WoodZymes

The WoodZymes
Project is a Research & Innovation Action funded by the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking,

a Public-Private Partnership between the EU (under H2020 framework programme) and the Bio-based Industries Consortium. Within this project, eleven participants from four European countries join efforts to develop and provide the wood industries with “WOOD transforming enZYMES” able to work under extreme operation conditions (i.e. extremozymes).


Discover here the main achievements of the WoodZymes research project


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Project Secretariat
DR MARTA PÉREZ-BOADA
E-mail: MPBoada@cib.csic.es
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Biological Research Centre (CIB)
Calle Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 918373112
Fax: +34 915360432
Mobile: +34 650080476
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2022-11-03

Check our new PUBLICATION on the use of extremophilic xylanase Xyn11 for a greener industrial bleaching of kraft pulps
This paper is the result of a collaborative work bewteen several project partners. A novel xylanase (Xyn11) with outstanding extremophilic properties recently discovered within [...]

2021-10-14

PRESS RELEASE: Final Workshop of WoodZymes European Project to be held online on November 4th, 2021
Madrid, October 14th, 2021 - The WoodZymes project, a Research & Innovation Action funded by the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaken (BBI JU), will conclude next November [...]

2021-09-15

We are the winners of BBI JU Photo Competition!!
We are very happy to announce that the picture showing a pilot scale fermentor for extremozyme production from our partner MetGen has won the BBI JU Photo Competition in the [...]

2021-08-30

WoodZymes project featured in video recording for SynCellEU initiative
WoodZymes Coordinator Susana Camarero recorded a video for SynCellEU, the The European Synthetic Cell Initiative, presenting WoodZymes project as part of her research lines [...]

2021-07-07

WoodZymes Final Workshop on 04/11/2021 via ZOOM - Registration is open!
The WoodZymes Final Workshop will take place on November 4th, with participation of related BBI JU projects dealing also with lignocellulose valorisation. The workshop will [...]

2021-06-29

WoodZymes 36-Month consortium meeting
The WoodZymes 36-month consortium meeting was held online last 25-26 May 2021. With only 6 months left before concluding the project this was an important moment to discuss [...]

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Rodríguez-Escribano D, de Salas F, Pliego-Magán R, Marques G, Levée T, Suonpää A, Gutiérrez A, Martínez AT, Ihalainen P, Rencoret J, Camarero S
(2023) Depolymerisation of Kraft Lignin by Tailor-Made Alkaliphilic Fungal Laccases Lignins released in the black liquors of kraft pulp mills are an underutilised source of aromatics. Due to their phenol oxidase activity, laccases from ligninolytic fungi [...]

Rodríguez-Escribano D, Pliego-Magán R, de Salas F, Aza P, Gentili P, Ihalainen P, Levée T, Meyer V, Petit-Conil M, Tapin-Lingua S, Lecourt M, Camarero S
(2022) Tailor-made alkaliphilic and thermostable fungal laccases for industrial wood processing Background During the kraft process to obtain cellulosic pulp from wood, most of the lignin is removed by high-temperature alkaline cooking, released in the black liquors [...]

Almeida N, Meyer V, Burnet A, Boucher J, Talens-Perales D, Pereira S, Ihalainen P, Levée T, Polaina J, Petit-Conil M, Camarero S, Pinto P
(2022) Use of a Novel Extremophilic Xylanase for an Environmentally Friendly Industrial Bleaching of Kraft Pulps Xylanases can boost pulp bleachability in Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) processes, but their industrial implementation for producing bleached kraft pulps is not straightforward. [...]

Aza P, Molpeceres G, Ruiz-Dueñas FJ, Camarero S
(2021) Heterologous Expression, Engineering and Characterization of a Novel Laccase of Agrocybe pediades with Promising Properties as Biocatalyst Agaricomycetes fungi responsible for decay of wood and other lignocellulosic substrates constitute a valuable source of lignin-degrading enzymes. Among these enzymes, laccases [...]

Talens-Perales D, Jiménez-Ortega E, Sánchez-Torres P, Polaina J
(2021) Phylogenetic, functional and structural characterization of a GH10 xylanase active at extreme conditions of temperature and alkalinity Endoxylanases active under extreme conditions of temperature and alkalinity can replace the use of highly pollutant chemicals in the pulp and paper industry. Searching for [...]

Aza P, Molpeceres G, de Salas F, Camarero S
(2021) Design of an improved universal signal peptide based on the α-factor mating secretion signal for enzyme production in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae plays an important role in the heterologous expression of an array of proteins due to its easy manipulation, low requirements and ability for protein [...]

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Project Secretariat
DR MARTA PÉREZ-BOADA
E-mail: MPBoada@cib.csic.es
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Biological Research Centre (CIB)
Calle Ramiro de Maeztu 9, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 918373112
Fax: +34 915360432
Mobile: +34 650080476
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A team of research and industrial partners from Spain, France, Finland and Portugal.
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From forest biomass to phenolic and sugar-derived products: discover the WoodZymes concept.
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