Welcome to ITQB NOVA
Highlights at ITQB NOVA
ORIGIN to redefine how society accesses natural ingredients
For the next four years, the new project ORIGIN - Optimized Routing and Industrial Generation of Ingredients from Nature – will use advanced Biotechnology to transform the way Europe produces natural ingredients used in dietary supplements, cosmetics, medicines, and fragrances, with a funding of 5.5M€ by the Horizon Europe program.
SENTRY - AI to monitor & prevent plant infectious diseases
ITQB NOVA is part of a multinational consortium developing new tools for sustainable agriculture
Turning algae into food: ITQB NOVA joins European project ALGANOVA
The project was approved under the Horizon Europe programme, with total funding of €5.7 million.
The germination switch: a single amino acid drives host adaptation in Clostridioides difficile
A team of ITQB NOVA researchers sheds light on Clostridioides difficile adaptation strategies to different hosts
How bacteria build their time capsules
ITQB NOVA researchers present a detailed model that explains, step by step, how the innermost layer of the “shield” surrounding spores is assembled. The study culminates years of research on a key spore-coat protein.
