The continuation of WWSC receives 380 million SEK from Knut Alice Wallenberg’s Foundation. The increased funding leads to that the research program “New materials from trees for a sustainable future” is expanded to make possible a more sustainable future.
A research team at Linköping University, led by Eleni Stavrinidou, have made plants store energy in their root system. The results open up new possibilities for novel types of functional materials and biocomposites.
The Gunnar Sundblad Foundation’s research fund wants to promote the development, renewal and competitiveness of the fiber-based industry. Now the application for the foundation’s Competence award and Young Researcher’s award is open.
Center director Eva Malmström showed examples of the research in WWSC and the possibilities of forest-based materials in the science program Vetenskapens värld.
Johan Larsbrink, Associate Professor in molecular enzymology at Chalmers and WWSC member, is elected one of eight new members of the Young Academy of Sweden.
Research groups of Roland Kádár and Tiina Nypelö at WWSC at Chalmers have elucidate cellulose nanocrystal alignment in flow. The published research article is now featured on the covers of both the journal ACS Nano and Journal of Rheology.
Lisbeth Olsson, professor at Chalmers and WWSC member, becomes the new Secretary General for research infrastructures at the Swedish Research Council, VR.
Wallenberg Wood Science Center at Chalmers is recruiting two assistant professors. Deadline to apply is September 15.
The WWSC researchers behind the spin-off CelluXtreme, the WWSC researchers Daniel Söderberg and Fredrik Lundell, are two of the admitted to this year’s Bicky Chakraborty Entrepreneur Program. The program is supporting people from KTH whose innovations can create jobs and prosperity in Sweden.
The international engineering site Advances in Engineering features the work on lignin nanoparticles by the WWSC researchers and co-authors.
The bark of birch trees is a substantial waste stream from the forestry industry. Can we directly use a suberin extract from birch bark to produce a sustainable bio-based rubber alternative? The IVA has just highlighted such a a project on their Top 100 list for 2021!
A special issue on Lignin has been produced in ACS sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, guest edited by researchers from WWSC. The issue consists of 27 papers by reputable international scientist. The collection includes both original manuscripts and reviews.
WWSC is a joint research center between KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and Linköping University. The base is a donation from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. The Swedish industry is supporting WWSC via the platform Treesearch.
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