Ladies and Gentlemen,
an integrated bioeconomy needs cross-disciplinary research approaches. Within the framework of the second funding phase of the NRW strategy project BioSC, which has just ended, six large multidisciplinary collaborative projects, the FocusLabs, have been set up since 2017, under the leadership of young scientists and with a total budget of around €2.4 million each. The FocusLabs addressed and interlinked sustainable plant cultivation, innovative synthesis pathways for bio-based recyclables, integrated biorefinery processes, and the analysis of societal and economic transformations. Now that almost all FocusLabs have ended or are about to end, we would like to present an overview of the results in this newsletter.
As part of the Bioeconomy Science Year 2020/21, the exhibition ship MS Wissenschaft set off for the second time on June 5. Again on the 2021 tour, the exhibit "Algae Flipper" is on board, in which the BioSC is involved. More information is available at the end of the newsletter.
On June 10 and 11, the 6th Week of the Environment took place, hosted by the German President and the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt. Among 150 certified exhibitors, the BioSC was involved in a contribution to the structural change in the Rhenish mining area. The digital exhibition is still open.
Finally, we would like to note that the 10th anniversary brochure of the BioSC is now also available in English. Both the English and the slightly revised German version are available for download on the respective home page of the homepage.
We wish you an interesting reading!