BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Helsinki X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:VEVENT UID:289@inflames.utu.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231109T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20231109T130000 DTSTAMP:20231005T111952Z URL:https://inflames.utu.fi/events/frontiers-of-science-academician-of-sci ence-merja-penttila-2/ SUMMARY:Frontiers of Science: Academician of Science Merja Penttilä DESCRIPTION:November 9th at 12:00\nOn-site event\nPresidentti auditorium\nA utumn 2023 program\n\nAcademician Merja Penttilä\, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd\nBiosynthetic materials\nHost: Eva-Mari Aro (evaaro @utu.fi)\n\nCoffee and sandwich at 11:45\, first come first served!\n\n&nb sp\;\n\nSix students and early-career postdocs are welcome to have a lunch in restaurant Mauno and discuss with Prof. Penttilä after the seminar. T his is a great possibility to learn hosting skills in friendly environment and create connections for future. Every student is welcome to join\, in spite of which research group they belong to. BioCity Turku will offer the lunch.\n\nIf you got interested\, please send an email to biocityturku@bi oscience.fi\n\n \;\n\nMerja Penttilä has been Research Professor for Biotechnology at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland since 1999. Sinc e the beginning of 2016 she has also served as a part-time Professor of Sy nthetic Biology at Aalto University. Penttilä’s major research interest is the development of new production processes that replace fossil raw ma terials. Her specific focus is on so-called cell factories\, microorganism s that are engineered to produce biobased products for energy\, health\, m aterials and other applications. She has worked extensively with a number of national and international companies to develop industry-changing appli cations. Throughout her career she has worked to foster dialogue and coope ration between academic research and industry. She is the founder of the S ynbio Powerhouse ecosystem\, which offers a collaborative platform for res earch organisations\, businesses and investors in the synthetic biology fi eld. Merja Penttilä received the title of Academician of Science in 2023. \n\n \;\n\nSelected publications\n\nNatalia Kakko\, Anssi Rantasalo\, Tino Koponen\, Virve Vidgren\, Matti Kannisto\, Natalia Maiorova\, Heli Ny gren\, Dominik Mojzita\, Merja Penttilä\, Paula Jouhten 2023. Inducible S ynthetic Growth Regulation Using the ClpXP Proteasome Enhances cis\,cis-Mu conic Acid and Glycolic Acid Yields in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ACS Synth etic Biology\n\nRobert Pylkkänen\, Pezhman Mohammadi\, Ville Liljeström\ , Wojciech Płaziński\, Grégory Beaune\, Jaakko Timonen\, Merja Penttil ä  2022. β-1\,3-Glucan synthesis\, novel supramolecular self-assembly\, characterization and application\, Nanoscale\n\nMarja Nappa\, Michael Lie nemann\, Camilla Tossi\, Peter Blomberg\, Jussi Jäntti\, Ilkka Juhani Tit tonen\, Merja Penttilä 2020.  Solar-Powered Carbon Fixation for Food and Feed Production Using Microorganisms—A Comparative Techno-Economic Anal ysis\, ACS Omega\n\n \;\n\nGeneral information\n\n You can download a nd save all the autumn 2023 FoS-seminars to your calendar from here: https ://seafile.utu.fi/d/44a70f80ac1e46a9ad0a/\n Registration is not needed\, participation list is circulated in the audience\n If you are a student a nd later wish to get a certificate of attendance from the Frontier of Scie nce seminars\, print out the seminar diary and after the seminar ask the B ioCity coordinator to sign it https://seafile.utu.fi/d/44a70f80ac1e46a9ad0 a/\n Please note that any audio or video recording of the seminars is str ictly forbidden.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://inflames.utu.fi/wp-content/uploads/fos20 23autumn_400px-nelio-1.jpg CATEGORIES:Events in English,Tapahtumat END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Helsinki X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR