News

06 June 2023

By: G. Paës

07 July 2022 - Special issue edited in Frontiers in Plants dedicated to biomass recalcitrance

Plant cell walls are complex structures fulfilling a variety of functions throughout a plant's life. They maintain the plant's structural integrity by resisting hydrostatic pressure, and at the same time, provide flexibility to support cell growth and division and a pathological and environmental barrier that defends against stress. Cell walls are therefore recalcitrant towards deconstruction by chemicals, enzymes, and/or microbes, which is a major obstacle for many approaches to processing plant material. An enhanced understanding of the complex interplay of the different cell wall compounds and their contributions to the recalcitrance will lead to more sophisticated strategies to utilize plant biomass in its conversion into materials, chemicals, and fuels.

06 June 2023

By: M. Cassarini; S. Abdellaoui

17 june 2022 - Optimization of violacein production on protein-rich substrates

A new study from the AFERE chaire / UMR FARE allowed to show a key factor in the overproduction of the microbial pigment violacein by species Chromibacterium vaccinii.

06 June 2023

By: G. Paës

09 May 2022 - Inside hydrolysis pattern of pretreated maize cells in real-time

A multimodal approach has been devised to relate variations in chemical composition to accessibility of maize cell wall (enzyme fluorescence) in order to provide keys to understand the different patterns of cell wall degradation according to cell type and pretreatment.

06 June 2023

By: S. Recous / G. Paës

11 April 2022 - Launch of the PEPR programme FairCarboN

The exploratory Priority Research Equipment Programme (PEPR) FairCarboN - Carbon in Continental Ecosystems: Levers and Pathways to Carbon Neutrality will increase the contribution of continental ecosystems to climate change mitigation and carbon neutrality.

06 June 2023

By: G. Paës

17 March 2022 - FARE co-organises a workshop on pre-treatment of plant biomass at BIOKET

This workshop, organised by Carnot 3BCAR and INRAE with contributions of academic and industrial stakeholders aimed at presenting the state of the art of the physico-chemical pre-treatments for overcoming recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass.

06 June 2023

By: L. Besaury / S. Abdellaoui

21 february 2022 - The phyllosphere of agricultural co-products

The phyllosphere of agricultural co-products as a new ecological niche for microorganisms of interest for lignocellulosic biomass fractionation

06 June 2023

By: S. Recous / G/ Lashermes / G. Paës

08 February 2022 - Recruitment of an INRAE permanent scientist at FARE lab

INRAE is recruiting at FARE lab in Reims a permanent scientist on plant litter recycling in agroecosystems and its impacts on biogeochemical cycles.

06 June 2023

By: Ludovic Besaury

28 january 2022 - FARE's EC2CO NOVACULTMIC project funded

The EC2CO NOVACULTMIC (New approaches to cultivate the Microbial Dark Matter) project, led by Ludovic Besaury, a research professor at the AFERE chair at FARE, has been selected for funding. This project will start in January 2022 for a duration of 24 months.

06 June 2023

By: G. Lashermes / S. Recous

January 10 2022 - The physiological maturity of the plants from which the crop residues originate impacts N2O emissions during their soil decomposition

The knowledge of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions associated with agricultural practices should advance to improve the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of agriculture. This study examined gaseous emissions during the soil decomposition of crop residues. The results raised a sensitive issue around residues that are still "green" from physiologically immature plants because they are linked to high emitting situations.

06 June 2023

By: C. Rémond

24 november 2021 - Oligosaccharides produced from wheat bran are beneficial for our gut flora

Wheat bran, an abundant agricultural co-product rich in xylans, is a resource of interest for the production of xylo-oligosaccharides (XOs)

06 June 2023

By: C. Ivaldi

17th november 2021 - Discovery of a new xylanase in the mangrove of New Caledonia

A new xylanase, among many others, was discovered and expressed in order to be characterized.

06 June 2023

By: F. Berzin / G. Paës

20 October 2021 - Development of a biobased nanocomposite for electrical insulation

This study contributes to the improvement of the electrical properties of nanocomposites based on oil- and bio-based polymers reinforced with lamellar clay

06 June 2023

By: M. cassarini, S. Abdellaoui

02 september 2021 - Using agro-industrial wastes for the bioproduction of natural pigments

A recent study from the researchers of the AFERE chair (UMR FARE) contributes to the global research of the bioconversion of agro-industrial wastes or coproducts, with the use of microbial fermentation to produce pigments.

06 June 2023

By: S. Abdellaoui

01 september 2021 - The ANR JCJC 2021 VALBIOELEC project coordinated by FARE has been accepted

The ANR JCJC VALBIOELEC project led by Sofiene Abdellaoui, an assistant professor of FARE, has been selected for funding. This project will start in January 2022 for a duration of 42 months.

06 June 2023

By: S. Recous / P. Thiébeau / G. Paës

05 July 2021 - FARE publishes an open database of chemical composition of EU crop residues

This dataset presents the chemical characteristics of plant biomass and crop residues from agrosystems in European area (carbon and nitrogen contents and biochemical composition).

06 June 2023

By: B. Kurek / G. Paës

08 June 2021 - FARE publishes an electronic knowledge book on valorisation of biorefinery effluents

The European Zelcor project (2016-2021), coordinated by INRAE (Stéphanie Baumberger) and in which FARE was strongly involved as partner and as coordinator of a working package, is aimed at valorizing the biorefinery residues of lignins and humins into products of interest and high value for fine chemicals, materials applications and cosmetics.

06 June 2023

By: G. Paës

03 May 2021 - 3D printed fluorescent materials

Incorporation of unused agricultural by-products into materials is a relevant strategy in developing biosourced and economically competitive products that limits the environmental impacts of plastics. Besides, development of 3D printing techniques offers the possibility to design such biomaterials while bringing new functionalities,

06 June 2023

By: C. Rémond, G. Paës

29 April 2021 - Do you know what prebiotics are?

If you want to know more, watch the answer in video with Karina!

06 June 2023

By: C. Rémond / G. Paës

11 March 2021 - AFERE Chair from FARE coordinates ColorANTH project funded by 3BCAR and Qualiment

The ColorANTH project associates the AFERE Chair of FARE, LBE of Narbonne and the SQPOV unit of Avignon.

06 June 2023

By: L. Besaury / G. Paës

10 February 2021 - FARE gains access to high-level facilities through IBISBA

The COCULTURE project submitted during the 4th call for IBISBA (Industrial Biotechnology Innovation and Synthetic Technology Accelerator) project funded by the HORIZON H2020 project has been accepted within UMR FARE.

06 June 2023

By: G. Lashermes / S. Recous

02 February 2021 - Recruitment of an INRAE permanent junior scientist at FARE lab

INRAE is recruiting at FARE lab in Reims a permanent junior scientist on plant litter recycling in agroecosystems and its impacts on biogeochemical cycles.