Newsletter March 2010

" During the last 10 years Protéus has gained a unique expertise on biobased processes to promote sustainability and environment protection. " said Cécile Persillon, head of environment sector at Protéus. Today, Protéus provides tailored biotechnical solutions for: -  industrial process innovation and optimization; -  waste treatment and by-products valorization; -  remediation of industrial sites (air, water and soil).

Cécile Persillon, head of environment sector at Protéus

Green chemistry and ecodesign

Bioprocesses developed by Protéus benefit from the unsurpassed selectivity of protein catalysts which make life possible. Biocatalysts have no negative impact on the environment and are rapidly biodegraded when released. In the hands of chemists, biocatalysts enable to produce compounds in a more cost-effective manner by reducing the number of steps of the synthesis routes. They strongly improve the atom economy and lower the amount of required energy. As far as the environment is concerned, biocatalysts enable to achieve a major breakthrough by strongly reducing the amount of waste to be disposed of. Waste management has become a very hot topic for many of our customers who face with an increasingly stringent regulatory and societal pressure.
" For the industry, ecodesign has become a key competitive differentiating element " pointed out Denis Wahler, head of the Green chemistry sector at Protéus.

Treatment and valorization of by-products

Although the main goal of an ecodesigned value chain is to limit the amount of waste to be disposed of, the treatment and the valorization of currently generated waste still remain an important challenge for the industry. The unique expertise and proprietary technologies of Protéus enable to develop customized solutions for all environmental stakeholders in waste management. " Life-cycle assessment has emerged as a valuable tool for industry in assessing the cradle-to-grave impacts of a product or process. In such a context, biotechnology enables to provide innovative and competitive life management solutions " said Laurent Fourage, head of the bioenergy sector at Protéus.
Protéus technologies enable the Company to develop innovative processes for waste disposal and by-products transformation that are customized to the demand of our clients who need to turn waste into feedstock for new competitive industrial processes, including bioenergy production processes.

Bioremediation (air, water, and soil)

Environmental preventive actions do not eliminate the need for decontamination and detoxification of operating or abandoned industrial sites. Protéus develops enzymes and biological systems to increase and accelerate the degradation rate of toxic molecules released in the environment. For example, solutions have been developed for the remediation of soils and surfaces contaminated by halogenated toxic compounds (see example below).
" Our clients are often surprised by the decontamination performance of enzymes, especially toward toxic molecules " emphasized Cecile Persillon, head of environment sector at Protéus. 




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Contact Ingrid Marchal-Gerez or Emmanuel Maille to arrange a meeting on the following events.

World Biofuels Markets

March 15-17 2010, Amsterdam (NL)
World Biofuels Markets is the leading industry networking conference and exhibition where, each year, the leaders of the biofuels world convene to meet new customers, suppliers and partners and help drive innovation and business. Over 4500 high calibre executives from 78 countries have attended WBM to date.
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Franco-british seminar on green Chemistry

March 16-17 2010, King's Manor, York, UK
Co-organized by the Green Chemistry Center of Excellence and the IAR Competitiveness Cluster.

The Thursdays of Axelera

Axelera is the International Competitiveness Cluster Lyon & Rhône-Alps Chemicals / Environnement
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The Peptide Conference 2010

March 30- 31 2010 at Cambridge, UK
The conference features leading researchers and experts from the various fields of peptide therapeutics development presenting the latest scientific and technological knowledge in these rapidly advancing areas of life sciences.
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Biocatalysis in the food and drink industries

April 11-14 2010 at Toulouse, France
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18th
Biomass Conference

May 3-7 2010 at Lyon, France
The conference aims to advance the near-term and commercial-scale manufacturing of biomass-based power, fuels and chemicals.
Laurent Fourage will present recent advances of Protéus with ligno-cellulosic biomass in plenary lecture on Monday 3 (session AOG)
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