BioEcoAgro

| UMR 1158
Biology and health Chemistry and materials Observation and environment, lasers and their applications Research unit

BioEcoAgro lab is a Franco-Belgian center of excellence in the field of biological engineering applied to agriculture, biotechnology, agri-food, environment and development of agroresources. Our projects mainly concern the understanding of the functioning of plants and ecosystems; identification, characterization and bioproduction of active biomolecules (of plant and microbial origin) for use in human, animal or plant health; food quality and safety; biopreservation; biocontrol as well as the eco-design of processes and products. We are open to all academic and industrial collaborations and propose services in line with our expertise.

Informations

Director: Philippe Jacques
Deputy director: Jean-Louis Hilbert
Deputy director: Joël Leonard
Deputy director: Francois Mesnard

https://bioecoagro.eu/umrt-bioecoagro_fre/

Ecole Polytechnique Universitaire de Lille, Avenue Paul Langevin
Campus Cité Scientifique, Université de Lille
59655 VILLENEUVE D'ASCQ

Mots-clés

Bioprocesses, bioeconomy, biocontrol, biopreservation, valorization of agro-resources, biotechnologies, eco-processes, food, consumers, plants, synthesis, biotransformation, biocatalysis

Localisation

  • Functioning and adaptation of plants
  • Plant / soil / environment interactions
  • Plant disease biocontrol agents
  • Management, optimization and design of cropping systems
  • Peptides and lipopeptides
  • Metabolites of plant or microbial origin
  • Transformation/valorization of biomass by microbial or enzymatic action
  • Protein hydrolysates
  • Food and digestive microbial ecosystems
  • Biopreservation and food formulation
  • Food quality and safety

Examples of projects:

  • Antimicrobial properties of specialized metabolites in hops
  • Valorization of co-products from the agri-food industry by eco-processes for the extraction and purification of phenolic antioxidants
  • Health effects and reduction of the bitterness of industrial chicory (Joint laboratory Chic41Health)
  • Development of new biopesticides of microbial origin (INTERREG SMARTBIOCONTROL project)
  • Identification, characterization and bioproduction of active biomolecules (of plant and microbial origin)
  • Management of cropping systems and optimization of cultivation techniques within these systems
  • Optimization / improvement of agricultural practices
  • Design of innovative cropping systems, through the production of agronomic, economic and environmental performance indicators
  • Determination of nutritional properties
  • Determination of organoleptic properties
  • Transformation of biomass by enzymatic or microbial catalysis
  • Development of eco-processes
  • Development of selective separation processes
  • Characterization of foods at the macroscopic, microscopic and molecular levels

We possess a wide range of equipment regrouped within the internal and external technological platforms:

  • Technological platforms, including two experimental farms
  • Exceptional equipment TERRA
  • ECOTRON
  • Unique industrial fermentation platform
  • Food technology halls...

Industrial:
2 joint laboratories with companies (ALLINPEP with Ingrédia, Chic41Health with Florimond-Desprez), 3 industrial chairs

Academic:
AgroParisTech, VetAgro Sup, Gembloux AgroBiotech (University of Liège), Université Laval (Canada, with an international associated laboratory), Federal University of Viçosa (Brazil with an international associated laboratory), Astrakhan State University (Russia), University of Oran (Algeria), University of Béjaïa (Algeria), Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (Morocco), Wageningen University & Research (The Netherlands), University of Tübingen (Germany)

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