News & Events

In February 2021 the third DEEP PURPLE publication “Up-scale challenges on biopolymer production from waste streams by Purple Phototrophic Bacteria mixed cultures: A critical review” was published in the Elsevier Journal “Bioresource Technology” Volume 327. The highlights are: The production of biopolymers by purple phototrophic bacteria is reviewed. Understanding the underlying metabolic mechanisms for process … Continue reading “A critical review on biopolymer production from waste streams”

Standardisation is a voluntary cooperation among industry, consumers, public authorities and other interested parties for the development of technical specifications based on consensus. The European Union has an active standardisation policy that promotes standardisation in support of Better Regulation and as a tool for European competitiveness. Voluntary, consensus-based standards play a major role in promoting … Continue reading “STANDARDISATION IN DEEP PURPLE PROJECT”

Raúl Muñoz Torre from the Universidad de Valladolid explains the DEEP PURPLE project and in detail the ectoine extraction for the European Researcher’s Night in November, 27th, 2020. The video is in Spanish, but automatic subtitles can be used for everyone to understand the very informative video.

Please find here the 2nd issue of the DEEP PURPLE Newsletter. To receive the bi-yearly update in your inbox please sign up for it here. Follow the link for the online-newsletter.

With the development of this process to decontaminate and saccharified cellulose it will be possible to use renewable sources from waste management and wastewater treatment for the biosynthesis and bioproduction of new biomaterials. Work is currently underway to improve the efficiency and maximize the performance of the proposed process on a pilot scale. The process … Continue reading “Project update: Cellulose recovered from sewage sludge”

Bioconversion of biogas into ectoine in high-mass transfer bioreactors The research carried out by UVA is validating the continuous ectoine production from biogas and biomilking process and is providing the best design configuration and new insights on the optimal operational conditions of it. Highlights from the conversion of biogas into ectoine  An effective halotolerant microbial … Continue reading “Bioconversion of biogas into ectoine”

In June the team of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos started their pilot scale photobiorefinery in Mostoles, Spain From left to right Sandra Chacón, Denise Ramírez, John Villamil, Elena Moreno and Daniel Puyol (URJC) standing in front of the pilot photobiorefinery at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Mostoles, Spain. Purple Phototrophic Bacteria (PPB) enriched biomass, with … Continue reading “Pilot scale photobiorefinery implemented”

📣 News, news, news … The first issue of the DEEP PURPLE Newsletter! Read more about our 2 publications on the use of #PPB for waste valorisation and see the pilot photobiorefinery in Mostoles. https://mailchi.mp/deed1dde7e0c/results-from-the-first-year-of-deep-purple?e=6ba9285d82

The Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) group has just published the open-access paper “Alkalinity, and Not the Oxidation State of the Organic Substrate, Is the Key Factor in Domestic Wastewater Treatment by Mixed Cultures of Purple Phototrophic Bacteria” with interesting results on  optimization of domestic wastewater treatment using PPB (Purple Phototrophic Bacteria) in the Special … Continue reading “Alkalinity, and Not the Oxidation State of the Organic Substrate, Is the Key Factor in Domestic Wastewater Treatment by Mixed Cultures of Purple Phototrophic Bacteria”

An interesting article in Spanish about the DEEP PURPLE project in the RETEMA Magazine Issue March/April 2020 on “Recovery of resources from biowaste and solar energy in photo-biorefineries” by Patricia Zamora, Víctor Monsalvo, Eugenio Marín, Raúl Muñoz, Alessandro Carmona, John Villamil, Juan Antonio Melero,Fernando Martínez, Frank Rogalla, Daniel Puyol. (Aqualia, Universidad de Valladolid and Universidad … Continue reading “DEEP PURPLE in RETEMA Magazine”

Luis D. Allegue, Daniel Puyol and Juan Antonio Melero Novel, from the Group of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, published “Novel approach for the treatment of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste: Coupling thermal hydrolysis with anaerobic digestion and photo-fermentation” in ELSEVIER, “Science of the Total Environment” with open access under … Continue reading “DEEP PURPLE publication in Elsevier”

Dr. Daniel Puyol, scientific manager of DEEP PURPLE explaining how the University of Rey Juan Carlos is collaborating with DEEP PURPLE’s lead partner AQUALIA to develop low environmental impact technologies in many ambitious projects like DEEP PURPLE (Spanish with English subtitles available).

