Posts Tagged ‘Kevin O'Connor’
Talent4BBI Winter School 2023
The first #Talent4BBI Winter School was a success! The complete ESR team finally met together for the first time after all relocations were finalised to their respective host institutions, with two days of workshops and talks about business cases in the bioeconomy presented by members of our institutional host, Biopolis S.L. (ADM), at the Parc Científic de la Universitat de…
Read MoreInternational Webinar: Bio-Encounter Ireland – Costa Rica 2023
The Biomaterials Hub from Costa Rica and BiOrbic from Ireland hosted an International Webinar called Bio-Encounter Ireland – Costa Rica, which took place on February 28, 2023. The purpose of this webinar was to establish powerful research and industry partnerships between two nations by fostering cross-collaboration in the fields of bio and circular economy. With…
Read MoreFarm Zero C awarded funding for new integrated anaerobic digestion and green biorefining demonstration initiative
UCD and MTU have jointly been awarded a €3 million investment for an integrated anaerobic digestion and green biorefining development from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, as part of the Farm Zero C run by BiOrbic and Carbery on the Shinagh Estates Demonstration Farm in West Cork. The funding was announced today…
Read MoreScoil Mhuire Crowned National “Environmental Innovators” Champions!
Congratulations to Scoil Mhuire, Trim for being the National Champions of the pilot programme Environmental Innovators! 31st January 2023. Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Pippa Hackett presents the Environmental Innovators National Champions award to Social Mhuire Trim Co.Meath classmates from L-r Rachel Whyte, Grace Reilly and Niamh Collins…
Read MoreSchool Students research in BiOrbic labs wins awards!
Huge congratulations to Juliette, Aoife and Honor from Loreto College, St Stephens Green for coming first in the Biological and Ecological Senior category at the BT Young Scientist competition as well as winning the life sciences awards at the SciFest national final! Julitette, Aoife, and Honor visited the BiOrbic labs during the summer of 2022…
Read MoreBudding Scientists team up with BiOrbic for BT Young Scientist
Juliette, Aoife and Honor, three secondary school science students from Loreto College, St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, were keen to understand more about plastics and biodegradable plastics. Led by Juliette, the three students approached BiOrbic in December 2021 to see if they could carry out some experiments at BiOrbic labs in UCD as part of…
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