On July 2, speakers from the fields of research and industry gathered to discuss how artificial intelligence, autonomous robotics, and nature-inspired biopesticides are turning sustainable agriculture from a vision of the future into a reality.

A productive and exciting day on recent developments in green chemistry research and application – that was the 11th BioSC Spotlight, which took place as a satellite event to the Fuel and Chemical Science Conference 2026.

For the fifth year in a row, the lecture series “Meet the Circular Economy,” led by Prof. Dr. Sandra Venghaus, takes place at RWTH Aachen University during the 2026 summer semester. At the first session, Dr. Stefanie Eiden of Covestro and Wolfgang Köster of WEPA presented their companies’ concepts for the circular use of polymers respectively paper and pulp fibers.

On April 15, 2026, the 12th BioSC Forum was held at Forschungszentrum Jülich. In addition to the results of current projects, the forum focused on the role and significance of BioSC at various levels, ranging from the development of a research landscape to individual careers.

Congratulations to the team of LipiTune for receiving the Warpspeed Fund from The Materials Lab Incubator with a total budget of 200,000€. The team behind LipiTune consists of four people from the RWTH Aachen: Marcel Mann, Benedikt Riedel, Paul Richter, Thomas Steimann. The project had its beginnings in the Boost Fund 2.0 project NextVegOil.

Many stimulating conversations at the Circular Valley Convention have once again shown the essential role of research and systemic knowledge for a sustainable bio-based and circular economy. With LipiTune and re.solution, two startups that originated from BioSC projects could be presented. Thank you to our conversation partners, the organizers, and to BioökonomieREVIER for setting up a joint booth!