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Upcoming events
March 10, 2025 - Events
September 22-24, Final Plenary meeting, Lappeenranta Finland
BioUPGRADE receives extension and arranges the final project meeting at the end of September. The meeting will take place in Lappeenranta where UPM operates a bio [...] Read more »
April 29, 2024 - Events
Replacing fossil carbon with renewable resources is essential to achieve climate neutrality goals. In this context, lignocellulose which is the second most abundant source of renewable carbon on Earth is the most promising feedstock. Over the years, the [...] Read more »
Latest news
March 19, 2025 - News
New publication in Carbohydrate Polymers a collaboration between Aalto and CIC BioGUNE
This study reports the preparation of EnCNC an ancestral endoglucanase from BioGUNE combined with an expansin-related protein produced in Aalto. In particular, the study demonstrated the potential of loosenin PcaLOOL12 to not only enhance the enzymatic [...] Read more »
March 10, 2025 - News
With a lengthy and fruitful collaboration with Hugh O`Neill´s team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory we investigated the direct impact of microbial loosenins on holocellulose wood tissues. Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) is a promising technique to [...] Read more »
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