24-25 February 2016, Stora hörsalen KBC

Chemical Biological Centre KBC, Umeå, Sweden www.kbc.umu.se

PROGRAMME - ABSTRACTS

Umeå Renewable Energy Meeting 2016

9:00 Registration, Coffee

10:30-10:45 Opening wordsJOHANNES MESSINGER AND CHRISTIANE FUNK

SESSION 1 Chair: Johannes Messinger

10:45-11:30 Mesoscopic photosystems for the generation of electricity and fuels from sunlight MICHAEL GRAETZELLaboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, Switzerland

11:30-11:45 Biomass utilization in Sub-Sahara Africa - Thermochemical and environmental perspective CHRISTOFFER BOMANDepartment of Applied Physics and Electronics, TCE - Lab, Umeå University, Sweden

11:45-12:00 Towardsalow-costartificialleafTIVA SHARIFIDepartment of Physics, Umeå University, Sweden

12:00-12:30 Towards sustainable bioeconomy - Development of synthetic bio-logy tools for production platforms in Cyanobacteria EVA-MARI AROUniversity of Turku, Finland

12:30-13:30 Lunch ”Meet the speaker”

Wednesday, 24 February Day 1

Day 1 Wednesday, 24 February

SESSION 2 Chair: Sylvia Larsson

13:30-13:45 Structure of the water-oxidizing site in photosynthesis JOHANNES MESSINGERDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden

13:45-14:00 Molybdenum sulphide as electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution from industrial wastewaters rich in acetic acid PHILIPP KURZAlbert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany

14:00-14:15 Selection and characterization of Swedish microalgal strains adapted to the nordic climate for biomass production and was-tewater reclamation LORENZA FERRODepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden

14:15-14:30 An arylene-vinylene based donor-acceptor-donor small molecule for the donor compound in high-voltage organic solar cellsJAVED IQBALDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden

14:30-15:00 Mobilization of biomass: Feedstock quality GAROLD L. GRESHAMIdaho National Laboratory, Idaho, USA

15:00-15:30 Coffee

SESSION 3 Chair: Christiane Funk

15:30-16:00 Using waste resources at a pulp and paper industry for sustain- able algae biomass and bio-based oil production - the Bäckhammar pilot case SUSANNE EKENDAHLSP Technical Research Institute of Sweden, Borås, Sweden

16:15-16:30 Enhanced photoelectrochemical water oxidation activity of WO3 photoanodes via surface modification with FeOOH nanoparticlesWAI LING KWONGDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden

16:30-16:45 Optimizing photosynthetic light conversion for biofuel produc-tion in microalgae CORNELIA SPETEA WIKLUNDDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

16:45-17:15 Biomedical application of photosynthesis JÖRG NICKELSENBiocenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

17:30-20:00 Postersessionwithfingerfoodanddrinks

Wednesday, 24 February Day 1

Day 2 Thursday, 25 February

SESSION 4 Chair: Ludvig Edman

9:00-9:45 Photovoltaics,asourceofenergyand...ofinspirationforartifi- cial photosynthesis?DAVID CAHENWeizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

9:45-10:00 A new pretreatment approach for production of second genera-tion ethanol from Cassava stems CARLOS MARTINDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden

10:00-10:15 Turningaroundtheelectronflowinanuptakehydrogenase.EPRspectroscopy and in vivo activity of a designed mutant in HUPSL from Nostoc punctiforme PATRICIA RALEIRASDepartment of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

10:15-10:45 Coffee

SESSION 5 Chair: Christiane Funk

10:45-11:15 Synthetic cluster models of biological and heterogeneous oxygen evolving catalysts THEODOR AGAPIE California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

11:15-11:30 Invertases are involved in cellulose biosynthesis in Aspen woodUMUT RENDEUmeå Plant Science Centre, Umeå, Sweden

11:30-11:45 Dimeric Cyanobacterial 1-Cys peroxidase and molecular chaperoneUWE SAUERDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden

11:45-12:15 Production of single cell protein (SCP) as protein source for feed from forest industry side streams HANS GRUNDBERGDomsjö Fabriker AB, DomInnova, Örnsköldsvik

