Boğaziçi University partners with French firm to develop biopesticides
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2025.11.27
Boğaziçi University’s Istanbul Microalgae Biotechnology R&D Unit (IMBIYOTAB) has launched a strategic collaboration with French biotech company Immunrise Biocontrol to develop next-generation, microalgae-based biopesticides.
The project aims to provide an environmentally friendly and highly effective solution against downy mildew, a disease that causes significant economic losses in crops such as grapes, tomatoes and potatoes worldwide, the university said in a statement.
Through the university’s Technology Transfer Office, IMBIYOTAB and the French company are accelerating R&D of biopesticides derived from the brown marine microalgae species Amphidinium. Product development and pilot-scale research are being conducted at an advanced microalgae biorefinery at Boğaziçi University’s Sarıtepe Campus. The facility was established under the INDEPENDENT Project, supported by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye, which focuses on integrated biorefinery concepts for bioeconomy-oriented development.
Boğaziçi University’s Istanbul Microalgae Biotechnology R&D Unit (IMBIYOTAB) has launched a strategic collaboration with French biotech company Immunrise Biocontrol to develop next-generation, microalgae-based biopesticides.
The project aims to provide an environmentally friendly and highly effective solution against downy mildew, a disease that causes significant economic losses in crops such as grapes, tomatoes and potatoes worldwide, the university said in a statement.
Through the university’s Technology Transfer Office, IMBIYOTAB and the French company are accelerating R&D of biopesticides derived from the brown marine microalgae species Amphidinium. Product development and pilot-scale research are being conducted at an advanced microalgae biorefinery at Boğaziçi University’s Sarıtepe Campus. The facility was established under the INDEPENDENT Project, supported by the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye, which focuses on integrated biorefinery concepts for bioeconomy-oriented development.
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