Natural Life Excellence Network 2020 (NatLifE 2020)

Natural Life Excellence Network 2020 (NatLifE 2020) innovation alliance is the first alliance to receive the officialapproval letter under the “Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Initiative” scheme of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research(BMBF).With the receipt of this document the NatLifE 2020 alliance partners now are able to increase and to broaden their activities inBioeconomy and their biologisation strategy with further innovative R&D programs described in the application.Innovation in the realm of “healthier living and ageing” is playing a central role in politics, economy and society in general. From a social as well aseconomic perspective, the food, nutrition, and health sector constitutes the most important area of the Bioeconomy. In collaboration with relevantactors from research and industry, we will design novel synthetic pathways for natural products and bioactive molecules to address thehealth aspects of food consumption and dietary habits.