12:30-13:30 Lunch – ”Meet the speaker”

Thursday, 25 February Day 2

Day 2 Thursday, 25 February

SESSION 6 Chair: Carlos Martin

13:30-14:00 Towards carbon negative bioenergy – biochar in bioenergy systemsONDŘEJ MAŠEKSchool of GeoSciences, The University of Edinburgh, UK

14:00-14:15 Integrating biogas and microalgae production in pulp and paper mills ALYSSA BLUMENTHALSwedish Fulbright Commission and Linköping University

14:15-14:30 Iontransportermodificationforfastandefficientlight-emittingelectrochemical cellsJONAS MINDEMARKDepartment of Physics, Umeå University, Sweden

14:30-15:00 Industrial use of algae and cyanobacteria – experiences from the BioRefineTechproject ESA TYYSTJÄRVI University of Turku, Finland

15:00-15:30 Coffee

SESSION 7 Chair: Johannes Hanson

15:30-16:00 Production of terpenoids in Cyanobacteria PIA LINDBERGDepartment of Chemistry, Uppsala University

16:00-16:15 Presence of state transitions in the cryptophyte alga Guillardia theta OTILIA CHEREGIDepartment of Chemistry, Umeå University, Sweden

16:15-16:30 Synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy of C and Ca in ther-mally treated lignocellulosic biomassMIKAEL THYRELDepartment of Forest Biomaterials and Technology, SLU, Umeå, Sweden

16:30-17:15 Systems approaches to increasing crop productivity of food and energy crops through photosynthesisSTEPHEN LONGUniversity of Illinois, Urbana, USA

17:15-17:20 Closing words by the organisers

Thursday, 25 February Day 2

Participants

First name Last name Email Department Organisation/University

Theodor Agapie agapie@caltech.eduDept. of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA

Md Khorshed Alam md.khorshed.alam@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Mohammed Alsultan moal0054@outlook.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå UniversityVictor Andersson VictorAnderssonV@gmail.com

Alagappan Annamalai alagappan.annamalai@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Frida Åström astrom.frida@gmail.com Umeå University

Dimitris Athanassiadis dimitris.athanassiadis@slu.se Forest Biomaterials and Technology SLU

Laszlo Bako laszlo.bako@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Roland Bergdahl roland.bergdahl@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Elisabeth Bergman elisabeth_bergman@hotmail.com UPSC Umeå University

Alyssa BlumenthalAlyssa.Blumenthal@macaulay.cuny.edu

Environmental Technology and Management Linköping University

Christoffer Boman christoffer.boman@umu.seApplied Physics and Electronics, TEC-lab Umeå University

Manuel Boniolo manuel.boniolo@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Hasna Bourajoini hasna.bourajoini@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

David Brännström Davidbra94@gmail.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Henrik Bristav henrik.bristav@umeaenergi.se Umeå Energi AB

Natalia Bukhanko natalia.bukhanko@slu.seDept. of Forest Biomaterials and Technology SLU

David Cahen david.cahen@weizmann.ac.il Dept. of Materials and InterfacesWeizmann Insitute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Anke Carius anke.carius@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Rubén Casanova-Sáez ruben.casanova.saez@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Genqiang Chen genqiang.chen@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Zhiqiang Chen zhiqiang.chen@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Otilia Cheregi otilia.cheregi@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Flavia Cornea flavia.cornea91@gmail.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Viktoria D`Agostino viktoria.dagostino@gmail.com UPSC Umeå University

Xuan-Cuong Dang-Pham dangphamxuancuong@gmail.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Casper de Lichtenberg casper.de.lichtenberg@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Fernanda de Miranda Vasconcelos fernanda.miranda@slu.se

Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies SLU

Raphaël Decou raphael.decou@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Eva-Maria Diehl eva-maria.diehl@umu.se Chemical Biological Centre KBc Umeå University

Barbara Diez bar.d.rodriguez@gmail.com Umeå University

Carole Dubreuil carole.dubreuil@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Ludvig Edman ludvig.edman@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Mar Edo mar.edo@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Susanne Ekendahl susanne.ekendahl@sp.seDept. of Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces

SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden

Joakim Ekspong joakim.ekspong@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Participants