The University Rey Juan Carlos offers a Research Assistant position for working under the frame of the European Project DEEP PURPLE (GA No.: 837998) with the following RESPONSIBILITIES: To operate and maintain a pilot-scale bio-refinery consisting on: A pair of 0.5 m3 photo-bioreactors, where purple phototrophic bacteria will evolve Pumping units for inlet, outlet and … Continue reading “Work for DEEP PURPLE at URJC, Spain”

SPANISH ONLY/ INVITATION ONLY/CANCELLED for now El proyecto DEEP PURPLE (2019-2023), financiado por el programa europeo Horizonte 2020, tiene como objetivo desarrollar y validar un modelo de biorrefinería que sea capaz de aprovechar los flujos de residuos urbanos orgánicos para extraer y recuperar compuestos de alto valor añadido (ectoína, PHA o celulosa), utilizados en aplicaciones … Continue reading “Bio-based workshop DEEP PURPLE in Valencia (in Spanish)”

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Ernesto Horikoshi, Global Head of Active Ingredients, Business Segment Active Ingredients of Clariant Production France joined the DEEP PURPLE Advisory Board. Ernesto Horikoshi has over 15 years of experience in the Global Specialties Chemical Industry. He started his career in Clariant as R&D manager in Brazil working on the global development of Home and Personal … Continue reading “Ernesto Horikoshi joins the DEEP PURPLE Advisory Board”

AQUALIA and ACTIVATEC presented DEEP PURPLE at the BBI JU Stakeholder Forum 2019 in Brussels. It was a great day to meet other inspiring projects and connect with them and to present DEEP PURPLE for the first time. Can you see our project mascot PPBella? She had a great time too 😉 Looking forward to … Continue reading “DEEP PURPLE at the BBI Stakeholder Forum 2019”

We want to share a new research article, published in the ELSEVIER Journal of Hazardous Materials written by scientists from the DEEP PURPLE consortium. These results support the use of phototrophic bacteria technologies for resource recovery with low emerging pollutants contamination of the products. Also, they demonstrated that the biological treatment system (photo-anaerobic membrane bioreactor) … Continue reading “ELSEVIER publication proves emerging pollutants do not affect the performance of PPB”

The University of Rey Juan Carlos in cooperation with aqualia created this beautiful video for their joint project Bio3 to showcase the use of the purple phototropic bacteria in waste water treatment plants to extract valuable compounds out of waste and create energy for the plant and further use. Note: Make sure to set the … Continue reading “Video explaning the use of PPB in WWTP”

Join us on 4 December 2019 in Brussels for the BBI JU Stakeholder Forum 2019. Meet the project coordinators of DEEP PURPLE Aqualia at their booth 21A. This year’s Stakeholder Forum is a one-day public event that will bring together the bio-based industries community and facilitate open discussion on the impact, achievements and strategic direction … Continue reading “DEEP PURPLE at the Stakeholder Forum 2019”

APPLICATION CLOSED! The University Rey Juan Carlos offers a Research Assistant job for working under the frame of the European Project DEEP PURPLE (GA No.: 837998). The job has the following RESPONSIBILITIES: – To operate and maintain a pilot-scale bio-refinery consisting of: 1. A pair of 0.5 m3 photo-bioreactors, where purple phototrophic bacteria will evolve … Continue reading “Job Offer DEEP PURPLE at the University of Rey Juan Carlos, Spain”