Welcome to Purple4Life – Building the Purple Future
|
The Purple4Life Newsletter brings you closer to our mission: transforming purple bacteria (PPB) into a sustainable solution for life and the planet. Funded by the European Union, the project explores how these extraordinary microorganisms can help recover valuable resources, reduce waste and support a true circular bioeconomy based on PPB.
In this first issue, discover how our journey began—from lab innovation with purple bacteria to real-world applications—and meet the people shaping the “purple future” of sustainability.
|
|
|
|
Purple4Life & PURPLEGAIN Joint Workshop on Purple Bacteria
|
Join us in Mons (Belgium) on 19–20 March 2026 for a workshop focused on innovative applications of purple bacteria (PPB). Registration and abstract submissions are now open for researchers, start-ups and innovators working on PPB metabolism, aquaculture, food and feed applications, functional ingredients and regulatory pathways.
Submit your abstract by 15 January 2026 and be part of this key meeting advancing PPB-based solutions for sustainable food and feed.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purple4Life brings together 12 leading institutions from 7 European countries, combining expertise in microbiology of purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB), biotechnology, circular bioeconomy and public engagement.
Coordinated by Université de Mons (UMONS), the consortium works collaboratively to develop innovative PPB-based applications for a more sustainable future.
|
|
|
|
How does Purple4Life contribute to sustainability and circular bioeconomy?
|
|
Learn how purple bacteria (PPB) and PPB-based processes support circularity through nutrient recovery, wastewater valorisation and the development of bio-based products. Purple4Life demonstrates how PPB link sustainability, biotechnology and circular bioeconomy strategies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest news from the Purple4Life community
|
Stay updated on the latest advances in purple bacteria (PPB), circular bioeconomy and sustainable food systems. Here are two highlights from our recent publications and events.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Learn how purple bacteria can contribute to sustainable aquaculture by converting light and wastewater into valuable biomass.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discover how PPB-based innovations contribute to safe and sustainable food systems, as presented at the EU Food Safety Forum 2025 in Rome.
|
|
|
|
Purple4Life Project · info@purple4life.eu
Grant Agreement No. 101212806 · CBE JU – Horizon Europe
|
You receive this newsletter because you subscribed or showed interest in our activities.
Unsubscribe
|
|
|
|
|
