ESR – AgRefine

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Embracing Bio-based Supply Chains, Diversity and Change

By Mariana Cerca

One famous quote from the Dublin-born writer, George Bernard Shaw, states that “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything”. Have you ever…

Awards, ESR

Fernando receives a Special Mention of the biennial award “TENGO UN PROYECTO DE END” for his Master’s Thesis

By agRefine

We are delighted to announce that Fernando Ramonet Marques, ESR10 and a PhD student in the Research Group of Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience…

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The Ultimate Packing List

By Priya Pollard

Travelling as a Marie Curie Scholarship recipient. Dear MSCA recipient, You will be required to travel across Europe as part of your program. You will travel for training, conferences and…

Blog, Communications, Corona, ESR, MSCA ITN, PhD LifeAgRe

PhD – A lonely journey / True or False?

By Alexandra Nastouli

One year ago, when I was still living in Denmark, I applied for a PhD position placed in Greece, within a Marie Curie – Innovative Training Network (ITN) project, AgRefine.…

Communications, ESR, MSCA ITN, PhD Life

Checkout Priya’s Interview with DiscoverPhDs

By agRefine

https://www.discoverphds.com/advice/interviews/priya-pollard

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.

Corona, ESR, MSCA ITN

PhD in the time of Corona

By Eleftheria Papadopoulou

Exactly one year ago, the 17th of January 2020, I was informed that I was admitted as a PhD student, at the Danish Technical University of Copenhagen (DTU), as member…

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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…

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…

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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…