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19/01/24

Luke is looking at microbes to increase efficiency and health benefits at all stages of the food chain

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01/11/23

SIMBA has developed an open access database comprising microbiome data that can be used to identify microbiomes that will be useful in food production. 

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31/10/23

As the project comes to a close, the SIMBA consortium has published a booklet capturing some of its key achievements.

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04/08/23

Calling regions, municipalities, private or public companies, organisations, associations, schools, educational institutes, universities, research institutions and a wide range of stakeholders as well as individuals to sign the Mission Soil Manifesto

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20/07/23

During their first two years, the EU Missions in Horizon Europe have supported the Commission's work on the European Green Deal, making Europe fit for the Digital Age, and Europe's Beating Cancer Plan. 

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05/07/23

Today, the Commission adopted a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources, which will also strengthen the resilience of EU food systems and farming.

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02/06/23

In May of this year, an innovation developed as part of SIMBA featured on the European Commission’s Innovation Radar for the second time!

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30/03/23

The last SIMBA consortium meeting takes place at the University of Bielefeld

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13/03/23

In the future, safe and healthy food should be produced for more and more people and more and more sustainably.

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23/08/22

The next seminar in the series will take place on Friday, 23rd September!

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23/08/22

SIMBA project partner and coordinator Luke (Finland) are working to develop microbial applications that will hopefully lead to better quality and more nutritious food for growing global populations.

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30/07/22

Great news for the SIMBA project as an innovation developed by partners from CTAQUA (Spain) and NIVA (Norway) was featured on the European Commission’s Innovation Radar.

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18/07/22

The SIMBA project team continues to advance its mission to harness complex terrestrial and marine microbiomes for sustainable food production.

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14/03/22

This year the SIMBA project will host a series of quarterly lunchtime seminars, to raise awareness about the work being done as part of the project. The first one will take place on Friday, 25th March from 13:00-14:00 CET (via Zoom).

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27/10/21

The Second SIMBA Training Course took place from the 30th September to 2nd October, in Venice, Italy!

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27/10/21

SIMBA researchers at NMBU, are working to find microorganisms that are suitable for converting residual raw materials from agriculture and food production into new foods, animal feed and bioenergy.

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27/10/21

Innovation in how we use Plant Growth-Promoting Microorganisms (PGPMs) as part of crop production could revolutionise how we feed the world’s growing populations, removing the need for harmful chemical fertilisers and reducing environmental impact.

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27/10/21

SIMBA partner, WUR have been investigating the uptake of microbial applications by farmers – one of the project’s key stakeholders.

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27/10/21

SIMBA partners are investigating the potential benefits of introducing more sustainable feed sources into European aquaculture.

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27/10/21

In our latest Innovation Hub interview, we catch up with partners from Matis to find out more about their role in the SIMBA project

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19/10/21

The SIMBA Consortium Meeting took place from 18-19 October 2021

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22/06/21

World Microbiome Day is fast approaching. The theme this year is Sustainability with a focus on how microbes can contribute to a sustainable future.

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21/05/21

The next few months will be very busy for SIMBA project partner, Annamaria Bevivino, who is editing not one but TWO special issues of popular journals Microorganisms and Frontiers.

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21/04/21

The SIMBA project is very happy to announce the release of the SIMBA project video

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30/03/21

SIMBA partner, Henk Bolhuis has shared details about his research progress so far and the work going on despite Covid

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03/03/21

A new research paper titled ‘Identification of Beneficial Microbial Consortia and Bioactive Compounds with Potential as Plant Biostimulants for a Sustainable Agriculture’ was published by the SIMBA consortium in February of 2021

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23/02/21

At the start of February SIMBA partners from UNIBI and UCPH hosted a metagenomics workshop in collaboration with de.NBI

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15/12/20

The SIMBA consortium meeting took place over three days from 9-11 December 2020

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15/12/20

The growth response in fish to different feeds has made aquaculture one of the most effective means to produce animal proteins for consumption.

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10/12/20

Maker Faire Rome will feature an international collection of exhibitors, performances, talks, and workshops that spans everything from agroecology and art to the circular economy and outer space. SIMBA project partners from ENEA will represent SIMBA

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13/11/20

The first SIMBA training course, on Methods of Microorganisms Detection in Soil, Water and Food, took place this year over four days in October (9-10th and 16-17th).

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10/11/20

SIMBA project partner presents at Ecomondo – The Green Technology Expo 2020

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07/04/20

Project partners at Helsinki University have recently published a new paper "Replacing Animal-Based Protein with Plant-Based Proteins Changes the Composition of a Whole Nordic Diet - A Randomised Clinical Trial in Healthy Finnish Adults" 

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26/03/20

Last February (2020), we got an update from project partner Carlos Escudero about the SIMBA project activities currently taking place in the laboratories in NIVA (Norway)

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03/02/20

This Vision Statement, or Roadmap, of marine microbiome research is conducted within work package 6 of the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance (AORA) between Canada, the European Union and the United States of America.

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05/11/19

Within the SIMBA consortium, we are celebrating one year since the project began and as such we have taken some time to look at what has been achieved, what interesting work is ongoing and what people can expect next from the project.

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25/07/19

As part of European BioTech Week SIMBA project partner ENEA is hosting a meeting with Italian stakeholders researching the potential of the microbiome in sustainable food production.

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