Grants 4 Apps - Bayer
The iGEM Berlin 2015 team presented the Enzymatic Flagellulose project at a pitch night organized by Bayer's initiative "Grants4Apps". The event aimed to provide a startup-familiar solution platform to young innovators willing to eliminate healthcare threats. The project was very well accepted by an audience of healthcare practitioners, scientists and investors due to its multidisciplinary approach. We walked the extra mile and talked about a possible but accidental consumption of microplastics by humans or animals. We addressed this possible scenario by drawing attention to the fact that microplastics need to be correctly degraded or eliminated before or after they reach the water treatment plant. The head of the initiative provided us with contacts for further development of the idea in the business field. By doing this, we complemented the previous community-inclusive participation of iGEM Berlin, in the Science Cafe and the LNdW, by addressing the corporate world and the big names in the industry.
