On 28. September 2017 the next BioSC Lecture is taking place on the occasion of the 40 years’ jubilee of biotechnology at Forschungszentrum Juelich at the this year’s Jülich Biotech Day 2017. Prof. Sang Yup Lee from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea, will present current developments and trends in “Systems metabolic engineering for the bio-based production of chemicals”. Prof. Francis H. Arnold from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA, will give a recent insight into “Innovation by evolution: Bringing new chemistry to life”.

The agenda for the 2nd BioSC Symposium „Towards an Integrated Bioeconomy“ on 28th November 2017 is online. There will be posters and oral presentations under the main topics “Socioeconomic Perspectives within a Sustainable Bioeconomy”, “Innovations for Plant Production and Resource Management” and “Green Value Chains ‐ Processes and Products from Biomass”. The agenda for the 4th internal BioSC Forum on 27th November 2017 is online as well.

Scientists, practitioners and representatives from central organizations met at Campus Klein-Altendorf on September 1st, 2017 to exchange about the low-input plant Silphium. Besides several talks there was as well a guided tour to see the field experiments. The participants jointly agreed that cup plant has still a high potential.

Process Design for Integrated Biorefinery Concepts

22. September 2017 | 09:00 am – 5:00 pm

This workshop targets to provide knowledge on different strategies existing for the conversion of biomass and is especially for PhD Students, Post-Docs and early stage researchers. This will offer a unique chance to get closer insight on the topic of lignocellulose processing provided by experts from academia and industry.

Application for the PhD Training Day "Discussing (in) Science – Basics of Interdisciplinary Communication and Collaboration" is open know. The workshop will take place on November 29th in Cologne in frame of the BioSC Forum.

On the 1st of September, 2017 a BioSC Spotlight about the low-input plant Silphie takes place at Campus Klein-Altendorf in Bonn. BioSC scientists and external experts will present their latest results and discuss current developments regarding cultivation and utilisation of Silphie. The event will be in German. Registration is open!