First name Last name Email Department Organisation/University

Ilias El Houari elias.el.houari@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Anna Elfving anna.elfving@techtum.se Techtum Lab AB Techtum Lab AB

Bertil Eliasson bertil.eliasson@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Karolina Eriksson karolina-eriksson@live.se Umeå University

Carolina Eriksson carro_28_03@msn.com

Håkan Evefors evefors@techtum.se Techtum Lab AB Umeå

Xinmei Feng xinmei.feng@jti.se

JTI - Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering

Lorenza Ferro lorenza.ferro@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Christoffer Forslund forcelund@hotmail.com UPSC Umeå University

Anders Fries anders.fries@su.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Tomas Funda tomas.funda@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Irena Fundova irena.fundova@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Christiane Funk christiane.funk@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Madhavi Latha Gandla madhavi.latha.gandla@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Qiuju Gao qiuju.gao@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Per Gardeström per.gardestrom@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

María Garteizgogeascoa maga0132@student.umu.se

Francesco Gentili francesco.gentili@slu.seDept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies SLU

Ramin Ghorbani ramin.ghorbani@umu.se Dept. of Applied Physics and Electronics Umeå University

Kalinka Gonzales kalinkagonzales@hotmail.com KBC Umeå University

Eduardo Gracia eduardo.gracia@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Michael Graetzel michael.graetzel@epfl.chEcole de Polytechnique de Lausanne, Switzerland

Garold Gresham garold.gresham@inl.gov Biomass Feedstock Program Idaho National Laboratory

Helena Gustafsson helena@hempul.se Umeå University

Henrik Hagman henrik.hagman@umu.seApplied Physics and Electronics, TEC-lab Umeå University

Tobias Hainzl tobias.hainzl@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Michael Hall michael.hall@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Jan-Erik Hällgren jan-erik.hallgren@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Johannes Hanson johannes.hanson@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Haleh Hayatgheibi haleh.hayatgheibi@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Tamara Hernandez Verdeja tamara.hernandez@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Thao Ho nephertiti15@yahoo.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Martin Hohmann-Marriott martin.hohmann-marriott@ntnu.noBiotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Per Holmgren per.holmgren@umu.se Dept. of Applied Physics and Electronics Umeå University

Participants

First name Last name Email Department Organisation/University

Andreas Hörnberg andreas.hornberg@processum.se SP Processum AB SP Processum AB

Yang Huang yhuang0001@gmail.com

Dimitrios Ilanidis jim_ilan@hotmail.com Umeå Plant Science Center Umeå University

Javed Iqbal javedkhattak79@gmail.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Stina Jansson stina.jansson@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Stefan Jansson Stefan.jansson@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Yan Ji yan.ji@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Xueen Jia xueen.jia@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Xu Jin xu.jin@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Leif Jönsson leif.jonsson@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Manuela Jurca manuela.jurca@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Gunnar Kalén gunnar.kalen@slu.seDept. of Forest Biomaterials and Technology SLU

Anurag Kawde anurag.kawde@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Carl Kempe Kempestifelserna ÖrnsköldsvikMohammad Yaser Khani Meynaq yaser.khani@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Santosh Khokarale santosh.khokarale@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Thomas Kieselbach thomas.kieselbach@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umea University

Seoljong Kim sj6116@gmail.com Plant and Forest Biotechnology Student

Sungyong Kim sungyong.kim@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Makan Konte mkonte2@hotmail.frAssociation des Eleveurs et Cultivateurs de Koutiala ‘’AECK’’

Association des Eleveurs et Cultivateurs de Koutiala ‘’AECK’’

Nirupa Pushpakumari Kudahettige nirupa.kudahettige@slu.se Wild life, Fish and Environmental studies SLU, Umeå

Philipp Kurz philipp.kurz@ac.uni-freiburg.deInstitut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany

Wai Ling Kwong wai.ling.kwong@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Jacob Lamb jacob.j.lamb@ntnu.noBiotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim, Norway

