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Webinar about MSCA postdoctoral fellowships and cooperation with LSIWC

26 Feb 2024 - 16:48

LSIWC laboratories are open to hosting postdoctoral fellows within the HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01-01 call, and we are excited to announce an informative webinar on March 14, 2024, which will include:

·  Tips on writing a strong project proposal

·  Insights into cutting-edge science related to wood and other biomass-based products

The Grand Prix of the national competition "The Best packaging in Latvia 2023"

15 Dec 2023 - 12:01

In the national competition The Best packaging in Latvia 2023 the Grand Prix received packaging project for the protection of packaged products with granules of mycelial composite material (applicant – Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, leading author Dr. Ilze Irbe). The prize – participation in the international competition WorldStar For Packaging 2024 organized by the World Packaging Organization.

An informative seminar - a panel discussion on animal meat alternatives and current challenges

22 Nov 2023 - 15:05

Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry project partner Bioreactors.net AS present an informative seminar in a form of a panel discussion with experts on animal meat alternatives and current challenges on 27th of November (15:00 UTC+2). Register here - https://ej.uz/panel

Registration and attendance is free of charge for all.

The discussion will take place online with:

Dr. Anne Christine Steenkjær Hastrup:

Students are welcome to participate in the international competition Bio-Based Innovation Challenge Europe BISC-E 2024

24 Oct 2023 - 11:41

Students of Latvian universities are welcome to participate in the international competition Bio-Based Innovation Challenge Europe BISC-E 2024. BISC-E is an annual event organised by Bio-Based Industries Consortium. Its aim is to award excellent students who are working in the field of bio-economy and who are ready to actively, creatively, and smartly tackle the technological challenges faced by modern society.

A letter of gratitude from the Senate of the Latvian Academy of Sciences was received by a group of LSIWC scientists

8 May 2023 - 20:08

On April 27, 2023, at the annual Spring General Meeting of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, several groups of scientists and individual researchers who participated in the 2022 scientific achievements competition organized by the LAS, received letters of appreciation from the LAS president and gratitudes from the LAS Senate. more