Tag Archive for: environmental

New Danish research centre to make designed proteins with vast potential

Designed proteins are anticipated to have groundbreaking impact on a range of issues from treating disease to tackling environmental problems. With a DKK 700 million grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation and headed by Professor Dek Woolfson, a new Center for Protein Design (CPD) at the University of Copenhagen has ambitions to match this potential. […]

Independent Cradle-to-Gate life cycle assessment shows AMSilk’s fibers have a significantly lower environmental footprint compared to silk

Neuried, Germany, 20 June 2024: AMSilk GmbH (“AMSilk”), a frontrunner in advanced biomaterials made from spider silk-based proteins, today announces that it has completed an independent ‘Cradle-to-Gate’ Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) comparing the environmental footprint of AMSilk Ultrafine Fiber with mulberry silk across five environmental indicators: climate change, land and water use, acidification and freshwater […]

AMSilk Relocate Offices to Support Expansion Plans

The purpose-built offices will support its production of game-changing material solutions on an industrial scale Expanding biotech laboratory, pilot plants and office space, AMSilk embarks on the next stage of its journey to provide biofabricated silk materials across the world Munich, Germany, 10 October 2022 – AMSilk GmbH (“AMSilk”), a world leader in supplying innovative high-performance […]