Tulip Enzyme Solutions

Many chemical and pharma processes in the industry rely on inefficient or environmentally harmful methods. Biocatalysis offers a greener alternative, but natural enzymes and cofactors are expensive both to develop as well as to use in the processes. However, widespread adoption of biocatalysis is still limited by challenges related to toxicity, impurities and cost. To […]

GlycoMASH

GlycoMASH aims to develop a blood test that can detect liver damage before it becomes life-threatening. Liver fibrosis, often observed in fatty liver disease, progresses silently and affects millions globally. People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are especially vulnerable, of which 65% have fatty liver disease and around 15% progress to advanced liver fibrosis. Current […]

Targeting RNA Dicing

Modular Therapeutics is addressing one of the biggest challenges in medicine: many patients do not respond to existing treatments because their disease is driven by unique molecular changes that current drugs cannot target, often due to an insufficient understanding of the biological impact of these mutations. Our innovation is based on a newly discovered biological […]

Detecting Parkinson

Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects about 10 million people worldwide, and cases are expected to double by 2050. Yet there is still no cure. Because we lack objective tools to monitor disease biology, it is difficult to assess new treatments, and diagnosis often arrives after irreversible brain damage has occurred. Our answer to this problem is […]

BioFire

Traditional flame retardants (FRs) are being phased out due to toxicity, high loading requirements (sometimes up to 70% wt), and high production costs. Green alternatives exist but often underperform, are expensive, or lack scalability. Meanwhile, the Netherlands produces over 1 million tons of wastewater sludge annually, costing up to €250 million, mostly incinerated in an […]

Lumox

Many people with head and neck cancer face harsh treatments like surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy: treatments that often damage speech, swallowing, or appearance. And even then, the cancer sometimes comes back. That can be done better.  There is a critical need for therapies that can selectively eliminate tumor cells while preserving healthy tissue. Lumox’s innovative […]

Tropical Oils

The Problem: Tropical oils (palm, palm kernel, and coconut) have a negative environmental impact (namely: deforestation). Europe is completely dependent on import. These oils give unique functionalities to food and personal care products (crystallization, melting, mouth feel), because of the medium-chain fatty acids (C8-C14) for which there are no vegetable-oil alternatives. The Netherlands is the […]