The OXIPRO project consortium recently gathered in Barcelona, Spain, for the annual project meeting. Hosted close to the largest football stadium in Europe, Camp Nou, the event enabled project partners to ‘keep their eyes on the ball’ and share ongoing work and recent highlights and to ‘set a game plan’ for future work. The …
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OXIPRO is delighted to welcome Panagiotis (Panos) Kikiras to the project team as Quality Control & Microbiology Lead at Rolco, Greece. A highly experienced researcher, Panagiotis has a BSc. in Chemical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), where, as a senior student he conducted a feasibility study of a seawater desalination unit …
Here we introduce the OXIPRO sustainability team at VTT (from left to right in the photo): Katri Behm, Mona Arnold and Eveliina Hylkilä. Mona is the Work Package Leader for WP6 Sustainability, and is therefore a member of the OXIPRO management and scientific committees; Katri is our senior researcher for the environmental impact assessments; and …
OXIPRO researchers from NORCE and LEITAT participated in the International conference on marine biotechnology, Bioprosp, held this year from 14-16th of March in Tromsø, Norway. Bioprosp takes place biannually in snowy Tromsø, an internationally recognised city for world-class biotechnology research – in other words, “the hot spot for cool biotech”. This meeting focuses on …
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OXIPRO is delighted to welcome two new members to our project team and provide them with an opportunity to further their careers: Espen Joon Søvik – Masters Student at NORCE Espen completed his undergraduate degree in psychology from Bergen University in the mid-2000s. After working in an unrelated job for close to a decade, …
OXIPRO partners are delighted to welcome onboard our newest early career researchers: Giorgia Liberati (REDINN); Ivan Dimitri (UAB); and Anna Kraaijeveld Enerstvedt (NORCE): Giorgia Liberati (REDINN) Giorgia studied environmental engineering in Bologna, specialising in the circular economy, the design and monitoring of sustainable industrial processes, and environmental impact assessment methodologies. After graduating with …
OXIPRO welcomes new talent with three early career researchers Read More »
Enzyme solutions in targeted consumer sectors can significantly reduce greenhouse gasses and increase product sustainability. Four EU-funded sibling projects: EnXylaScope, FuturEnzyme, OXIPRO and RadicalZ, have just launched this policy brief to provide scientific insight to support and inform EC policy areas, including the European Green Deal and Bioeconomy strategies. The policy brief outlines consumer …
Enzyme solutions: Influencing Policies for Greener Products Read More »
Active Site Newsletter #4 – providing news and events on enzymes for greener products from OXIPRO and our sister projects EnXylaScope, FuturEnzymes and RadicalZ – is OUT NOW! This issue relates to the focus of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science which examines the role of women in the accomplishment of the Sustainable Development …
OXIPRO partner Novozymes is proud to announce that it has been recognized for leadership in corporate transparency and performance on climate change by global environmental non-profit organisation CDP, securing a place on its annual ‘A List’ (see report here) In a year of ever-increasing environmental concerns around the world – from extreme weather to unprecedented …
OXIPRO is delighted to welcome onboard Helena Balfagon Campos, who has recently started as a junior researcher at LEITAT (CE-Applied Microbiology & Biotechnologies). Helena was in Barcelona, Spain, where she built her biology basis at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. After her graduation, she successfully undertook a master’s degree in microbiology for which she …
