Category: Event

Joint colloquium of the Faculty of Life Sciences and b-ACT^matter

The Faculty of Life Sciences at Leipzig University and b-ACT^matter jointly invite you to the next lecture of the Biochemical Colloquium.

23 January 2024 | 4:00 pm

Topic:

The electro-biotechnology for biosynthesis of chemicals and fuels

Dr. Bin Lai

Dr Bin Lai is BMBF Junior Research Group Leader for Biophotovoltaics in the Department of Environmental Microbiology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH – UFZ Leipzig.

The lecture will take place in presence and online.

Venue of the event

Presence :
Kleiner Hörsaal
Brüderstraße 34
04103 Leipzig

Online:
https://uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/65597072918
Meeting-ID: 655 9707 2918
Kenncode: 328510

Lecture as part of the network event of the Leipzig Plastics Center

From January 31 to February 1, 2024, the networking event “Plastics meets Medical Technology” of the Plastics Center will take place in Leipzig. The series of events offers an interface between plastics and medical technology, where experts from both sectors can meet and share their specialist knowledge on innovative approaches and tried-and-tested experiences.
As part of the event, Dr. Susanne Ebitsch, Executive Director of b-ACT matter, will give a presentation at BIO CITY Leipzig.

The plastics and medical technology industries are currently operating in a dynamic market environment: global megatrends such as sustainability, digitalization and demographic change are having a significant impact on decisions in companies and research institutions. How are both sectors dealing with the current challenges and far-reaching changes? What can be derived from this for your own company? The networking event will address these questions.
Theoretical requirements versus practical experience will be examined in detail in high-caliber presentations on topics such as materials, design, function & research, processes, measurement technology and quality.
Around 150 participants from all over Germany, Austria and Switzerland are expected to attend the event.

The event will be accompanied by exhibitors from both sectors, excursions to companies and scientific institutions involved in medical technology and medical research in Leipzig, as well as a networking evening at Da Capo.

One of the event excursions will go to BIO CITY: Dr Susanne Ebitsch, Executive Director of the Research and Transfer Centre for Bioactive Matter b-ACT matter, will give a lecture during the event and present the work of the centre as well as technologies based on so-called hybrid living materials.

Technologies for the sustainable production of polymers with living hybrid materials and enzymatic plastics recycling
Lecture by Dr Susanne Ebitsch
31 January 2024 at 16:00 | Seminar room 2 of the Biotechnological-Biomedical Centre (BBZ)

If you are interested in attending the event, please register via the Kunststoff-Zentrum Leipzig website:

Website of Event “Plastics meets medical technology”

How can small helpers such as bacteria, algae, fungi and enzymes be effectively integrated into large-scale production processes?

The German Biomass Research Center gGmbH, biotopa gGmbH and the Research and Transfer Center for Bioactive Matter b-ACTmatter of the University of Leipzig invite to the fifth Bioeconomy Workshop Saxony on 06 September 2023 in Sohland. The workshop will focus on the bioprocesses of the bioeconomy as the basis for a successful biobased economy in Saxony.

To the program and registration

How does chemistry transition toward biobased sustainability and a circular economy?

Chemistry is a key to sustainable transformation: On the one hand, it is a cause of problems such as environmental pollution or damage to health; on the other hand, chemistry is indispensable for human well-being because it offers diverse solutions for a wide range of areas such as health, nutrition, and functional materials and products such as plastics.

Sustainability in and with chemistry needs networked action of actors from science and industry to develop future-oriented innovative biobased products, production, and recycling technologies that are safe, sustainable, and resource-saving, thus strengthening the economy in Leipzig / Central Germany.

We therefore cordially invite you to our workshop “Sustainable Chemistry”, a joint event with the IHK zu Leipzig

on June 15, 2023, 10:00 – 17:00, at the BBZ / Bio City Leipzig.

Based on the technologies developed at the Research and Transfer Centre for Bioactive Matter of Leipzig University in cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ.

• Photo and Industrial Biotechnology for the production of plastics, proteins for animal feed & foodstuffs
• Electro-Biotechnology for the production of fine chemicals
• Enzymatic plastics recycling

we would like to discuss the following topics:

a) Include your experience in further development and scale-up

b) Thinking about the needs of your companies and the markets at an early stage

The workshop aims to create a framework for long-term, reliable and efficient research and development cooperation in order not to ‘develop past the market’ and to align the design, functionality and usability of the respective product with customer needs. Regulatory challenges also have to be taken into account.

Have we aroused your interest?

Then please contact us! Please briefly state to which technology(s) you would like to contribute with your expertise:

• 1 Photo and Industrial Biotechnology
• 2 Electro-Biotechnology
• 3 Enzymatic plastics recycling

Registration to the following E-Mail by 28.04.2023 is requested.

You can find the agenda here.

If you have any questions regarding the content, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We would be pleased to welcome you at our company.

Best regards

Susanne Ebitsch, on behalf of the b-ACTmatter team

The infotainment show “Circus of Science” will take place on March 01, 2023 in the Kupfersaal Leipzig.

“Jack Pop’s Circus of Science” is the evening show with brain food for nerds and noobs, for smart alecks and smart asses, for inquisitive and open-minded people.”” Selina Hanisch, a doctoral student at the b-ACTmatter Research and Transfer Center for Bioactive Matter and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig UFZ, will report

“How a WG full of slimy bacteria is helping to shape our energy transition.”

In the energy transition, we want to move away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energies. A key element for this is hydrogen. To produce this in a “green way,” we are harnessing the unique capabilities of microbes.

The goal: to produce hydrogen using only water, air and love! How this is supposed to work?! With bacterial slime communities, so-called biofilms. There, bacterial species live together on different “floors” and interact: protecting themselves from dangers such as antibiotics, sharing food among themselves and using energy sources efficiently. These slimy layers may pave the way to technically feasible hydrogen production.

The show promises lectures complete with ad hoc experiments, showband jingles, interactive quizzes and plenty of infotainment.

Tickets are available here:

https://www.tixforgigs.com/de-DE/Event/46119/jack-pops-circus-of-science-vol-15-kupfersaal-leipzig

“Jack Pop’s Circus of Science” is kindly supported by the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the UFZ e.V.

AUGUST 21-25, 2022 ||| The ETAI Conference will be held in San Diego, California, August 21-25, 2022, and provides a forum for a highly interdisciplinary community combining artificial intelligence with photonics, microscopy, active matter, biomedicine, and brain connectivity. Importantly, this conference includes topics outside the core expertise of optics and photonics. Photonics and machine learning have become decisively interdisciplinary, and we expect additional synergy and inspiration through this open-minded approach.

ETAI actively engages with industry to foster commercialization and provides networking opportunities for young and established researchers. By bringing experts from different fields and backgrounds together, ETAI provides new fundamental insights and identifies technological applications as well as commercialization opportunities.

Abstracts
Abstract Due: 9 February 2022
Author Notification: 18 April 2022
Manuscript Due: 27 July 2022