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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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[𝑉𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜] 🎤 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐨𝐧 (𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐛, 𝐊𝐓𝐇)

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

▶️ 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
[𝑉𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜] 🍃 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥? ☀️

Our video is here!

It's time to discover how S2B is revolutionizing solar fuel production ☀️

▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPGP...

www.s2b-project.eu
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
✨ 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.

Read more in comments ⬇️
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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𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 ⬇️
🔗 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