Oft \u00fearf a\u00f0 breg\u00f0ast skj\u00f3tt vi\u00f0 spennandi samstarfsm\u00f6guleikum \u00fear sem g\u00f3\u00f0ar hugmyndir kvikna, \u00fe\u00e1 er s\u00f3tt um Evr\u00f3pustyrk \u00ed samstarfi vi\u00f0 a\u00f0ra til a\u00f0 hugmyndin ver\u00f0i a\u00f0 veruleika. Svo kemur a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 b\u00ed\u00f0a \u00feolinm\u00f3\u00f0 eftir svari vi\u00f0 styrkums\u00f3kninni. Me\u00f0 \u00edslenska fyrirt\u00e6ki\u00f0 Zymetech vi\u00f0 stj\u00f3rnv\u00f6lin var s\u00f3tt um Eurostars styrk \u00e1samt d\u00f6nsku fyrirt\u00e6kjunum Danish Technological Institute og BioModics.<\/p>\n
Samstarfsleit fyrir Eurostars styrk<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00cd mars 2014 augl\u00fdsti Zymetech eftir samstarfsa\u00f0ilum \u00ed Eurostars verkefni gegnum Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) \u00e1 \u00cdslandi. Hugmyndin var a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00f3a pl\u00e1stra sem innihalda ens\u00edm (pr\u00f3teasa) unnin \u00far \u00feorski. \u00a0Verkefnastj\u00f3ri EEN, Mj\u00f6ll Waldorff, f\u00e9kk s\u00edmtal fr\u00e1 EEN \u00ed Danm\u00f6rku en \u00fear voru tv\u00f6 s\u00e9rh\u00e6f\u00f0 fyrirt\u00e6ki sem s\u00f3ttust eftir a\u00f0 s\u00e6kja um styrkinn me\u00f0 Zymetech.<\/p>\n Fyrirt\u00e6kin \u00ferj\u00fa f\u00f3ru \u00ed a\u00f0 skrifa ums\u00f3kn me\u00f0 einungis viku \u00ed skilafrest, en \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00fdnir hversu mikla tr\u00fa \u00feau h\u00f6f\u00f0u \u00e1 \u00feessari hugmynd. \u00dev\u00ed mi\u00f0ur f\u00e9kk verkefni\u00f0 ekki styrk \u00ed fyrstu tilraun en samstarfsa\u00f0ilarnir unnu \u00e1fram me\u00f0 hugmyndina og \u00fer\u00f3u\u00f0u proof-of-concept \u00e1\u00f0ur en fari\u00f0 var \u00ed a\u00f0 skrifa n\u00fdja Eurostars ums\u00f3kn sem f\u00e9kk styrk.<\/p>\n Upphafi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u201eHybrizyme“<\/strong><\/p>\n Hausti\u00f0 2015 voru \u00f6ll formsatri\u00f0i komin \u00e1 hreint \u00feannig a\u00f0 \u00feriggja \u00e1ra verkefni\u00f0 \u201eHybrizyme“ h\u00f3fst. Ens\u00edmin (pr\u00f3teasar) \u00far kaldvatns fiski eins og \u00feorski, eru notu\u00f0 \u00ed verkefninu, \u00feessi ens\u00edm henta s\u00e9rlega vel til me\u00f0h\u00f6ndlunar \u00e1 til d\u00e6mis langvarandi s\u00e1rum. \u00cd verkefninu eru ens\u00edm hj\u00fapu\u00f0 \u00ed k\u00edsil-hydrogel netju (IPN – Interpenetrating Polymer Networks), sem h\u00e6gt er a\u00f0 nota til s\u00e1raumb\u00fa\u00f0a. IPN er samsett efni sem er a\u00f0 hluta til vatnss\u00e6ki\u00f0 hlaup og a\u00f0 hluta til k\u00edsill \u00e1 f\u00f6stu formi.<\/p>\n Verkefni\u00f0 mi\u00f0ar a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00f3a n\u00fdja, \u00f6rugga, skilvirka, hagkv\u00e6ma og \u00fev\u00ed mj\u00f6g samkeppnish\u00e6fa v\u00f6ru. N\u00fa \u00feegar hafa\u00a0 st\u00f3r al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0leg fyrirt\u00e6ki sem\u00a0 vinna me\u00f0 s\u00e1raumb\u00fa\u00f0ir og lausnir \u00e1 \u00feessu svi\u00f0i s\u00fdnt \u00e1huga \u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 bj\u00f3\u00f0a upp \u00e1 \u00feessa v\u00f6ru \u00ed \u00feeirra v\u00f6ru\u00fatbo\u00f0i.<\/p>\n Um Zymetech<\/strong><\/p>\n Zymetech er \u00edslenskt fyrirt\u00e6ki sem s\u00e9rh\u00e6fir sig \u00ed ranns\u00f3knum \u00e1 ens\u00edmum unnum \u00far sj\u00e1varl\u00edfverum. T\u00e6kni fyrirt\u00e6kisins vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00f3a og framlei\u00f0a samsetningar sem innihalda sj\u00e1varunnin ens\u00edm er k\u00f6llu\u00f0 Penzyme\u00ae t\u00e6kni og er kjarninn \u00ed hugverkar\u00e9tti fyrirt\u00e6kisins.<\/p>\n Zymetech s\u00e9rh\u00e6fir sig \u00ed v\u00f6ru\u00fer\u00f3un Ens\u00edmt\u00e6kna me\u00f0 notkun sj\u00e1var ens\u00edma \u00ed s\u00e9rst\u00f6kum bl\u00f6ndum b\u00e6\u00f0i til notkunar \u00ed l\u00e6kningat\u00e6kjum og h\u00fa\u00f0v\u00f6rum. Ens\u00edm eru n\u00e1tt\u00farulegir hvatar sem hra\u00f0a \u00e1 l\u00edffr\u00e6\u00f0ilegum ferlum og hafa veri\u00f0 notu\u00f0 \u00ed l\u00e6knisfr\u00e6\u00f0i og v\u00edsindum \u00ed meira en \u00f6ld.<\/p>\n