling to enable biorefinery optimization, sustainable chemical manufacturing, and novel biobased products like coatings, starches, N-acyl amino acids, and resins.
Art-science
At the BioMolecules Center we foster a unique collaboration between science and art, bringing artists into the laboratories to explore the intersection of biotechnology and creative expression. Through hands-on engagement with living materials such as mycelium, microbial bioprocesses, and molecular systems, artists gain new insights into the natural world, while scientists benefit from fresh perspectives that challenge conventional thinking. These collaborations enables innovative dialogues, and help make biotechnology more accessible and engaging to broader audiences.