Thomas Lanz thomas.lanz@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Christian Larsen christian.larsen@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Sylvia Larsson sylvia.larsson@slu.se Forest Biomaterials and TechnologySwedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Therese Lasses theres.lasses@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Tran-Trung Le-That letrung0893@gmail.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Natuschka Lee natuschka.lee@umu.seEcology and Environmental Science (EMG) Umeå University

Cheng Choo (Nikki) Lee cheng.choo.lee@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Torbjörn A. Lestander torbjorn.lestander@slu.se Forest Biomaterials and Technology SLU

Lina Lezhneva lina.lezhneva@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Pia Lindberg Dept. of Chemistry Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden

Mattias Lindh mattias.lindh@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Participants

First name Last name Email Department Organisation/University

Britta Lindholm-Sethson Britta.Lindholm-Sethson@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Tianyun Liu tili0025@student.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Stephen Long slong@illinois.edu Dept. of Plant BiologyUniversity of Illinois, Urbana, USA

Petter Lundberg petter.lundberg@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Melinda Lundgren melinda.l@hotmail.com Umeå University

Ann Magnuson ann.magnuson@kemi.uu.seDept. of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory Uppsala University

Stellan Marklund stellanma@me.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Carlos Orestes Martín Medina carlos.martin@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Ondřej Mašek ondrej.masek@ed.ac.uk School of GeoSciences University of Edinburgh, UK

Piotr Matyba piotr.matyba@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Ewa Mellerowicz ewa.mellerowicz@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Johanna Mellin jome0047@student.umu.se Engineers Bioresourcetechnology Umeå University

Johannes Messinger Johannes.Messinger@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Jens Metzger jens.metzger@pluto.uni-freiburg.deInstitut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie

Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany

Sizwe Mhlongo mhlongo.sizwe8@gmail.comDept. of Microbiology, Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University

Kati Mielke kati.mielke@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Jonas Mindemark jonas.mindemark@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Fernanda Morais morais.unicamp@gmail.com UPSC Umeå University

Jonatan Mossegård jonatan.mossegard@gmail.com Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Tung Nguyen hoangtung0507@gmail.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Tam Nguyen ntmtam.khtn@gmail.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Jörg Nickelsen joerg.nickelsen@lrz.uni-muenchen.de BiocenterLudwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany

Calle Nilsson calle.nilsson@slu.seDept. of Forest Biomaterials and Technology SLU

Ida Nordström idasofia_89@hotmail.comUPSC (Bioresource technology engineering programme) Umeå University

Louise Norén louise.noren@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Robin Nyström robin.nystrom@umu.se Dept. of Applied Physics and Electronics Umeå University

Jean claude Nzayisenga jean.claude.nzayisenga@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Christian Öberg chab0014@student.umu.se Umeå University

Sara Ölmelid sara.olmelid@me.com Umeå University

Gunnar Öquist gunnar.oquist@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Daniel Pacurar daniel.pacurar@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Suman Paul suman.paul@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Karina Persson karina.persson@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Erik Pihl erik.pihl@futureearth.org Future EarthSwedish Academy of Science, Stockholm

Linda Pommer linda.pommer@umu.se Dept. of Applied Physics and Electronics Umeå University

Participants

First name Last name Email Department Organisation/University

JoannaPorankiewicz-Asplund joanna@agrisera.com Agrisera AB Vännäs, Sweden

Patrícia Raleiras patricia.raleiras@kemi.uu.seDept. of Chemistry, Ångström Laboratory Uppsala University

Umut Rende umut.rende@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Anna Renström anna.renstrom1@gmail.com Umeå University

Giovanni Renzi Sbalqueiro giovanni_pio@hotmail.com KBC Umeå University

Srikanth Revoju srikanth.revoju@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Magnus Rudolfsson magnus.rudolfsson@slu.seDept. of Forest Biomaterials and Technology SLU

Diana Saez dianatic2b@gmail.com Umeå University

Shahrbanoo Salehi shahrbanoo.salehi@umu.se Dept. of Applied Physics and Electronics Umeå University

Khwaja Salik salik.khwaja@umu.se Dept. of Applied Physics and Electronics Umeå University

