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OXIPRO is proud to announce that project partner Marco Fraaije, Molecular Enzymology Group, University of Groningen, has been invited as a speaker at the forthcoming 10th Edition of OxiZymes meeting, to be hosted in Siena, Italy, from July 5-8, 2022.   Over the past decade, Marco Fraaije’s research group has focused on the redesign of oxidative …

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Research without society’s input lacks balance. How do science and technology interplay with society, politics, culture, and law –  and vice versa? Over the last 100 years we have seen major changes in our understanding of living organisms, and with that we have gained the ability to manipulate microbes and compounds for various application in …

Science and Technology Studies Pioneer Sheila Jasanoff Named 2022 Holberg Laureate Read More »

The OXIPRO project is delighted to announce the establishment of an expert Advisory Board, whose advice and guidance will increase the value and contribute to the success of this initiative.   OXIPRO’s success relies on the alignment to values, needs, and expectations of targeted stakeholder groups, including research, business, policy, and society in general. One …

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Today, on International Women’s Day, the OXIPRO project looks at the issue of gender in the EC project funding framework: Horizon 2020. This was the first framework programme to include a specific article on gender equality in its regulations, and to establish gender as a crosscutting issue. The OXIPRO project is one of the few …

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The OXIPRO Project is delighted to welcome a new researcher to the team. Albert Cañellas comes from Tarragona, Spain, and has just successfully completed a joint honours degree in Computer Science and Biotechnology at Universitat Rovira i Virgili. During his studies, he completed an internship in a Germany-based biotechnology company, programming an optical flow algorithm …

New OXIPRO Team Member at Barcelona Supercomputing Centre Read More »

The OXIPRO Project is delighted to welcome a new researcher to the team. Veronica Bodescu moved from her native Romania to embark on – and successfully complete – her BSc in Chemistry at the University of Groningen in 2019, which enabled her to pursue her interest in the field of biochemistry. As a result, she …

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The Cluster Industrielle Biotechnologie e.V.e (CLIB) dedicated its annual end-of-year December forum to OXIPRO and its three sibling EU-funded projects FuturEnzyme, EnXylaScope, and RADICALZ, giving us a platform to present our concepts and selected scientific results with a high linkage towards industrial applications to an interested international audience. The development of sustainable and resource-saving processes …

OXIPRO in CLIB Event – Catalyzing Alliances for Greener Products Read More »

OXIPRO is proud to welcome onboard Ruite Xiang, our new PhD student who has joined the team at Barcelona Supercomputing Centre (BSC). Ruite began his academic career with a passion for biology and chemistry, which led to his successful completion of a BSc in Biochemistry at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Following this, Ruite discovered …

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OXIPRO is delighted to announce the addition of a new member to its dynamic team: Lars Santema. Lars successfully completed his Bachelor’s degree in Molecular Life Sciences at the University of Groningen, where he developed a main interest in teaching and complemented this with a minor in Chemistry Education. His passion for his thesis subject: …

New Young Researcher Adds to OXIPRO’s Force! Read More »

OXIPRO is delighted to welcome onboard Yerko Fredes, who has recently joined the Group of Bioprocess Engineering and Applied Biocatalysis of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) as a PhD student working on the OXIPRO project. Yerko’s research will focus on the development the cotton-textile biobleaching process. Yerko started his academic training in 2012 studying …

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