Newsletter 3/2022

News

FinnCERES Scientific Seminar 2022: Recordings available

 

FinnCERES Scientific Seminar 2022 shed light on how to fully harness the inherent properties of all lignocellulosic fractions to develop new bio-based and bio-inspired materials. The seminar brought together speakers from Finland, Sweden, Canada and Germany.

 

Watch the seminar on the FinnCERES YouTube channel.

 
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Smart Bioeconomy 
documentary series 

 

Science journalist Nina Pulkkis has made educational video clips about numerous bioeconomy-related research topics in Finnish universities and research centres. The Smart Bioeconomy series presents scientific results that address some of our most pressing environmental challenges. 

 

The series is available in Finnish and English on the FinnCERES YouTube channel.

 
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Marcus Wallenberg Prize to Prof. Herbert Sixta

 

The 2022 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professor Herbert Sixta (Aalto University) and Professor Ilkka Kilpeläinen (University of Helsinki) for the development and use of novel ionic liquids to process wood biomass into high-performance textile fibres, i.e. Ioncell technology.

Spin-off company from Aalto, Ioncell Ltd, was recently founded to accelerate the commercialization of ecological textile fibre technologies.

 
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Research highlights

 

Capturing colloidal nano- and microplastics with plant-based nanocellulose networks

 

 

Nature Communications 2022, 13, 1814

Leppänen Ilona et al. 

 
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AqSO biorefinery: a green and parameter-controlled process for the production of lignin–carbohydrate hybrid materials

 

Green Chemistry 2022, Advance Article

 Tarasov Dmitry et al. 

 
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Biological activity of multicomponent bio-hydrogels loaded with tragacanth gum

 

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2022, 215, 691

Teixeira Roberta et al.

 
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Interfacial catalysis and lignin nanoparticles for strong fire- and water-resistant composite adhesives

 

Green Chemistry 2022, Advance Article

 K. Alexander Henn et al. 

 

 
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Events

 

PI-FinnCERES Afternoon: Talents for the future bioeconomy
September 21, Espoo, Finland

 
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Surface Measurement Systems, workshop
October 4, Espoo, Finland

 
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