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🎉 Surprise! A very special delivery arrived at Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) today! While some eagerly wait for holidays to unwrap gifts, I received a massive package today – or rather: an entire pallet full! 📦✨ Inside these unassuming boxes are countless little, cheerful, and colorful children’s books. Our freshly printed #Pixi books “Fanny, Flo und das Schrumpfabenteuer” ("Fanny, Flo, and the Shrinking Adventure") are here! This unique book uses a fun and magical story to introduce children to topics associated with #CircularEconomy, with a focus on Microbial Biotechnology #MIBITECH. 🌱🧪 As a Communications Assistant for the European project Cell4Chem, I had the chance to suggest this format and am thrilled that the project has come to life. From the first idea to today’s delivery, many months have passed. Holding the result in my hands today is an incredibly special moment! 💚 Stay tuned: Starting Spring 2025, the book will be available free of charge at selected educational institutions – aiming to bring today’s environmental and biotechnology research into the hands and minds of children (and their storytellers!). A contribution to early #STEM education and #intergenerational dialogue. Many thanks to Carlsen Verlag GmbH with Sina Hahnemann, Anke Peterson, Matthias Hoppe and the entire team for this wonderful collaboration! Special thanks to #Cell4Chem project coordinator Heike Sträuber and the colleagues at UFZ for supporting the project! --- 🎉 Überraschung! Heute kam ein ganz besonderes Paket zu uns ins UFZ! Während manche auf Feiertage warten, um Geschenke zu bekommen, habe ich heute ein dickes Paket entgegengenommen – oder besser gesagt: eine ganze Palette voll! 📦✨ In diesen unscheinbaren Kartons liegen dicht an dicht: viele kleine, fröhlich bunte Kinderbücher. Unsere druckfrischen Pixi-Bücher „Fanny, Flo und das Schrumpf-Abenteuer“ sind da! Dieses besondere Buch bringt mit viel Fantasie Themen wie Bioökonomie und Kreislaufwirtschaft mit Fokus auf mikrobielle Biotechnologie näher. 🌱🧪 Als Kommunikationsassistenz im europäischen Forschungsprojekt Cell4Chem (Koordination: Heike Sträuber) durfte ich die Idee zu diesem Format einbringen und freue mich riesig, dass das Projekt umgesetzt werden konnte. Von der ersten Idee bis hin zur fertigen Lieferung sind viele Monate vergangen. Heute das Resultat in den Händen zu halten, ist ein ganz besonderer Moment! 💚 Bleibt gespannt: Ab Frühjahr 2025 wird das Buch in ausgewählten Bildungseinrichtungen kostenlos erhältlich sein – mit dem Ziel, Themen aktueller Umwelt- und Biotechnologieforschung in Kinderhände und -vorstellung zu bringen. Natürlich auch in die der Vorlesenden:) Ein Beitrag zu frühkindlicher #MINT-Bildung und intergenerationellem Dialog. Vielen Dank an den Carlsen Verlag mit Sina Hahnemann, Anke Peterson, Matthias Hoppe und Team für die großartige Zusammenarbeit! 📷: Flávio Baleeiro

Excited to announce our latest research published in Bioresource Technology! Our study, framed in the Cell4Chem project, addresses discrepancies in the literature regarding the effect of Organic Loading Rate in caproic acid production. We propose that biomass activity offers a more comprehensive understanding of reactor performance by considering the load applied to the system, biomass yield and Solid Retention Time. 🔗Check out the full paper here: https://lnkd.in/gkFBdExv A big thank you to the co-authors, Miguel Mauricio Iglesias and Marta Carballa, for their invaluable contributions!

Contrato de Investigador Colaborador en CRETUS. 7 meses empezando aprox. en xaneiro de 2025. A fermentación anaerobia pode chegar a ser unha das mellores formas de recuperar o carbono orgánico nos residuos. Queremos entendela mellor mediante monitorización en tempo real (inline e online), modelos matemáticos e integración de datos multimodais. Perfil buscado: grao en Enxeñaría Química ou similar, interese pola aplicación de ferramentas de intelixencia artificial en bioprocesos Contáctanos canto antes aquí en LinkedIn ou por correo electrónico https://lnkd.in/e63vskNG #hiring #contratación

🎉 Today, we wrapped up the Cell4Chem #FinalProjectMeeting at DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH in #Leipzig! ✨Yesterday’s fantastic presentations showcased project results to external guests and stakeholders, followed by today’s final discussions, a shared lunch, and a short guided tour at Sächsische Aufbaubank - Förderbank - . Special thanks to @Daniel Brähler for the opportunity to snack some facts about the #SAB and learn about its building’s fascinating architecture designed by ACME, the location's and its surrounding's history . 🏛️ The #Cell4Chem project is nearing its end – but there’s still more to come! Stay tuned for: 🚀 The final episodes of #Cell4ChemYoungTalents and a special outreach format launching in December. A heartfelt thank you to all project partners for their incredible contributions to Cell4Chem's results. As Miguel Mauricio Iglesias beautifully said yesterday: "We feel fortunate to have been part of this consortium, gathering cutting-edge expertise across multiple biotech areas in Europe." Wishing everyone a safe journey home. Again, heartfelt thanks to: Christina Schäfer, Heike Sträuber, Sabine Kleinsteuber from Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with Marina Boussaud from Technische Universität Dresden, Maria Letícia Bonatelli from The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Stéphanie Perret and Hélène DAVID from Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne (LCB), Juan Iglesias Riobó, Marta Carballa and Miguel Mauricio Iglesias from Universidad de Santiago de Compostela with CRETUS. Daniel Machado, Idun Maria Tokvam Burgos and Andrea Stallvik from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

