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An #HorizonEU project mixing nanotechnology and synthetic biology to improve light harvesting for sustainable fuel precursors. ☀️⛽️

Visit us at https://sunperform.eu/

Funded by the EU. Grant agreement ID 101172946.
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Are you at #NWOphysics? Don’t miss Jasmin Fisher Balil’s poster presentation (today 13:00–14:10) on how to combine different stabilization strategies for red-emitting nanocrystals in spectral conversion foils. 🔵 〰️ 🔴
Our project partner, Jasmin from the @uva.nl and SolarFoil, will present her poster at the NWO Physics conference in the Netherlands! If you’re attending, save a slot on your schedule. 📌

Wednesday January 21, from 13:00 to 14:10. Poster number 91

#NWOPhysics2025
January 21, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Our partner from @w-u-r.bsky.social, @nicoc-micsynmet.bsky.social, is one of the 10 new members joining The Young Academy, a “dynamic group of top young researchers with outspoken views on science and science policy.” 💡

www.dejongeakademie.nl/en/news/3197...
January 19, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Our project partner, Jasmin from the @uva.nl and SolarFoil, will present her poster at the NWO Physics conference in the Netherlands! If you’re attending, save a slot on your schedule. 📌

Wednesday January 21, from 13:00 to 14:10. Poster number 91

#NWOPhysics2025
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Our sister project shared how one of their partners at @scilifelab.se is engineering blue green algae to produce more biofuels. Take a look! 🦠⚙️
[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...

www.s2b-project.eu
Interview with Paul Hudson (SciLifeLab) from Solar-to-Butanol european project
YouTube video by S2B - Solar to butanol
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January 15, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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Our team met at Córdoba to kick off our @horizoneu.bsky.social project last month! 🇪🇺
“It was a fantastic opportunity for everyone to dive into the plans for metabolic engineering of cyanobacteria.”

Partners sharer their experience and roles in the C5 project.

Thank you for hosting us @uco.es!
December 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Last week, I attended the kick-off meeting for our EU-funded C5 project in Cordoba, Spain. It was great to discuss our plans for the metabolic engineering of Cyanobacteria in detail with all partners, and I really enjoyed the visit to sunny Andalusia.
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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☀️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
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If you are attending #AlgaEurope2025 next week, we will be presenting our UzMAn project results conducted at ISS last year 🚀🥗
December 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Read about our @horizoneu.bsky.social project coordinator’s talk and experience at a session on photosynthetic microorganisms for sustainable development! ☀️🧪

sunperform.eu/sun-perform-...
SUN-PERFORM Joins Session on Photosynthetic Microorganisms
Coordinator presents project at session on going from research to industrial applications by the Institute for Biological systems.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🎉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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🌿Meet the organisers of the Young Algaeneers Symposium (YAS) at #AlgaeEurope 2025 in Riga!🌿

📢👩‍💻YAS-Chair Elisa Werner will be presenting YAS26, which will take place in Wageningen in May 2026.

If you want to know more about YAS, come talk to us! 💚

#YoungAlgaeneers #YAS2026 #EABA #VLAG #algae
December 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Our @horizoneu.bsky.social project member Áureo Cutillas @a-cf.bsky.social will be part of the local team on the next Young Algaeneers Symposium #YAS2026! 🧪🧑‍🔬

This wonderful, community-based, event will happen on 26–29 May 2026 @w-u-r.bsky.social.

Learn more at yas.eaba-association.org/en ℹ️
November 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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🌿 Help us create the best YAS for YOU! 💚

✔️ Vote on topics
✔️ Suggest speakers
✔️ Share what matters most to you 🌱

Your ideas will help make YAS26 truly special.

Survey link below 👇 Open until the 13.11.

forms.gle/EqBS1k6zk9uo...

#YAS2026 #EABA #AlgaeEurope
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Oh happy day!
The latest research funded by RobuCop was just published in Nature Plants 🥳
Read below on a modular high-throughput approach for chloroplast engineering in Chlamy!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@unimarburg.bsky.social @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social @proloewe.bsky.social
A modular high-throughput approach for advancing synthetic biology in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas - Nature Plants
This study reports a modular-cloning-based platform for high-throughput chloroplast engineering in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that allows large-scale characterization of genetic parts and prototyping o...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Are you going to AlgaEurope 2025 in Riga this December? If so, take the chance to hear about our #HorizonEU project from our coordinator Sarah D'Adamo and partner Olaf Kruse. 💬

They will be speaking on December 11 in a panel discussion on “New Genetic Technologies”. 🧬 🧪
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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☀️ 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
Istituto per i Sistemi Biologici’s Green Christmas Session is going to be a great chance to chat about how photosynthetic microorganisms can help us to achieve sustainable development. 🎟️

Online from 2 to 3 December. Info and free registrations: www.isb.cnr.it/green-christ...
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Many Max Planck scientists have started sharing their #research findings on #BlueSky. Follow their posts and join the conversation! 👋 go.bsky.app/BYcBy6R #StarterPack
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Our coordinating partner, @w-u-r.bsky.social was at the Dutch National Biotechnology Conference (NBC) this past September. Congratulations on sharing what SUN-PERFORM is working on with the #biotech community! 👏

Photos by Nederlandse Biotechnologie Vereniging at NBC 2025 at Omnia, Wageningen
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Interesting webinar! The @horizoneu.bsky.social projects ALFAFUELS and SUSTEPS will talk about how they developing ways to produce more sustainable fuels for the aviation and transport sectors. ♻️🛫🚚

Register for free before 16 December 2025!

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Transport fuels from sustainable resources and biofuel markets. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Transport fuels from sustainable resources and biofuel markets Combined perspectives from ALFAFUELS & SUSTEPS 16 December 2025 | 12:00–13:00 CET Online webinar Join us for an exclusive joint session...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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🗓️ 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
Our team met in Amsterdam this week to share updates on our progress towards more efficient solar fuel production: many results, a few challenges, and new members! 🔔

A big thank you to our partners at @uva.nl for welcoming us at Amsterdam Science Park. 🙌
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
One of our earliest career researcher just completed her Master’s degree! 🔆 Congratulations Linda Costantini and thank you for sharing the life cycle assessment of our approach to more efficient solar fuel production at the European Biomass Conference & Exhibition. 🙌
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Our coordinator, Sarah d’Adamo, will be in Rome next month at Istituto per i Sistema Biologici to present “Towards Industrial Photosynthetic Factories: A SUN-PERFORM Perspective.” ☀️⛽

Register now for “Photosynthetic Microorganisms for Sustainable Development”

www.isb.cnr.it/green-christ...
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM