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November 17, 2022Take EDI.I Survey by Dec 2nd
BPI is conducting an anonymous survey on equity, diversity, inclusion, and Indigeneity(EDI.I) from November 15th to December 2nd. The information collected...
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November 17, 2022Dr. Banvillet & Dr. Su Represented UBC at Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2022
Last month, the Marcus Wallenberg Prize (MWP) Symposium took place in Stockholm, Sweden with the theme of “Wearing Wood – The World of Wood-based Textiles”...
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November 15, 2022BPI is Hiring a Business Development Manager
UBC BioProducts Institute is hiring for a Business Development Manager! This position will champion the BC Pulp and Paper Bioproducts Alliance (BioAlliance), an industry-led research consortium consisting of companies in BC’s forest sector, FPInnovations, UBC BPI and the BC government.
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November 4, 2022VTT's Tuuli Virkkala Wins The Boreal Alliance Award At NWBC 2022
Last week, the Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference was held in Helsinki. Congratulations to VTT's Tuuli Virkkala, the winner of the Boreal Alliance Award!
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October 25, 2022Former BPI Intern Rounds Out Summer With International Karate Success
The BioProducts Institute warmly welcomed its youngest intern this past summer, secondary school student, Dylan Berretta. “The summer of 2022 was undoubtedly..
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October 25, 2022PAPER EXCELLENCE IS HIRING
Paper Excellence is hiring for a Manager of Innovation for their Richmond HQ! Reporting to the Director of Innovation, the Manager of Innovation will work with company leadership to develop and manage innovation, implementation, and funding. This role will be responsible for stimulating an environment for innovation/research and development.
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October 20, 2022XIAOTAO BI RECEIVES BC BIOENERGY SECTOR RESEARCHER AWARD
Congratulations to BPI's Dr. Xiaotao Bi for receiving the Researcher Award 2022 from the BC Bioenergy Sector! The recording of the ceremony is now available.
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October 20, 2022WATCH THE MARCUS WALLENBERG SYMPOSIUM 2022 PRESENTATIONS
Check out these excellent presentations on the textile and forestry industries from MWP Symposium 2022, moderated by BPI's Dr. Orlando Rojas!
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October 19, 2022BPI RESEARCHERS DISCUSS THE BACTERIAL CATABOLISM OF ACETOVANILLONE
BPI researchers reveal insights that will greatly facilitate the engineering of bacteria to biocatalytically upgrade lignin in a newly published article in PNAS.
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October 10, 2022BPI Researchers Named Among World's Top 2% Most Cited Scientists
29 BPI researchers are named among the 100,000 most-cited scientists, or among the top 2% of most-cited scientists in their respective subfields, according to a database released by a team led by Stanford's Professor John Ioannidis.