Lindellhallen, campus, Umeå Universitet; höst, exteriörMikael Lundgren/Umeå University

Bio4Energy Researchers’ Meeting, 19–20 November 2025

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Bio4Energy researchers meet twice a year to share progress, exchange ideas and explore new opportunities for collaboration. This autumn’s meeting will include a special focus on early-career researchers, with dedicated time for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to present their work and connect with colleagues across the programme.

The meeting will take place on 20 November 2025 at Carl Kempe-salen (KB.E3.03), KBC Building, Umeå University, from 08:30 to 16:00. An optional joint dinner will be held on the evening before, 19 November, at a local restaurant (venue to be announced).

The full programme and registration form will be published here soon.

We look forward to seeing you!

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden inaugurate the expansion of it test-bed environments for biorefinery. Photo by Maria Fäldt.RISE

Bio4Energy Advisory Board Meeting

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Theme: “Pyrolys & förgasning”. Meeting language is Swedish.

PhD candidate Van Minh Dinh at Umeå University

PhD Thesis defence: Valorization of biomass byproducts: the potential of chitin and lignin through solid catalysts

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Thesis title: Valorization of biomass byproducts: the potential of chitin and lignin through solid catalysts

Supervisor: Prof.Jyri-Pekka Mikkola, Catalysis and Separation platform, Umeå University

Opponent: Assoc. Prof. Satu Ojala, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

DiVa link: Van Minh Dinh – Thesis

A Spring 2025 Researchers' Meeting will be held in May. Photos by ©AnnaStrom.©AnnaStrom

Bio4Energy Researchers’ Summer Meeting 2025

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Bio4Energy researchers meet twice a year, to hear about each other’s progress and as an opportunity to form new collaborations.

The theme of this meeting is Retrospection and introspection.


The meeting takes place at Clarion Hotel Sense in Luleå, Tuesday 27 May 2025. There will also be an optional joint dinner on the evening of Monday 26 May.

Programme

Registration to this event has closed

Marjan Bozhagian Bäckman, Bio4Energy, performing an experiment at the Balder beamline, MAX IV Laboratory. Photo by courtesy of Nils Skoglund.

Workshop on Synchrotron Measurements

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This workshop aims to inspire researchers to explore the application of synchrotron-based analysis. Examples from application of synchrotron light in scientific research will be presented.

More information and programme – New for November!

Click this link for participation via Zoom online conferencing system.

Registration for the on-site event is closed. Questions? Please contact the organisers.

Bio4Energy Advisory Board with guests Alice Kempe, Karin Johnson, 3 September 2024.

Bio4Energy Advisory Board Meeting

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Theme: “Energiberedskap och försörjningstrygghet”. Meeting language is Swedish.

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PhD Thesis defence: Steam explosion technology for valorisation of softwood bark

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Thesis title: Steam explosion technology for the valorisation of softwood bark

Supervisor: Mikael Thyrel, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Sylvia Larsson, Processum at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

PhD Thesis Defence: Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Waste-To-Energy Processes

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Thesis title: Exploring the Occurrence, Distribution and Transport of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Waste-To-Energy Processes

Supervisor: Stina Jansson, Bio4Energy Environment and Nutrient Recycling

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PhD student Chaojun Tang defends her thesis, which targets an aspect of the pre-treatment of woody input material. Photo by Anna Strom.©AnnaStrom

PhD Thesis Defence: Redox environment in LPMO-supported bioconversion of pretreated lignocellulose

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Thesis title: Investigations of the importance of the redox environment in LPMO-supported bioconversion of pretreated lignocellulose

Supervisor: Leif Jönsson, Bio4Energy Biopolymers and Biochemical Conversion Technologies

Systems' Perspectives on Biomass Resources, of the Bio4Energy Graduate School on the Innovative Use of Biomass. Class of 2019. Photo by courtesy of Luleå University of Technology.

Course Start: Systems’ Perspectives on Biomass Resources

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This is the systems analysis course of the Bio4Energy Graduate School on the Innovative Use of Biomass. The first week of course is on campus, at Luleå in northern Sweden. New for August 2024: Course page on the website of Luleå University of Technology.

Edition 2024:

Schedule of Study – New for October

SPBR Info Sheet – New for September