The start-up company re.solution from Aachen, founded in 2023, was awarded several prizes in the first half of 2024. The technology that re.solution uses for the environmentally friendly recycling of textiles was developed as part of BioSC projects and was further developed in BioökonomieREVIER innovation labs and other projects before the company was founded.

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On July 7, 2024, the BioSC enjoyed a large number of visitors at the Bonn Science Festival on the Hofgartenwiese in Bonn. The BioSC CoreGroups of Prof. Hartmann and Prof. Grundler of the University of Bonn provided insights into current BioSC projects. A variety of hands-on and participatory activities for the whole family made bioeconomy and science tangible.

For the third time in a row, the public lecture series “Meet the Circular Economy” took place at RWTH Aachen University in the summer semester 2024, led by Prof. Dr. Sandra Venghaus and supported by the BioSC. For the first time this year, an Innovation Challenge on the lecture topics will follow, which will take place at RWTH on October 7. Please save the date!

The poster deals with the comparison of online and offline biomass measurement of an oil-producing Ustilago maydis strain.

More than one hundred BioSC members gathered for the tenth BioSC Forum, the BioSC's annual internal retreat, on March 12, 2024. In numerous project talks, poster presentations, panel discussions and round tables, there were many opportunities to exchange ideas about ongoing BioSC projects and activities and further developments. There was also an overview of BioSC initiatives in the field of education and early careers. This area also included the doctoral student competition, which was held for the first time and awarded doctoral students' ideas for networking with ongoing BioSC projects.

The 30th BioSC Lecture took place on March 11, 2024 at Forschungszentrum Jülich, in cooperation with the Jülich Plant Science Seminars. Prof. Dr. Dirk Prüfer (University of Münster / Fraunhofer IME) gave a comprehensive overview of the path from the discovery of the Russian dandelion to its industrial use as a rubber source.