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September 28, 2022BPI Welcomes Dr. Maya Kleiman to the Institute's Research Family!
At the beginning of August, Volcani Center's Dr. Maya Kleiman joined BPI to do research with Johan Foster's group for her sabbatical year. We wanted to get better acquainted with Dr. Kleiman, so we asked her to give us an introduction of herself! What is your background? I started my academic…
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September 20, 2022BPI Welcomes an Exchange Student from Costa Rica!
Costa Rica is known for its ambitious economic, social, and environmental goals and agriculture sector is of great importance. BPI is currently working with researchers from this beautiful country, which borders the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. One of BPI’s Ph.D. students,…
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August 25, 2022BPI Hosted two successful conferences in August
Following the huge success of the International Mechanical Pulping Conference (IMPC) in June, BPI hosted two other international conferences in August.The 2nd Sustainable Materials Research Summit (SMART) was held as a hybrid event for the first time from August 7-9th welcoming 110 in-person and 41…
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August 22, 2022BPI Warmly Welcomes Dr. Paul Stuart to the Institute’s Research Family!
Polytechnique Montreal's Dr. Paul Stuart will be joining BPI for the next few months for his sabbatical! After a career in engineering design and strategic consulting, Paul joined the Chemical Engineering Department at Polytechnique in 2000 to become Chairholder of the first NSERC Chair in…
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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…
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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. The goal of these…
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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. "Healed" wood has a mechanical strength that…
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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. Register to celebrate the accomplishments of this national cohort of scientist innovators and hear how they have developed entrepreneurial…
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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.