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In the "Morning Panorama" program of Latvian Television, there is a story about the work of Daniela Godiņa, a researcher at the Biorefining Laboratory at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry. Daniela is one of the three winners of the "Baltic Scholarship for Women in Science 2024" scholarship. You can watch the program here

Anna Andersone successfully defended her doctoral thesis "Research on the zero-waste uses of sea buckthorn lignocellulosic biomass for sustainable manufacturing of multifunctional products” on 30th August at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Forest and Environmental Sciences. The goal of the doctoral thesis was to evaluate the lignocellulosic biomass of sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) as a potential source of serotonin and proanthocyanidins, offering an innovative solution for the complex processing of lignocellulosic biomass without residue to obtain...

On September 27, the final round of the international student competition "Bio-based Innovation Student Challenge - Europe" (BISC-E) took place online. We are proud of our colleague, the scientific assistant of the Biorefinery Laboratory, Kalvis LIepiņš, whose team "B-CharGen" confidently presented their idea among the five finalists and competed with teams from France, Slovenia, the Netherlands and Belgium. BISC-E is an annual student competition organized by the international non-profit organization "Bio-based Industries Consortium" (BIC), where participants present ideas for innovative...

The European Researchers' Night 2024, which took place on September 27, was held with a record number of participants. 336 people visited the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, where they got to know our scientists and our research work, as well as participated in various tasks. On the whole, more than 21,000 people attended the Researchers'' Night events in Latvia. This year, the Researchers' Night was up-graded by cooperation with the companies AS "Latvijas Finieris" and AS "Latvijas Valsts meži", which took part in informing the public about forestry and wood product processing...

On August 30, 2024, employees of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry visited their neighbors - the Institute of Electronics and Computer Sciences. The program of the event included creative Speed ​​dating, as well as a team competition in an orientation game, during which the participants got to know the buildings and surroundings of both institutes in a friendly and creative way. Photo: Santa Dunaiska un pasākuma dalībnieki

On September 5, 2024, the Student Council of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry participated in the educational event "Zaļā klase" (Green class) organized by JSC "Latvijas Finieris". Throughout the day, young people had the opportunity to learn about the forest, the trees and animals found in it, the sustainable management of these natural resources ​​and wood export products, which form the basis of Latvia's national economy. The students could explore and try forest fire protection, forest management and agricultural techniques, learn about career opportunities related to the...