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  • DISCO partners present at the prestigious Gordon Research Conference on Carotenoids in Italy
    Belonging to the world’s most prestigious conferences, the Gordon Research Conferences were first established in 1931. Today the group comprises up to 2000 conferences a year and provides an international forum for scientists to present their research from the fields of biological, chemical and physical sciences. The Gordon Research Conference on Carotenoids has been held triennially since 1992....
    20/05/2016
  • Successful Metabolite Training School at Technische Universität Dortmund
    The DISCO partner institution Technische Universität Dortmund hosted a Metabolite Training School from 14-18 March 2016. The event was organised in cooperation with the Medical University Poznan and the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf. The training school was attended by 18 young scientists from the TU Dortmund. Lectures and practival courses were provided by experts from 3 European...
    21/03/2016
  • DISCO presentation at the 12th World Processing Tomato Congress and the 14th ISHS Symposium on the Processing Tomato
    A poster presentation derived from the DISCO project in its biorefinery approach was presented by Lothar Driller and María Eugenia Martínez (Fraunhofer Chile Research) at the 12th World Processing Tomato Congress and the 14th ISHS Symposium on the Processing Tomato held in Santiago (Chile) in March 2016. The presentation entitled “Biogas productivity potential of agro-industrial biomasses...
    15/03/2016
  • The DISCO consortium on the move
    Outlook of DISCO dissemination activities in 2016
    07/03/2016
  • Open for Registration: Metabolite Training School at Technische Universität Dortmund
    From 14th-18th March 2016 the DISCO partner institution Technische Universität Dortmund organises and hosts a Metabolite Training School. The Training School is organised in cooperation with the Medical University Poznan and the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf and will give the opportunity to highlight benefits and challenges of latest techniques explained by experts from the field. DISCO...
    25/02/2016
  • Presentation of DISCO activities at ERA-IB-2 Final conference
    From 16-17 February 2016 Prof Paul Fraser, coordinator of the DISCO project, attended the ERA-IB-2 Final conference in Berlin (Germany) providing an overview of the DISCO activities. This event showed the critical mass in Industrial Biotechnology developing and the complementarity between various projects in the area. ERA-IB is an ERA-NET supported by the European Community. In the ERA-NET...
    23/02/2016
  • Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU): Annual Work Plan for 2016 published
    The Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) published its Annual Work Plan for 2016. In 2016, a new Call for proposals will be launched. Publication of this Call is scheduled on 18 April 2016, and closure on 15 September 2016. The Annual Work Plan 2016 as well as the relevant information can be downloaded here:...
    12/01/2016