❤️🔥 #HotWater is indeed essential as the weather outside is chilly! 🥶 💡 Today marks the second day of the Cell4Chem #FinalProjectMeeting in Leipzig, hosted at DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). 🌟 Yesterday, the meeting was open to external guests, including participants from Technische Universität Dresden, #DBFZ and #industry. 👏 We enjoyed fantastic presentations, and after an insightful scientific session, we explored Leipzig's charming (but cold 🧣❄️) city center on a guided walking tour. What a day! Looking forward to a second day with Christina Schäfer, Heike Sträuber and Sabine Kleinsteuber from Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Maria Letícia Bonatelli from Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Stéphanie Perret from Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne (LCB), Juan Iglesias Riobó, Marta Carballa and Miguel Mauricio Iglesias from Universidade de Santiago de Compostela with CRETUS. Idun Maria Tokvam Burgos from Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet (NTNU). 🙏 Heartfelt thanks to the DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH with Katja Lucke and team for the excellent technical support and for offering this great location for our meeting. And of course many thanks to our guests Eva-Maria Jacobs, Flávio Baleeiro, Norbert Schulz, Pascal Otto, P.-Walter Stinner, Theresa Menzel, and more. #Sustainability ♻️ #ResearchCollaboration 🤝 #Leipzig #Innovation

Project Cell4Chem is soon coming to its end. We are today in Leipzig presenting the results to public and stakeholders. Our coordinator, Heike Sträuber, went to an overview of the project concept: convert very abundant lignocellulosic biomass into carboxylates. At CRETUS we feel fortunate to have been part of this consortium gathering cutting-edge expertise in several biotec areas across Europe.  With Sabine Kleinsteuber, Heike Sträuber, Maria Letícia Bonatelli and Christina Schäfer Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)Daniel Machado, Idun Maria Tokvam Burgos  Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)Stephanie Perret Henri-Pierre Fierobe Nicolas Vita Hélène DAVID CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne (LCB)Ales Berlec and Petra stavs Jozef Stefan InstituteAnd Juan Iglesias Riobó Marta Carballa from CRETUS USC

Happy to see Cell4Chem presented by project coordinator Heike Sträuber at the Joint Programming Initiative on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change (FACCE-JPI) & Green ERA-Hub (GEH) Conference "Towards New Horizons – Sustainable Solutions in Agri-Food and Biotechnology!" amidst many other exciting research projects! 🌱 The conference began with a warm welcome from Stefanie Margraf and Schulte Petra from Projektträger Jülich (PtJ). In addition to the fantastic project pitches, Dr. Nina Gaissert's inspiring and motivating keynote on #bionics and the importance of #interdisciplinary teams set a great tone for the event. Huge thanks for the valuable insights! 🙌 #GreenERAHUB #FACCEJPI #Cell4Chem #MIBITECH

🎉 Limited spots available! 🎉 Join us for the #Cell4Chem Final Meeting on 21 November 2024 in #Leipzig. Participation is free of charge! If you're interested, please reach out by 18 October 2024 via LinkedIn message: https://lnkd.in/edRWNWnW 🌍 The Cell4Chem project partners from Germany | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), France | Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne (LCB), Norway | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Slovenia | Jozef Stefan Institute, and Spain | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) will present the key results from three years of #research in the following work packages: #GeneticEngineering #StrainCharacterization #ConsortiaEngineering #ProcessEngineering #ConsortiaMetaOmicsAnalysis #Modeling 🕘 Start: 09:00 🕔 End: 15:00 📍 Location: DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH, Leipzig

👨🔬 In this edition of our #Cell4Chem interview series, we highlight the work of Juan Iglesias Riobó, PhD researcher at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. ✨ Juan shares his insights, challenges, and the motivations that drive his research.   🔬 Discover how biotechnology and critical thinking come together in his mission to optimize medium-chain carboxylate production and bring new perspectives on waste management.   Many thanks, Juan, for sharing your story! #YoungTalents #Biotechnology #Sustainability #WasteToValue #PhDLife #Innovation #ScienceForSustainability #LabLife

🌄 "Sometimes it feels like climbing a high mountain to see a beautiful sunrise or sunset." 💬 In our third #interview, we dive into Petra Štravs' scientific journey, where she explores new potentials in #biotechnology with Lactococcus lactis. 👩🔬 Petra, a #PhD student in #Cell4Chem, is conducting her research at the Department of Biotechnology at the Jozef Stefan Institute in #Ljubljana. ✨ Don’t miss the full interview! Many thanks, Petra, for sharing your inspiring story! 🙌 #YoungTalents #YoungScientists #WomenInScience #LabLife #Biotechnology #ScienceStories #PhDSciCom #PersistenceIsKey #LactococcusLactis Illustration by Léa BELLEC