Welcome to ETERNAL's first newsletter. Amongst other things this edition features news on early progress made, perspectives on ETERNAL's theme's and ambitions, research into how biopharmaceutical processes can be made “greener by design” using genome engineering, and the opportunities presented by the new European Unitary Patent system.

Representatives of the ETERNAL project team are already mobilizing to reach out to the world beyond our consortium, getting out and about to introduce the project and to learn more from others. Find out more about some productive early cross-project discussions and plans to engage with our target stakeholders later in the year at the CPHI Europe show in Barcelona. We hope to see you there!

The European Unitary Patent (EUP) represents a new era for Intellectual Property (IP) protection for European small and medium enterprises (SMEs), industry and researchers, as well as a significant milestone in the evolution of IP protection across the EU member states. Find out more about the possibilities opened up by EUP and how they may affect how you protect your intellectual property in future.

Meet Prof. Andriy Luzhetskyy and Alina Zayachkivska from the the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) who are focused on metabolic engineering of actinobacteria