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Three days in the spirit of the bioeconomy

Three days in the spirit of the bioeconomy

Around 200 participants from all over the world learned about current developments in the bioeconomy at the three-day symposium “Key Technologies in the Bioeconomy – A Global Bioeconomy Alliance Conference” at the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) for Biotechnology and Sustainability at the end of September. The organisation of the conference under the slogan “KTB2022” was taken over by the TUMCS under the leadership of Rector Prof Volker Sieber and Prof Bastian Blombach.

Great evening with kids!

Great evening with kids!

In the frame of the European Climate Pact and the Bürgerstiftung Straubing, the Chair for Biogenic Functional Materials participated in the KinderUni Straubing initiative with a lecture about “How Nature produces its own light”.

Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

Modern Slavery in Supply Chains

“40.3 Million people worldwide are in slavery”: With this sentence, Dr Alexander Trautrims began the opening lecture of the newly launched Campus Colloquium. Dr Alexander Trautrims is an Associate Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management and leads the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab Business & Economies programme.

Cu-Lighting Team Win Royal Society of Chemistry’s Prestigious Horizon Prize

Cu-Lighting Team Win Royal Society of Chemistry’s Prestigious Horizon Prize

A team of scientists from across Europe have been named the winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Dalton Division Horizon Prize, celebrating the most exciting chemical science taking place today. Among them is the the team of Prof. Rubén Costa, head of the Chair for Biogenic Funcitonal Materials at TUM Campus Straubing.