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๐Ÿ”ฌ๐ŸŒž S2B aims to revolutionize solar fuel production by leveraging advanced photosynthetic biotechnology.

https://www.s2b-project.eu/

Funded by the European Union โ€“ Grant agreement ID 101172911.
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The ๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’๐’• ยซ ๐‘บ๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘ด๐’†๐’†๐’•๐’” ๐‘บ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ยป held on ๐Ÿ“† March 26-27, 2025, at the European Commission in Brussels.
It aimed to critically assess the development of sustainable fuels, chemicals, and materials derived from renewable resources

๐Ÿ“„ ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ
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February 5, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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[๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘œ] ๐ŸŽค ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‡๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง (๐’๐œ๐ข๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐›, ๐Š๐“๐‡)

Paul Hudson opens the doors to SciLifeLab, Kungliga Tekniska hรถgskolan (KTH) for an exclusive interview and exclusive footage of their work on the S2B project.

โ–ถ๏ธ www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Qh...

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Interview with Paul Hudson (SciLifeLab) from Solar-to-Butanol european project
YouTube video by S2B - Solar to butanol
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January 14, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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[๐‘‰๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘œ] ๐Ÿƒ ๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฅ? โ˜€๏ธ

Our video is here!

It's time to discover how S2B is revolutionizing solar fuel production โ˜€๏ธ

โ–ถ๏ธ www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPGP...

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Revolutionizing solar fuel production | Discover S2B - Solar to Butanol european project
YouTube video by S2B - Solar to butanol
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January 7, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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โœจ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐Ÿ๐ - ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฅ โœจ

From all of us at S2B, we wish you all the best for holiday season and for 2026 ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐ข๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฐ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐Ÿ๐
In the first year, the consortium made progress on three main fronts...
Read full article hereโžก๏ธhttps://lnkd.in/e6JUqn4x
December 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Hopefully, the technology under R&D in the S2B project can become this kind of solution in the future."
December 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ?
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ"Finding cost-effective ways to decarbonize transportation sector and other sectors is timely and important. As it is becoming increasingly evident, environmentally sustainable solutions should also be economically and socially sustainable.
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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His research interest includes system thinking, handprint, sustainability sciences, Power-to-X, alternative fuels and energy systems.
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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โ˜€๏ธ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ S2B - Solar To Butanol๐Ÿงซ

Jani Sillman ๐Ÿ‘ค received the M.S degree in environmental sciences in 2016 and D.S. in sustainability science in 2021 from LUT University. Currently, he is working as a post-doc researcher in the LUT School of Energy Systems.

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December 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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๐ŸŽ‰๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐Ÿ๐› - ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฅ! โ˜€๏ธ

On 16โ€“17 October 2025, the partners of S2B โ€“ Solar to Butanol โ€“ met in Stockholm, Sweden, to celebrate the projectโ€™s first year of activities.

๐Ÿ’กWant to know more about our progress this year?
๐‘๐ž๐š๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž โžก๏ธhttps://lnkd.in/e6JUqn4x
December 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Energy & Environmental Science: Engineered biocatalytic architecture boosts light utilisation for #algal #H2 production โšก๐ŸŒฑMore details at:
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
#ELM, #Energy, #Efficiency, #Solar-to-chemicals, #Biofuels, #Photocatalysis, #Photosynthesis
Engineered biocatalytic architecture for enhanced light utilisation in algal H2 production
Thin-layer photosynthetic biocatalysts (PBCs) offer an innovative and promising approach to the solar-powered generation of renewable chemicals and fuels. Thin-layer PBCs incorporate photosynthetic mi...
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September 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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๐–๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ?
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ"This work addresses critical bottlenecks in photosynthetic bioproduction and contributes to the transition toward carbon-neutral energy systems."

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November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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๐ŸŽ™๏ธ"By immobilizing genetically engineered Synechocystis in advanced biopolymeric matrices such as cellulose nanofibers, I aim to design robust solid-state photobioreactors that directly convert COโ‚‚ and sunlight into liquid fuels."
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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โ˜€๏ธ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐Ÿงซ

Elia Giovanni Marelli ๐Ÿ‘ค is a PhD candidate at the University of Turku, Finland. His research focuses on developing a sustainable, solar-driven platform for the production of butanol, a versatile drop-in biofuel and chemical feedstock.

