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On November 12, employees of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry attended a lecture, given by personal data protection specialist Jana Tetere, where the definition of personal data was explained and guidelines for personal data processing were provided. The participants engaged in discussions, shared experiences and asked questions to debate current issues in their work, such as participation in public events and publishing information online.

On 8 November, the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry hosted the opening conference of the project No VPP-ZM-VRIIILA-2024/2-0002 "Innovation in Forest Management and Value Chain for Latvia's Growth: New Forest Services, Products and Technologies Forest4LV". The conference was attended by representatives of the project partners - Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava" and Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technology - as well as participants from the Latvian Science Council, Ministry of Agriculture and Investment and Development...

Researchers of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry in cooperation with the " BarkBuild" project partnershave developed a high-density, moisture-resistant panel for the building industry. The material is obtained from the solid residues of the extraction of birch bark suberinic acids and spruce bark polyphenols. Both by-products were mixed in a particular ratio and pressed under high temperature to achieve the optimal result. The use of wood processing residues for the production of new composite materials is an important step to implement the principles of the bioeconomy. Practical...

On October 22-23 our colleagues Uģis Cābulis and Kristīne Meile attended the ''Sustainable Economy in Horizon Europe. International Matchmaking&Networking INSE2024" conference in Warsaw, Poland, which was organised by: Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals (Industry Contact Point Sustainable Economy) Łukasiewicz Research Network – Warsaw Institute of Technology (Industry Contact Point Low-emission Technologies and Clean Energy) Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation (Industry Contact Point Clean and Smart Mobility) The Polish Chamber of Commerce for High...

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...