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Anyone interested are welcome to attend a seminar about the results of the research project No. 1.1.1.1/21/A/044 “Efektīvas pilot-mēroga leghemoglobīna ražošanas tehnoloģijas izstrāde uz rekombinanto Pichia pastoris un Kluyveromyces lactis fermentācijas procesu ar piebarošanu bāzes. (BioHeme)”. The seminar will take place at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry on November 23, 2023 at 14:00-15:00.

The award of the annual competition ""Best packaging in Latvia 2023" winner is the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry with its packaging project for the protection of packaged products with granules of mycelial composite material (author Dr.biol. Ilze Irbe). The prize – participation in the international competition WorldStar For Packaging in 2024. Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Cellulose laboratory for the mycelium composite material and ecological egg packaging (authors Dr. Ilze Irbe, Dr. Inese Filipova, Dr. Laura Andže , Mg. Martins Andzs, Mg. Mārīte Škute, Bsc. Marija...

Leading Researcher, Head of the Laboratory of Wood Biodegradation and Protection, Dr.chem. Bruno Andersons, has received the Arvīda Kalniņa Award, issued by the Latvian Academy of Sciences. We celebrate Bruno Andersons' significant contribution to the scienific field of characterisation, modification and use of wood as a sustainable material. Bruno is a valued colleague at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, excellent researcher with more than 200 publications, and a member of many national and international associations and networks. It is especially poetic to receive this award in...

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. BISC-E competition student teams must present their innovation – an environmentally friendly, sustainable product or technology. You can see the previous BISC-E finalists here. The...

Information about the successful comercialization of research results has been included in “THE LATVIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES YEARBOOK 2022” science commercialization section. The study on obtaining betulin, developing and up-scaling the technology was carried out by the leading researchers of the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry Aigars Pāže and Jānis Rižikovs in close cooperation with A/S Latvijas Finieris representatives Inguss Virsis and Kristaps Stankus. Publication: A. Pāže, J. Rižikovs, K. Stankus, I. Virsis. The unique properties of nature's wonder - betulin. - The Latvian...

On June 20, 2023 the Scientific Council of the Latvia State Institute of Wood Chemistry elected new academic staff: Researchers Konstantīns Dubencovs Laima Vēvere Scientific ssistants Talrīts Bethers Elīna Didrihsone Artūrs Šuleiko CONGRATULATIONS!!!