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🔬🌞 S2B aims to revolutionize solar fuel production by leveraging advanced photosynthetic biotechnology.

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

Funded by the European Union – Grant agreement ID 101172911.
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✨ 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝟐𝐁 - 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥 ✨

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

𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝟐𝐁
In the first year, the consortium made progress on three main fronts...
Read full article here➡️https://lnkd.in/e6JUqn4x
December 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
☀️𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 S2B - Solar To Butanol🧫

Jani Sillman 👤 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
🎉𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝟐𝐛 - 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥! ☀️

On 16–17 October 2025, the partners of S2B – Solar to Butanol – met in Stockholm, Sweden, to celebrate the project’s first year of activities.

💡Want to know more about our progress this year?
𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 ➡️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 ⚡🌱More 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...
pubs.rsc.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
☀️ 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 🧫

Elia Giovanni Marelli 👤 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 “From biomass to biocatalysis: harnessing photosynthetic biotechnologies for sustainable bio-production”.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
☀️ 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ☀️

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 🎯

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

www.s2b-project.eu
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
💡Photosynthetic Microorganisms for Sustainable Development at Green Christmas Session 2025

🗓️Tues. Dec. 2nd & Wen. Dec. 3rd 9:00 - 13:30 (CET)
🔗 www.isb.cnr.it/green-christ...

With:
@yagut.bsky.social from @utu.fi | S2B🌿
• Sarah D'Adamo from @w-u-r.bsky.social | sister project @sunperform.eu ☀️
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🗓️ 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. 🧪

🎥 Stay tuned for the lab tour and meeting aftermovie!

www.s2b-project.eu
October 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
💡💡𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐄𝐔 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝟐𝐁’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤

EU policy is actively shaping the field (see the Commission’s communication on Boosting Biotechnology & Biomanufacturing in the EU). Shared definitions help align science, industry and policymaking.
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 AM
𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐒𝟐𝐁 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐊𝐓𝐇 🎓

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

𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 ⬇️
lnkd.in/e_kZH3B2

📸 ©Niklas Norberg Wirtén, @scilifelab.se

🔗 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒: lnkd.in/dhfbmHbD
September 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
𝐒𝟐𝐁 - 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥 ☀️ 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐏-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, the 18th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes

🗓️ 8th-12th September 2025
📍 Qingdao, China
🔗 lnkd.in/g2zU9XHy

𝐒𝟐𝐁☀️𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟑 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬
List of talks in 1st comment ⬇️⬇️
September 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🗓️ 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝟏𝟔

🧫𝐃𝐫. 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧 (KTH) will co-chair the session “𝑀𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐶𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠” alongside Bin Lai (UFZ Helmholtz)
🧫𝐃𝐫. 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐣𝐚𝐬 (KTH) will present his work “𝐸𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑃ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑦𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑀𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝑃𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑂𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛”
June 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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June 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
👋 #𝐑𝐑𝐁: 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔!

🗓️ The 21st edition of the International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries took place earlier this week (2-4 June 2025)

𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 #𝐑𝐑𝐁:
📍Leuven - Belgium
🗓️ 1-3 June 2026

🟡RRB Renewable Resources & Biorefineries
🔗https://rrbconference.com/
June 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐭 #𝐑𝐑𝐁𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝟐𝐁 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭! 🌿

🧫 Showcasing a cyanobacterial biofilm bioreactor (UTU) + 3D-printed catalyst leaf (ÅAU). Presented at the Biobased Market on June 3.

🔗More about the event: rrbconference.com
#biotech #decarbonisation #RRBconference
June 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🎥 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨: "𝐔𝐓𝐔 𝐋𝐚𝐛 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬: 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬, 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏 | 𝐒𝟐𝐁 - 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥"

🧫 Discover how S2B is revolutionising solar fuel production through the eyes of Elia Marelli, PhD Student from UTU!

🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrSz...

#SolarFuels #SyntheticBiology #CleanEnergy #HorizonEurope
UTU Lab Tours: Photomicrobes, Part 1 | S2B - Solar to Butanol
YouTube video by Turun yliopisto - University of Turku
www.youtube.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📧 𝐒𝟐𝐁 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭! ☀️

You did not receive it? No worries, here it is!
🔗 mailchi.mp/17e59523a0e9...

If you don't want to miss the next one, 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 ⬇️
🔗 www.s2b-project.eu

#SolarFuels #SyntheticBiology #CleanEnergy #HorizonEurope
May 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
🗓️ "𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥" #𝐑𝐑𝐁𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

The 21st edition of the International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries with @yagut.bsky.social as co-chair

📍Turku City Theatre - Turku/ Åbo, Finland
🗓️ 2-4 June 2025

🧪𝐍𝐞𝐰: 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟑 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

🔗https://rrbconference.com/
May 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
📧 𝐒𝟐𝐁 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐱!

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🔗 www.s2b-project.eu

🤫𝑊𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑂𝑛𝑙𝑦 1 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑓-𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟.
S2B
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April 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🗓️ On 10th April 2025, S2B joined Made by Cells Biotech seminar held by the Finnish Bioindustries FIB is Finland’s biotechnology industry association.

Read our complete article on our website ⬇️
www.s2b-project.eu/s2b-at-made-...

@horizoneu.bsky.social
S2B at Made by Cells 2025 – S2B
www.s2b-project.eu
April 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🗓️The S2B project was pleased to co-organise and participate in the Joint EIC–SUNERGY Road mapping Event on Renewable Hydrogen, Fuels, and Chemicals, held in Brussels on March 26–27, 2025.

Read our complete article on our website ⬇️
www.s2b-project.eu/s2b-at-the-e...

@horizoneu.bsky.social
S2B at the EIC–SUNERGY Road mapping Event – S2B
www.s2b-project.eu
April 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
S2B 🔆 is a European project focused on developing a new approach to butanol production using photosynthetic cell factories.

🎯To enhance the direct conversion of solar energy and CO₂ into butanol

🌍 8 EU partners | 💡 €4M budget | ⏳ 48 months (2024-2028)

@horizoneu.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM