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Metabolism in Crops Cultured for Food Production
Metabolite identification
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Fraunhofer Agriculture and Food Industry Alliance
Food quality
Metabolism in Animals Cultured for Food Production
Basic Survey on Soil Biodiversity: BioDive4Soil
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Microorganisms to Control Phytopathogenic Fungi
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ASCRIBE: Screening of bioresources to identify new antiviral substances for the treatment of influenza infections
Terpenoids from fungi
OekoReproShrimp
MbioShrimp: Bio-based substances for the prevention of melanosis in certified organic shrimp
Natural Products: A Bio-Based Approach to Mitigate Post-Mortem Melanosis in Shrimp Aquaculture
ProBioControl: Metabolic profiling of antifungal active bacteria, for potential use as biocontrol agents
Sustainable animal health solutions
TenEDEN: Efficient organic fertiliser from mealworm meal
SymBioOekonomie: Insects and their symbiotic microbes for the circular bioeconomy
SensInsects
ViVe Beet
Bio-Schmier
Biosynthesis and Antimicrobial Activity Investigation of Sulfonated Monobactams and Derivatives from Bacteroidetes
»GEMSilk« Genetically Engineered Medical Silk
»CocoaFerm«
»MycoPea«
»BSFood«
»BioFLOW« An in vivo–mimicking microfluidic platform for biofilm research and antimicrobial screening, with a focus on xylem-associated pathogens
»InFueSekt«
»muKs«
Biodiversity research
Circulation-orientated food and feed research
Sustainable aquaculture
Strain Collection
»Tales of the Tiny« – Secrets Preserved
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Insect Farming
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Green Tec Award dandelions
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Sterile insect technique
Age-related decline
Fuel and chemicals from steel plant exhaust gases
4th Annual G20 World Brain Mapping Summit/Neuroscience-20
Collaboration Evotec iPSC
Alzheimer Joint Project HiPSTER
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Interview with Prof. Dr. Dr. Gerd Geißlinger
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The Economist 19/05/2021
Imagefilm IME-BR
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Press Release 17.11.2021
Newsfeed 19 11 2021
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Press release 27.6.2022
Fraunhofer Magazin: »Protecting crops without poison«
Press release 6.10.2022
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Industrial Insect Farming: Future Technologies for the Bioeconomy and Agriculture
press release 23.10.2025
Press release November 18th, 2025
Press release January 7th, 2026
German Federal Minister Dorothee Bär visited Fraunhofer IME in Giessen
Press release May 12th, 2026
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FutureProteins
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Fraunhofer lighthouse project "FutureProteins" meets investors
OrbiPlant
OrbiLoop
Wissenschaftsjahr 2020/21 Bioökonomie
LEDitSHAKE
SeedPlus
Project "PUMMEL"
»BORN - BiObased theRmal-resistaNt food packaging«
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