Authors: Vilja Siitonen, Anna Probst, Gábor Tóth, Robert Kourist, Michael Schroda, Sergey Kosourov and Yagut Allahverdiyeva Short description: The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii was used as a chassis for photobiotransformation of cyclohexanone to ε-caprolactone. In addition a stepwise production of molecular hydrogen and ε-caprolactone was achieved. Link to the publication: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC01400B
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Authors: Tuukka Levä, Ville Rissanen, Lauri Nikkanen, Vilja Siitonen, Maria Heilala, Josphat Phiri, Thaddeus C. Maloney, Sergey Kosourov, Yagut Allahverdiyeva, Mikko Mäkelä and Tekla Tammelin Short description: We studied the rheology, porosity and gas transfer of nanocellulose- and alginate-based hydrogel matrices to develop our understanding on the dynamic properties of these materials as photosynthetic cell […]
At the start of 2023, we thought it’s a perfect time to revisit all things FuturoLEAF from 2022! This year saw us meet face to face, together as a full consortium, for the first time since the start of the project. It’s safe to say that the pandemic made working together more difficult than it […]
For a researcher it is always important to realise why our work is important. We often focus on our work so much that sometimes we lose the big picture. The devil is really in the details when you do research, yet the justification for the work is in the greater good. In FuturoLEAF, the big […]
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23.9.2020 kick-off meeting The kick-off meeting of FuturoLEAF project was celebrated on September 23rd 2020 on-line, due to the pandemic, hosted by the project Coordinator VTT. Participants from all partners were engaged in a lively discussion despite the lack of face-to-face contact. In the meeting, the project overview and EU requirements we discussed along with […]