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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”

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 2. Pumping … Continue reading “Job Offer DEEP PURPLE at the University of Rey Juan Carlos, Spain”