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CSIC and specifically the Polymer Biotechnology group, is involved in the extraction of natural polyesters, based on insects such as the black soldier fly. They are also helping to develop a microbial fermentation library creating models to optimize extraction.
Key people
Professor Auxiliadora Prieto
M. Auxiliadora Prieto is a Research Professor at CSIC and is coordinator of the SusPlast platform, an interdisciplinary technology platform for sustainable plastic of CSIC (https://pti-susplast.csic.es/en/). She leads the Polymer Biotechnology group as part of the Microbial and Plant Biotechnology Department of the Biological Research Centre Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC).
E-mail address: auxi@cib.csic.es