Rakesh Samikannu rakesh.samikannu@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Ajaikumar Samikannu ajaikumar.samikannu@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Robin Sandström robin.sandstrom@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Shashank Sane shashank.sane@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Uwe Sauer uwe.sauer@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson elisabeth.sauer-eriksson@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Wolfgang Schröder wolfgang.schroder@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Markus Segerström markus.segerstrom@slu.seDept. of Forest Biomaterials and Technology

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Anita Sellstedt anita.sellstedt@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Eva Selstam eva.selstam@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Tiva Sharifi tiva.sharifi@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Dmitry Shevela dmitry.shevela@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Daniele Silvestro dasi@life.ku.dkDept. of Plant and Environmental Science Copenhagen University

Ellen Skånberg ellen.skanberg@umu.se Lokalförsörjningsenheten Umeå University

Elin Söderberg elin.soderberg@lansstyrelsen.seSamhällsutvecklingsenheten, Klimat- och energi Länsstyrelsen Västerbotten

Cornelia Spetea Wiklund cornelia.spetea.wiklund@bioenv.gu.seDept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences

University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Erik Steinvall erik.steinvall@umu.se Dept. of Applied Physics and Electronics Umeå University

Johannes Stenfors Virenfeldt johannesvirenfeldt@hotmail.com UPSC Umeå University

Åsa Strand asa.strand@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Anna Strom anna.strom@umu.se Bio4Energy Umeå University

Ning Sun ning.sun@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

David Sundell david.sundell@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Dennis Svedberg dennis-svedberg@hotmail.com UPSC Umeå University

Bernadette Sztojka sztojkabernadette@gmail.com UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Chaojun Tang tangchaojun888@gmail.com KBC Umea University

Participants

First name Last name Email Department Organisation/University

Shi Tang shi.tang@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Mikael Thyrel mikael.thyrel@umu.se Dept. of Applied Physics and Electronics Umeå University

Tran Tri tritran1993@gmail.com Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Hannele Tuominen hannele.tuominen@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Esa Tyystjärvi esatyy@gmail.comDept. of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry University of Turku, Finland

Venkata Krishna Kumar Upadhyayula krishna.upadhyayula@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umea University

Francisco Vasconcelos panrivera@gmail.comDept. of Ecology and Environmental Science Umeå University

Joel Vedin jove0027@student.umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Alexander Vergara alexander.vergara@slu.seUPSC/Dept. of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology SLU

Long Vo Pham long.vopham@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå UniversityAnne Ilse Maria Vogel anne.vogel@ntnu.no

Dept. of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Tromsø, Norway

Lotta von Sydow lotta.vonsydow@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Thomas Wågberg Thomas.wagberg@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Raik Wagner Raik.Wagner@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Zhao Wang zhao.wang@umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Jia Wang jia.wang@umu.se Dept. of Physics Umeå University

Anders Warg anders.warg@bredband.net Techtum Lab AB Sweden

Maogui Wei maogui.wei@slu.seDept. of Forest Biomaterials and Technology SLU

Evelina Wickbom evelina.wickbom@hotmail.comUPSC (Bioresource technology engineering programme) Umeå Universitet

Guochao Wu wuguoch@gmail.com Dept. of Chemistry Umea University

Shaojun Xiong Shaojun.Xiong@slu.se Forest Biomaterials and Technology SLU

Merve Yesilbas merve.yesilbas@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umea University

Jin Zhang jin.zhang@chem.umu.se Dept. of Chemistry Umeå University

Zishan Zhang zishan.zhang@umu.se UPSC/Dept. of Plant Physiology Umeå University

Bio4EnergyBio4Energy is an international research environment based in northern Sweden that develops methods and tools for conducting efficient and sustainable biorefinery based on woody raw materials and refuse, as well as organic waste. In February 2016, 210 researchers were members of Bio4Energy, each affiliated with one of the five founding members of the research environment. They are Umeå University, Luleå University of Technology, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the research institutes Innventia and the SP Energy Technology Centre at Piteå. Bio4Energy also has an extensive network of industrial actors in the biorefinery and bioenergy sectors. The idea behind Bio4Energy is to bring together the best brains active in the specific field of biorefinery research and development based on feedstock from the forest and some (other) types of organic waste, and to fill knowledge gaps by recruiting top class scientists from all over the world into the research environment. Bio4Energy is world leading in focal areas of the research which its members perform. For more information, visit: www.bio4energy.se

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Mechanism of water-oxidation by artificial catalystsGoal: Elucidation of the mechanism of water oxidation by artificial catalysts such as Co-oxides via structural and mechanistic studies. A major focus is on studying substrate water-binding and oxidation via time-resolved membrane inlet mass spectrometry and 18O-isotope labeling. This is combined with electrochemistry, EPR and X-ray spectroscopy. PI: Johannes Messinger. Co-workers: Anurag Kawde, and Wai Ling Kwong.

