The MERIT project, coordinated by Olaf Kruse, is developing microalgae to produce pharmaceutical and cosmetic products. The research project INDIE, in which Volker F. Wendisch is a partner, is looking to produce the fragrance and flavor agent Indol from corynebacteria. The C1Pro project—in which Wendisch also participates—is applying synthetic and systems biology to thermophilic bacterium Bacillus methanolicus to make methanol a sustainable raw material for the production of useful compounds.
Kruse and Wendisch work with partners from Argentina, Denmark, Germany, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway, and Slovenia in the three research networks.