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  • Principal Investigators
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    • Prof. Irini Angelidaki
    • prof.dr.ir. Katrien Termeer
    • Prof. Anastasios J. Karabelas
    • Dr. Patsios Sotiris
    • Ao. Univ.Prof. DI Dr. Michael Harasek
    • Dr. Julie Maguire
  • ESR Projects
    • ESR1 – Roderick Van Roosmalen
    • ESR2 – Anna Visentin
    • ESR3 – Eleftheria Papadopoulou
    • ESR4 – Mayuki Cabrera González
    • ESR5 – Francesco Vigato
    • ESR6 – Alexandra Nastouli
    • ESR7 – Priya Pollard
    • ESR 8 – Mariana Cerca
    • ESR 9 – Rushab Chopda
    • ESR 10 – Fernando Ramonet
    • ESR 11 – Srija Balachandran
    • ESR 12 – Charlene Vance
    • ESR 13 – Xavier Gabet
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    • ESR 15 – Jan Starke
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PhD work-life balance – a challenging path
02
Nov
Biorefinery, Blog, Circular economy, Communications, ESR, MSCA ITN, PhD Lifeagrefine, Bioscience Engineering, Chemical Engineer, Europe, PhD, UGent, Work-life balance

PhD work-life balance – a challenging path

By Srija Balachandran
There will be several questions popping up in your minds when you hear about a PhD, like, is it hard? Is it stressful? How long is a PhD study? Is…
The Second Life of a Christmas Tree
15
Feb
BioEconomy, Biorefinery, Blog, ESR

The Second Life of a Christmas Tree

By Mayuki Cabrera González
The Second Life of a Christmas Tree: A Comic of the Biorefinery Overview. 
Trust me, I’m a Biotechnologist
17
Nov
BioEconomy, Biorefinery, ESR, MSCA ITN, Twitteragrefine, Biorefinery, biotechnolgy, blogging, challenges, GMOs

Trust me, I’m a Biotechnologist

By Anna Visentin
After high school, the moment arrived for me to choose a university. During the university orientation days, I realised I was drawn to science subjects and among them, I was…
How can biotechnology bring us into the future?
14
Oct
BioEconomy, Biorefinery, ESR, MSCA ITN, Twitterbiotechnolgy, circular bioeconomy, microorganisms

How can biotechnology bring us into the future?

By Roderick Van Roosmalen
Imagine you are having a drink with a friend, you are both drinking some alcoholic beverage, there is a plastic menu stand on the table and you get a whiff…
Of Wizards and Prophets
16
Sep
BioEconomy, Biorefinery, ESR, MSCA ITN, Twitterbioeconomy, biomass, blogging, Charles C. Mann, conflict, controversy, degrowth, land use conflict, Schön & Rein, social sciences, sufficiency, technology, transition

Of Wizards and Prophets

By Jan Starke
Climate change, environmental degradation, resource wars, economic crises, feeding a rapidly increasing human population... The list of challenges that our generation faces, is long. Many of these challenges seem to…
Project Start
22
Nov
BioEconomy, Biorefinery, ESR, MSCA ITN

Project Start

By agRefine
AgRefine official start date was the 1st October 2019. The first cohort of ESRs started in January 2020 with a project manager recruited in February. The project is due to…

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 860477
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