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🦙 🌾 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬? 🎙 Episode 8 of our 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐗 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐩: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐨-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 miniseries is now live. Recorded at the Pitch Perfect and Boost the European Bioeconomy event in Brussels, this episode brings the deep-tech #scale-up perspective into the discussion on what it takes to compete with chemical incumbents in agriculture. Melina Gerdts' guest is Bart Walcarius, Head of Technology Integration at Biotalys, a Belgian company developing protein-based biocontrols as alternatives to conventional chemical pesticides 💡 Biotalys engineers small, highly specific proteins derived from camel and alpaca antibodies. These proteins are biodegradable and designed to precisely target crop pests and diseases without leaving harmful residues. ⚡ The conversation dives into what the realities of successful scaling look like in agricultural biotech: 🔄 Precision fermentation enables 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜, 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 that leave no harmful residues. 🔄 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Building high-performing expression platforms internally creates long-term competitive advantage. 🔄 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 accelerates the transition from lab to industrially relevant scale. 🔄 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲. The EPA’s proposed approval of Biotalys’ first biofungicide validates the platform and supports faster follow-on registrations. 🔄 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Molecular biology, fermentation engineering, regulatory expertise and agronomy must move in sync. 🔄 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 allows small biotech companies to access large-scale manufacturing without heavy upfront infrastructure investment. 🔄 𝐁𝐢𝐨-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 shows that sustainability and precision can align with 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 📺 Video podcast available on YouTube 🎧 Audio version available on Spotify 👉 Follow bioCircular Loop and Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant to catch the next episode and stay informed on how bio-based innovation moves from lab science to field application. #bioeconomy #biotech #agriculture #biocontrol #scaling #innovation #circulareconomy #PitchPerfect

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