Funded Projects
CURRENT FUNDED PROJECTS
Project title: DI-2022 BIOCON-IQS. Design of a bacterial platform for the expression of an industrial enzyme for food applications (ref. 22 DI 59).
Funding institution: AGAUR. Ajuts Programa de Doctorats Industrials.
Participant institutions: IQS-BIOCON.
Dates, from: 09/01/2023 to 08/01/2026
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. A.Planas
Researchers (at IQS): A.Planas, M.Carnicer.
Project title: paCOSVALOR. Biotechnological production of defined chitosan oligosaccharids as immunostimulants. Upscaling and valorization (PDC2022-133580-I00) .
Funding institution: MICINN. Proyectos Prueba de Concepto 2022.
Participant institutions: IQS-URL.
Dates, from: 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2022
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. A.Planas
Researchers (at IQS): A.Planas, M.Carnicer, M.Faijes.
Project title: GLYCODESIGN. Protein engineering and metabolic engineering of glycozymes for the production of bioactive glycans and glycoconjugates targeting biomedical applications (PID2019-104350RB-I00).
Funding institution: MINECO, Convocatoria 2019 Proyectos de I+D+i – RTI Tipo B.
Participant institutions: IQS-URL.
Dates, from:: 1/01/2020 to 30/6/2023
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. A.Planas
Researchers (at IQS): A.Planas, M.Faijes, X.Biarnés, P.Leivar, M.Carnicer.
Project title: pre-ETN-GLYCO. Preparation of a European Training Network on Glycobiochemistry of cell wall glycans in microbial-host interactions and pathogenicity (EIN2020-112334).
Funding institution: MICINN. Convocatoria Europa Investigación 2020.
Participant institutions: IQS-URL.
Dates, from: 31/10/2020 to 30/10/2023
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. A.Planas
Researchers (at IQS): A.Planas, M.Faijes, X.Biarnés, P.Leivar, M.Carnicer, M.Morillas, J.Pereira.
CURRENT RESEARCH CONTRACTS
Project title: Expression of an industrial enzyme for food applications.
Company: BIOCON.
Dates, from: 1/2023 to 12/2025
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. A.Planas
Researchers (at IQS): A.Planas, M.Carnicer.
Project title: Large-scale fermentation and purification of COS-producing E. coli strains.
Company: University of Gent.
Dates, from: 1/2023 to 6/2023
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. A.Planas
Researchers (at IQS): A.Planas, M.Carnicer.
Project title: Optimization and scaling of a recombinant protein production process in a heterotrophic microalgae.
Company: GAT Biosciences.
Dates, from: 6/2022 to 12/2023
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. A.Planas
Researchers (at IQS): A.Planas, M.Carnicer.
Project title: Cloning, expression, and characterization of enzymes for their evaluation in the degradation of plastics.
Company: REPSOL.
Dates, from: 2/2022 to 6/2023
Principal investigator (PI): Dr. A.Planas
Researchers (at IQS): A.Planas, contracted researcher.