Last week our ESR 1 Flore Kilens participated in the Polymer 2024 conference in Athens, Greece. She has been able to present the most relevant results obtained during her PhD on biobased co-poly(ester-ether)s with tunable properties for sustainable packaging. 🌱♻️ It was a great meeting of international experts in polymer science and the opportunity to […]
The last seminar of the project NATURE was organised between POLYMAT, POLYKEY, and the Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea on the 22nd and 23rd of May. The event was a real success thanks to the expertise of our international speakers and the numerous questions from the audience. We learned a lot about circularity but […]
Wednesday 15th of May marked the final day of Pint Of Science 2024! At Bar Erotxato in San Sebastian (Spain), ESR 4 Bige Batı and ESR 2 Claire Morand delivered an engaging talk on bio-sourced plastics and their potential to foster a more sustainable future for the polymer industry. ESR 1 Flore Kilens and ESR […]
On the 19th of April, the four PhD students of the project NATURE participated in the first edition of PhD Day organised by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). Claire Morand, Flore Kilens, and Bige Bati had the opportunity to present a poster on their respective projects. At the same time, Gabriela Garbonova gave […]
For this International Women’s Day 2024 the UN is celebrating under the theme “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress”! The topic could not be more appropriate for NATURE! The project aims to develop solutions for addressing the various challenges our world is facing and with a team of four female students, we demonstrate every day that […]
Last week our PhD students, Claire Morand and Flore Kilens participated in the Chemical Science Symposium about Chemistry of Polymers organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry in London. They both had the opportunity to present their research through a poster and a flash oral presentation for Claire. This fascinating event was also a key […]
This week, a summer school focused on the current challenges of plastic recycling was organised in San Sebastian, Spain. On the 4th of October, our ESRs as well as students from POLYMAT and the University of the Basque Country had the opportunity to listen to presentations about the journey from the laboratory to the industry […]
Want to know more about plastic recycling, from lab to industry? Then the next summer school organised by the consortium of NATURE-EID is made for you! The event will take place in San Sebastian, Spain, on October 4 to 5. On the 4th of October, the Plastic Recycling Meeting will gather industrial and academic experts […]
⭐ Back to work with good news! ⭐ This week our ESRs, Gabriela Garbonova and Bige Bati participated in the Circular Chemical Economy Summer School organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Newcastle and won the first and second prizes for the best poster! Congratulations!
Last week, our ESRs, Claire and Flore participated in the Postgraduate Symposium of the University of Birmingham. In a poster, they presented their work on the development of innovative bio-sourced polymers initiated at Polykey and currently carried out in the group of Andrew Dove at the University of Birmingham. The students were happy to share […]