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July 7, 2022DR. PARISA MEHRKHODAVANDI BECOMES MEMBER OF 2022-23 WALL SCHOLAR COHORT
Congratulations to BPI's Dr. Parisa Mehrkhodavandi for becoming a member of the 2022-23 Wall Scholars cohort!
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June 27, 2022COLLOIDS BRAZIL IS HIRING
Colloids Brazil has open positions for postdocs and Ph.D. students for their thematic project 'Tailoring colloids through supramolecular interactions: from fundamentals to applications' to start between Sept 2022-March 2023. There are five postdoc fellowship positions and three Ph.D. scholarships available.
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June 14, 2022HONGBIN LI AWARDED $1.65M FOR NSERC CREATE TRAINING PROGRAM
Congratulations to BPI's Dr. Hongbin Li for being awarded $1.65 million for the NSERC CREATE Training Program in 3D Printing Technology and Materials (3DPTM). NSERC is funding 13 initiatives through its Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program.
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May 26, 2022BPI RESEARCHERS TRANSFORM LOW-VALUE WOOD INTO LIGHTWEIGHT AND STRONG STRUCTURAL MATERIAL
BPI researchers have been able to transform low-value wood into "healed wood" through the processes of delignification, combined with partial dissolution and regeneration, to expose cellulose fibrils originally present in the cell walls.
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May 20, 2022MITACS INVENTION TO INNOVATION (i2I) SKILLS TRAINING FINAL PITCH
The 2022 SFU Beedie School of Business Mitacs Invention To Innovation (i2I) Skills Training Final Pitch event is happening on May 27th from 9am-11am PDT.
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May 19, 2022DR. ORLANDO ROJAS INTERVIEWED BY NEW SCIENTIST
BPI's Dr. Orlando Rojas was interviewed about how waste wood can be recycled to produce material stronger than steel. This material is referred to as "healed wood" and it is more resistant to breaking than stainless steel or titanium alloys.
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May 18, 2022ECO-FRIENDLY SINGLE-USE PLASTICS ALTERNATIVE CREATED BY BPI RESEARCHERS
An alternative to single-use plastics was created by BioProducts Institute researchers using chitin. Drinking straws can be fabricated from chitin via an adhesive-free process. Chitin straws outperform most straws in hydrostability and mechanical properties.
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May 13, 2022BPI RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW CLASS OF SOFT MATERIALS
A new class of soft materials was created by BioProducts Institute researchers. Rojas Research Group’s Dr. Milad Kamkar developed a technique called “liquid streaming”. This technique uses 3D printers to deposit a mixture of water and graphene oxide in oil.
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May 11, 2022JOB OPPORTUNITY: TRAJANO LAB IS HIRING
Laboratory Technician ABOUT THE POSITION Are you an expert at evaluating the pulping potential of agricultural residues?
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May 6, 2022CHBE RESEARCH DAY 2022 WAS A GREAT SUCCESS
On April 29th, BPI sponsored Research Day, an event hosted by the UBC Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) Department. This event was attended by engineers, scientists and industry partners and aimed to share some of the latest scientific and technical contributions in the CHBE field.