Session 8: Research funded by BBNet and other funding opportunities

Session 8: Research funded by BBNet and other funding opportunities

Chair: Veronica Ongaro, Biome Bioplastics Limited

22 – BBSRC support for the clean growth area
Colin Miles, BBSRC, UKRI

23 – Innovate UK support for sustainable bio-based materials and manufacture
Dana Heldt, Innovate UK Business Connect

24 – Demonstrating the production of circular biobased textiles
Alexandra Lanot, University of York

25 – Bioacrylic acid production from seaweed (Presentation unavailable)
Jonathan Todd, University of East Anglia

26 – Development of enzyme-based biotechnology to support the wool industry transition to a circular system
Jinsong Shen, De Montfort University

Flash presentations: 

P06 – MSAD: Methanosarcina Detection and Addition for Optimised Anaerobic Digestion
Samantha Cook

P14 – Catalytic activity of Pulcherrimin: a green, natural, water-tolerant, and highly active heterogeneous biocatalyst for base-free 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation
Jonathan Wagner

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