Upcycling plastic waste into valuable bioproducts with the power of microbes

Plastic Waste Pretreatment

Transforming Trash: Steps to sustainably process and extract value from plastic waste

Microbial Cell Factories

Engineering Efficiency: Harnessing microorganisms to convert waste into valuable products

Innovative Bioproducts

New Beginnings: Creating next-gen materials from single-use plastics for a circular economy

Summer School on Microbial Synthetic Biology

TwInn4MicroUp Concept & Vision

OUR MISSION

Synthetic Microbial Biotechnology for the sustainable upcycling of waste plastics

Establishment of a high-performance Research and Innovation Hub for Synthetic Microbial Biotechnology, elevating NTUA’s profile, addressing the innovation gap among the European Union countries, all the while delivering impactful socio-enviro-economic outputs via new circular petro- and bioplastics lifecycles.

4 Strategic Partners

Scientific community expansion

PARTNERS

The consortium

We have diverse and complementary backgrounds in enzyme biochemistry and biocatalysis, plastic recycling technologies, molecular genetics and biotechnology, synthetic biology and microbial engineering.

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National Technical University of Athens

GREECE
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Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest

IRELAND
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University of Bari
Aldo Moro

ITALY
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Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering

SERBIA
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THE CONCEPT

Synthetic Microbial Platforms for Plastic Upcycling

The creation of microbial cell factories, capable of producing significant quantities of valuable and innovative bioproducts through fermentation of plastic waste-derived feedstocks

  • Plastic Waste Pretreatment
    Green bio/mechano/chemical technologies
  • Microbial Cell Factories
    Bacterial and yeast strains, genome mining, metabolic engineering
  • Valuable and Innovative Bioproducts
    - Fermentation of recovered plastic monomers
    - Production of next-generation bio-colorants, biotherapeutics, bio-nutraceuticals, biosurfactants, and biomaterials

THE BLOG

Our Recent News

Stay updated with our latest innovations, research breakthroughs, sustainability initiatives, and upcoming events and outreach efforts.

31 Aug

TwInn4MicroUp at the VII International Enzyme & Bioprocess Days: From Plastic Recycling to Biorefineries

TwInn4MicroUp Coordinator Prof. Evangelos Topakas represented the project at EBDays 2026 in Trabzon, Türkiye, delivering a plenary talk on plastic biorefineries. His presentation highlighted how enzymes and microbial cell factories can support sustainable plastic upcycling and high-value bioproduct generation. The full recording of the talk is now available online with English subtitles.

Project Title

Twinn4MicroUp

Twinning Innovation Hub for Microbial Platforms in Plastic Upcycling

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