Grant: Strategic Projects - Group
Martin, Vincent (Concordia University)|Martin, Vincent (Université Concordia)
$504,450.00
Biochemicals from forestry biomass
EF 2017-18 · 2017-10-18
Résumé
Microorganisms have been used for thousands of years to produce desirable chemicals, ranging from the molecules that give taste to cheeses to the ethanol in beer or wine. These chemicals can be complex or simple, but all are essentially derived from simple sugars by the metabolism of microbes. Today we have the capacity to develop this type of metabolic manipulation to a new level, by creating new metabolic pathways in microbes to make chemicals we find useful but that the microbes do not naturally produce. This allows us the potential of both replacing petroleum-derived chemicals with green, sustainable chemicals, and directing the products of the forestry pulp industry away from the increasingly low value production of newsprint to the production of such valuable chemicals. The Biochemicals from Forestry Biomass project will engineer the capacity of yeasts to turn sugars derived from the processing of wood fibre into adipic acid, a chemical building block of the commercially valuable polymer nylon._x000D_
Programme
Strategic Projects - Group
Emplacement
Quebec|Québec, Canada
Type
Grant
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
Tel que publié
Additional Information
Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021).
Additional Information (French)
Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2020-2021).
Agreement Number
STPGP
Agreement Start Date
2017-10-18
Agreement Title
Biochemicals from forestry biomass
Agreement Title (French)
Biochemicals from forestry biomass
Agreement Type
Grant
Agreement Value
$504,450.00
Amendment Number
0
Organization Code
nserc-crsng
Organization
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Program Name
Strategic Projects - Group
Program Name (French)
Projets stratégiques - groupe
Program Purpose
Microorganisms have been used for thousands of years to produce desirable chemicals, ranging from the molecules that give taste to cheeses to the ethanol in beer or wine. These chemicals can be complex or simple, but all are essentially derived from simple sugars by the metabolism of microbes. Today we have the capacity to develop this type of metabolic manipulation to a new level, by creating new metabolic pathways in microbes to make chemicals we find useful but that the microbes do not naturally produce. This allows us the potential of both replacing petroleum-derived chemicals with green, sustainable chemicals, and directing the products of the forestry pulp industry away from the increasingly low value production of newsprint to the production of such valuable chemicals. The Biochemicals from Forestry Biomass project will engineer the capacity of yeasts to turn sugars derived from the processing of wood fibre into adipic acid, a chemical building block of the commercially valuable polymer nylon._x000D_
Program Purpose (French)
Microorganisms have been used for thousands of years to produce desirable chemicals, ranging from the molecules that give taste to cheeses to the ethanol in beer or wine. These chemicals can be complex or simple, but all are essentially derived from simple sugars by the metabolism of microbes. Today we have the capacity to develop this type of metabolic manipulation to a new level, by creating new metabolic pathways in microbes to make chemicals we find useful but that the microbes do not naturally produce. This allows us the potential of both replacing petroleum-derived chemicals with green, sustainable chemicals, and directing the products of the forestry pulp industry away from the increasingly low value production of newsprint to the production of such valuable chemicals. The Biochemicals from Forestry Biomass project will engineer the capacity of yeasts to turn sugars derived from the processing of wood fibre into adipic acid, a chemical building block of the commercially valuable polymer nylon._x000D_
Recipient City
Quebec|Québec
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Martin, Vincent (Concordia University)|Martin, Vincent (Université Concordia)
Reference Number
GC-2017-Q3-00830
