On April 1, the 11th BioSC Forum took place in the Central Library of Forschungszentrum Jülich. After a warm welcome by Heike Slusarczyk, Ulrich Schurr gave an overview of the last 15 years of the BioSC as a bioeconomy research hub in NRW. BioSC members presented long-term developments in the fields of bioplastics, fibers, functional molecules and process technologies, including third-party funded follow-up projects and start-up spin-offs. The relevance of bioeconomy research for societal challenges such as climate change was discussed in breakout sessions and a subsequent panel discussion. In the afternoon, new results from ongoing BioSC projects on a wide range of topics were presented.
The forum ended after fruitful and interesting discussions at the posters from all current BioSC projects. Thank you to all speakers and participants for a day full of networking.
AGENDA
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08:30 |
Registration coffee |
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09:00 |
Welcome and introductionHeike Slusarczyk, BioSC Office |
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09:05 |
BioSC within the Bioeconomy Landscape - Past | Present | Future PerspectivesUlrich Schurr, FZ Jülich / BioSC |
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09:30 |
Introduction of new CoreGroups |
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09:40 |
Collaboration within the BioSC: Overview, highlights and future perspectivesClosing cycles in the plastics bioeconomy Functional molecules for farming and pharma: Identification - characterization - synthesis - application From fibers to materials for the bioeconomy BioSC contributions to sustainable process technologies Beyound the NRW strategy project |
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11:10 |
Coffee break |
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11:40 |
What is the impact of (BioSC) research for addressing global challenges?Impulse talk • Breakout sessions • Panel discussion |
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13:10 |
Lunch |
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13:55 |
Diving deeper into BioSC Research - Discussing recent results and development in BioSC projects and bioeconomySeed Fund InterPepHerb - Interfering Peptides as C4-specific Herbicides Seed Fund ProPlantMicro - Production, vesicle encapsulation and plant growth promoting effects of microbial siderophores PhD project Food4Root – Polyphosphate and polyglutamate beads to deliver nutrients and promote root growth PhD project greenDegradation - Degradation of Pectin- and Chitosan-Microgels by the Soil Microbiome Seed Fund RhamBO - Rhamnolipid field application for sugar beet protection and feasibility of microbial production using overpressure Generation B(ioconomy) Mentoring Programme IN-FIBRE - Integrated multistep approaches for efficient cellulose fibre extraction from alternative sources Boost Fund OptiCellu - A multidisciplinary approach towards the sustainable production of cellulose fibres Seed Fund LignoPharm - From the valorisation of lignin to new pharmaceuticals Generation B(ioconomy) Mentoring Programme SmartBio - Smart Matching - Advancing Bioeconomy by understanding substrate process interaction Seed Fund CasCar - Locally immobilized synthetic enzyme cascades: NoCAR as a model system Seed Fund OpTooGlu - Optogenetic Toolbox for Two-color Light-controlled Gene Expression in the Acetic Acid Bacterium Gluconobacter oxydans PhD project CyPrACol - Efficiency of Cyanobacterial Production with Artificially Composed Lights Boost Fund Eco-T-Rex - Economically Guided Process Development for Biobased Production of Monomers for Polymerization using Terpenoid based Extraction for Purification Generation B(ioconomy) Mentoring Programme FiberSysTain - Leveraging Systems Knowledge to Enhance Sustainable Practices in a Thriving Pulp and Paper Industry |
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15:40 |
SummaryHeike Slusarczyk, BioSC Office |
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15:45 |
Group picturePoster session & Get-together |
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17:00 |
End of event |