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November 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Our sister project, @s2b-project.eu, will also join. Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne @utu.fi will present โ€œFrom biomass to biocatalysis: harnessing photosynthetic biotechnologies for sustainable bio-productionโ€.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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โ˜€๏ธ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ˜€๏ธ

๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐›๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ŸŽฏ

Developing the next generation photosynthetic microbes entrapped in nanomaterials that efficiently produce butanol, shifting conventional microbial suspensions to an artificial leaf architecture.

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November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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๐Ÿ’กPhotosynthetic Microorganisms for Sustainable Development at Green Christmas Session 2025

๐Ÿ—“๏ธTues. Dec. 2nd & Wen. Dec. 3rd 9:00 - 13:30 (CET)
๐Ÿ”— www.isb.cnr.it/green-christ...

With:
โ€ข @yagut.bsky.social from @utu.fi | S2B๐ŸŒฟ
โ€ข Sarah D'Adamo from @w-u-r.bsky.social | sister project @sunperform.eu โ˜€๏ธ
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ On 16th and 17th October 2025, S2B - Solar To Butanol project partners gathered in Stockholm, Sweden, for the 2025 Consortium Meeting.

@scilifelab.se / KTH hosted the event and gave a tour of the lab. ๐Ÿงช

๐ŸŽฅ Stay tuned for the lab tour and meeting aftermovie!

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October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ’ก๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐„๐” ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐Ÿ๐โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค

EU policy is actively shaping the field (see the Commissionโ€™s communication on Boosting Biotechnology & Biomanufacturing in the EU). Shared definitions help align science, industry and policymaking.
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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๐†๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐’๐Ÿ๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ ๐Š๐“๐‡ ๐ŸŽ“

KTH will launch a Masterโ€™s in Molecular Biotechnology & Bioinformatics in 2026, directed by Prof. Paul Hudson, KTH and S2B consortium member.

๐‘…๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โฌ‡๏ธ
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๐Ÿ“ธ ยฉNiklas Norberg Wirtรฉn, @scilifelab.se

๐Ÿ”— ๐‘†๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘’: lnkd.in/dhfbmHbD
September 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Insights into the bioenergetics of heterocyst-forming ๐ด๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘Ž
@yagut.bsky.social - UTU

Enhancing bioproduction in cyanobacteria by engineering central metabolic pathways
Paul Hudson - KTH

SynBio strategies for improving third generation cyanobacterial biofuel production
Bruno Rojas - KTH
September 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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๐’๐Ÿ๐ - ๐’๐จ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐“๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ฅ โ˜€๏ธ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐’๐๐-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, the 18th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 8th-12th September 2025
๐Ÿ“ Qingdao, China
๐Ÿ”— lnkd.in/g2zU9XHy

๐’๐Ÿ๐โ˜€๏ธ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ
List of talks in 1st comment โฌ‡๏ธโฌ‡๏ธ
September 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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๐Ÿ—“๏ธ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ˆ๐Œ๐„๐’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿงซ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐‡๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง (KTH) will co-chair the session โ€œ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐ธ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐ถ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ โ€ alongside Bin Lai (UFZ Helmholtz)
๐Ÿงซ๐ƒ๐ซ. ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐จ ๐‘๐จ๐ฃ๐š๐ฌ (KTH) will present his work โ€œ๐ธ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ƒโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ถ๐‘ฆ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘‚๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›โ€
June 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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#RRB2025 Congratulations to the winners of the 3 best PhD Communications! Thank you @rsc.org @rscsustainability.rsc.org @greenchemistry.rsc.org

@yagut.bsky.social @synbioc.bsky.social @fbwugent.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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๐Ÿ‘‹ #๐‘๐‘๐: ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”!

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ The 21st edition of the International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries took place earlier this week (2-4 June 2025)

๐๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ #๐‘๐‘๐:
๐Ÿ“Leuven - Belgium
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 1-3 June 2026

๐ŸŸกRRB Renewable Resources & Biorefineries
๐Ÿ”—https://rrbconference.com/
June 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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๐†๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ #๐‘๐‘๐๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐Ÿ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ! ๐ŸŒฟ

๐Ÿงซ Showcasing a cyanobacterial biofilm bioreactor (UTU) + 3D-printed catalyst leaf (ร…AU). Presented at the Biobased Market on June 3.

๐Ÿ”—More about the event: rrbconference.com
#biotech #decarbonisation #RRBconference
June 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM