From the clothes we wear and how we wash them, the food we eat and the sources it comes from, the medicine we use to keep us healthy and even to the fuel we use to take us where we need to go, biotechnology plays an invaluable role in meeting our needs.
The European Biotech Week – a week-long series of events, taking place all over Europe – aims at highlighting this role by raising awareness and making biotech accessible to local communities and showing concrete examples to explain how biotech surrounds and supports us in everyday life.
EuropaBio is delighted to launch the 10th edition of the European Biotech Week (#EBW2022), and to invite scientists, companies, academics, students and policymakers to gather together physically or online and address ongoing challenges and find synergies for enhanced collaboration.
Get involved: link your event or submit a thesis
The key to the success of the European Biotech Week is the active involvement of organisations, companies, and individuals. Any school, university, museum, company, institution, association or organisation based in Europe is welcome to organise events as part of the Week.
You can become an official partner of European Biotech Week by linking your event to the Week – either during the Week or one week before or after. We will provide you with communications materials, list your event on the European Biotech website and promote it on our social media channels.
If you are a student or a recent graduate you can take part in the Week by submitting your thesis on Industrial or Healthcare biotechnology topics. The Essay Competition is open to EU or Ukrainian citizens (or permanent EU residents) up to the age of 35. The winning essays will receive €1000 or €500 prizes. More details in the Rules, Terms and Conditions.
Algal Omega-3 is an innovative feed product for aquaculture. It reduces the impact on climate change by 30-40% compared to fish oil and saves 60 tons of wild fish for every ton of Algal Omega-3 used.
Cheese is a vegetarian product thanks to biotechnology. Biotechnology is also essential to produce lactose- or cholesterol-free cheese, as well as alternative proteins.
Clothes made from alternative fibres produced by microorganisms can be 8x stronger than steel, 100% recyclable, biodegradable and replace fossil-fuel based or resource-intensive textiles.
The biomanufacturing of Vitamin B2 led to the reduction of 75% of fossil raw materials and 50% operating costs, compared to the chemical process. Vitamin B2 is used in the food, feed or healthcare sectors.
Enzymes and biosurfactancts are alternative ingredients that improve the performance of detergents, while leading to water and energy savings and reductions in CO2 emissions and water toxicity.
Insulin is one of the most widely known biopharmaceutical. Biotechnology revolutionised its manufacturing process and led to the development of new types of insulin through r-DNA technology.