9 h PRESS RELEASE
The SECRETed p ojec has ecei ed unding om he Eu opean Union’s Ho izon 2020 esea ch and inno a ion
p og amme unde he G an Ag eemen No. 101000794. This publica ion e lec s only he au ho ’s iews and he
Eu opean Union is no liable o any use ha may be made o he in o ma ion con ained he ein.
Sus ainable Exploi a ion o bio-based
Compounds Re ealed and Enginee ed
om naTu al sou ces
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Ad ancing Sus ainable Ma ine Bio echnology
o Eu ope’s Bio-Based Fu u e
The EU- unded SECRETed p ojec (H2020) has
concluded a e ou yea s o pionee ing esea ch in
ma ine bio echnology, sus ainable biop ocessing, and
bio-based inno a ion. Since i s launch in June 2021,
he p ojec has uni ed leading Eu opean uni e si ies,
esea ch o ganisa ions, and indus y pa ne s o
ha ness ma ine mic oo ganisms o he p oduc ion
o high- alue biosu ac an s and side opho es wi h
applica ions ac oss pha maceu icals, cosme ics,
ag icul u e, ood, and en i onmen al p o ec ion.
O e i s du a ion, SECRETed de eloped an in eg a ed
amewo k ha combines biop ospec ing, ad anced
bio echnology, compu a ional modelling, indus ial
scale-up, and sus ainabili y assessmen . This
holis ic app oach accele a ed he c ea ion o sa e and mo e sus ainable bio-based solu ions, ad ancing
me hodologies in s ain enginee ing, omics-d i en disco e y, p ocess op imisa ion, o mula ion, and mul i-
sec o alida ion—solidi ying ma ine bio echnology as a key con ibu o o Eu ope’s ci cula economy.
PRESS RELEASE 9: Ad ancing Sus ainable Ma ine
Bio echnology o Eu ope’s Bio-Based Fu u e
Fou Yea s o Inno a ion,
Impac , and Collabo a ion
• Iden i ica ion and cha ac e isa ion o new ma ine mic oo ganisms
capable o p oducing bioac i e compounds.
• De elopmen o a model-assis ed pla o m o biosu ac an and
side opho e p oduc ion and op imisa ion.
•
Success ul labo a o y and pilo -scale alida ion o selec ed
biop ocesses.
Key Achie emen s
SECRETed implemen ed an ex ensi e communica ion, dissemina ion, and
social-awa eness p og amme ha g ea ly inc eased i s isibili y ac oss
Eu ope, including pa icipa ion in o e 60 con e ences and e en s, close o
20 scien i ic publica ions, h ee Social Awa eness Wo kshops, and b oad
ou each h ough social and adi ional media. The p ojec also played a
leading ole in es ablishing he A.I.M.S. Clus e , uni ing ou EU- unded
ini ia i es wo king on na u al bio-compounds and os e ing long- e m
collabo a ion. As pa o i s inal ac i i ies, he conso ium p esen ed i s
esul s a BIOKET 2025 in B ussels, engaging di ec ly wi h hund eds o
s akeholde s om he bioeconomy, bio ech, pha maceu ical, cosme ics,
and ag i- ood sec o s—s eng hening connec ions and explo ing pa hways
o u u e indus ial adop ion.
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PRESS RELEASE 9: Ad ancing Sus ainable Ma ine
Bio echnology o Eu ope’s Bio-Based Fu u e
SECRETed has demons a ed he ans o ma i e po en ial o ma ine bio echnology in suppo ing Eu ope’s
sus ainabili y goals, o e ing iable al e na i es o con en ional chemical p ocesses and ad ancing g eene ,
sa e , and mo e esou ce-e icien p oduc ion pa hways. The knowledge, me hodologies, da ase s, and
echnological ools de eloped wi hin he p ojec p o ide a s ong basis o con inued esea ch, indus ial
exploi a ion, and policy de elopmen .
The conso ium exp esses i s since e g a i ude o he Eu opean Commission,
all p ojec pa ne s, s akeholde s, and he b oade communi y whose suppo
and con ibu ions made SECRETed a success.
A Founda ion o Fu u e Inno a ion
• Comp ehensi e sus ainabili y and
echno-economic assessmen s
suppo ing u u e indus ial
deploymen .
• Demons a ion o p ac ical
applica ions in mul iple indus ial
sec o s.
• S ong engagemen wi h
s akeholde s, policymake s, indus y
leade s, SMEs, in es o s, and he
scien i ic communi y.
