BL4-2 BioAnc

As part of the BioAnc project, products coated with functional molecules using a sustainable coating technology, such as beads, MTPs and test strips, are to be developed for use as research and diagnostic products. These will be characterized in an application-oriented manner and potential prototypes will be tested in order to reach market maturity quickly after the project. Current methods for coating functional/bioactive molecules are based on energy-intensive processes that are often limited in terms of coating density, scalability and oriented immobilization.

In this project, a bio-based and sustainable coating technology will be used to optimize current coating processes and contribute to the biologization of materials science. The novel coating technology used enables the coating of a variety of surfaces at room temperature, in water and within minutes. Coatings can thus be applied in a mechanically stable manner as a dense monolayer without any loss of activity. The intensification of the coating process as well as the resource-saving implementation results in great potential for qualitatively superior, cost-efficient and sustainable products with competitive advantages such as higher sensitivity. The biomolecules are selected according to their market relevance, such as streptavidin, protein G and diagnostic-specific antigens. The intended products of the project are therefore beads and MTPs coated with streptavidin or protein G for research applications as well as diagnostic materials coated with specific antigens, for example beads, MTPs and test strips.

The aim of the BioAnc project is the modular development of these products with the shortest possible time-to-market. To this end, the coating process of the functional molecules is being developed, the connection under application conditions optimized with a view to market requirements and suitable prototypes developed.