Transforming Trash: Steps to sustainably process and extract value from plastic waste
Engineering Efficiency: Harnessing microorganisms to convert waste into valuable products
New Beginnings: Creating next-gen materials from single-use plastics for a circular economy
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.
Scientific community expansion
We have diverse and complementary backgrounds in enzyme biochemistry and biocatalysis, plastic recycling technologies, molecular genetics and biotechnology, synthetic biology and microbial engineering.
The creation of microbial cell factories, capable of producing significant quantities of valuable and innovative bioproducts through fermentation of plastic waste-derived feedstocks
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The TwInn4MicroUp project was proudly represented at the 10th Central European Congress of Life Sciences EUROBIOTECH 2026 with presentations showcasing advances in plastic waste upcycling, biocatalysis, and sustainable biotechnology.
On 3 July 2026, TwInn4MicroUp was presented to doctoral students of the Italian National PhD Programme (DIN) in Catalysis and Energy by Nicola Di Fidio (UNIBA), reaching early-career researchers from 6 Italian universities through a dedicated module within his doctoral course on biocatalysis and biorefineries.
At the Italian Congress of Biotechnology (BIOTECH2026, Verona, 24–26 June 2026), the TwInn4MicroUp UNIBA team contributed an oral presentation, two poster presentations and a Scientific Committee membership, showcasing the project’s latest results on Yarrowia lipolytica engineering for waste valorisation and plastic bio-upcycling.
