In the BE-Basic R&D programme researchers from academia, industry and knowledge institutes collaborate on both fundamental science and industrial challenges. We aim for true innovations: bio-chemicals, bio-materials, bio-construction concepts and bio-based monitoring tools. They are the essential building blocks for our bio-based economy.

Flagships

Research in BE-Basic is organized in "Flagships". Each Flagship is addressing a major scientific/socio-economic challenge:

• Carbon-based compounds
• Nitrogen-based specialties
• Bioconstructions
• Recycling of rare resources
• Bioproces Pilot Facility
• Synthetic Biology
• High-throughput experimentation and (meta)genomic mining
• Environmental impact of chemical, bio-based molecules and processes
• Societal embedding of a biobased economy