Synthesis of novel chromophores for efficient light absorption and charge separationGoal: Synthesis and characterization of novel chromophores, and coupling them to surfaces such as carbon nano materials. These constructs will form the basis for organic solar cells based on bulk heterojunctions. PIs: Bertil Eliasson, Ludvig Edman, and Thomas Wågberg. Co-workers: Srikanth Revoju.

Organic solar cellsGoal: Develop novel methods for the creation and stabilization of the critical nano-morphology in the active material of organic solar cells, which can be later adapted for artificial leaf devices. PIs: Ludvig Edman and Bertil Eliasson. Co-workers: Jenny Enevold

Synthesis, characterization and functionalization of carbon nanomaterialsGoal: Synthesis, functionalization of C-60 nanorods and other C-based materials with metal oxide catalysts and organic chromophores. This includes theoretical studies on the geometric and electronic structures of these constructs. PIs: Thomas Wågberg, Bertil Eliasson, Johannes Messinger, and Ludvig Edman. Co-workers: Eduardo Garcia-Espino, Tiva Sharifi, Guangzhi Hu, Christian Larsen, and Robin Sandström.

Construction and characterization of Artificial Leaf devicesGoal: Development and characterization of wireless device for solar H2 and O2 production from water. Presently Si and TiO2 based devices are being developed. These serve as ideal test cases and bench marks for the final organic solar cell based devices. PIs: Jyri Pekka Mikkola, Krisztian Kordas, and Johannes Messinger. Co- workers: Hasna Bourajoini, and Tung Pham Ngoc. Visit: www.solarfuels.eu.

The MicroBiorefine project was formed in 2015 with the total project’s budget of about 34 MSEK, mainly supported by the Swedish Energy Agency and FORMAS. This project brings together expertise of different disciplines and utilizes advanced analytical and biochemical methods, as well as unique opportunities to combine algal/cyanobacterial cultivation in pilot scale associated with wastewater reclamation and processes in power plants. Seven research teams at Umeå University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Umeå and Luleå University are executing the project, which is also linked to infrastructural resources at the SP Technical Research Institute.

MicroBiorefine

The Department of Forest Biomaterials and Technology (SBT)SBT at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences was formed as a strategic move for rejuvenation of forest industry from more traditional pathways to the expanding sector of biorefineries. SBT performs high-quality research and under- and postgraduate education in collaboration with society and industry with the aim to develop a bio-based economy where biomaterials are dominating resources. Focus is put on value chains within the bio-based industry and on characterization, separation, modification, processing, use and recycling of biomaterials in an ecologically sustainable way and for cost effective causes.

The Biofuel Technology Centre (BTC), a national pilot plant for upgrading of solid biomass, acts under the SBT umbrella. BTC is a research pilot plant designed for development of solid biomass refining processes and is also a resource for educational purposes. The facility is functional for a wide spectrum of solid biomasses through all types of handling, upgrading and combustion. Quality parameters are controlled through chemical and physical characterization and through various kinds of on- and at-line spectroscopy. Batches from a few kilograms to several tons can be handled.

Examples for projects:

MOBILE FLIP (Mobile and Flexible Industrial Processing of Biomass) – BTC is in charge of all feedstock procurement, pre-treatment, and compaction actions in this H2020 project that aims at developing and demonstrating mobile processes for the treatment of underexploited agro- and forest based biomass resources into products and intermediates. Process concepts have been designed around the key technologies pelletizing, torrefaction, slow pyrolysis, hydrothermal pretreatment and carbonisation. www.mobileflip.eu/

Bioenergy combine and sustainable biomass resource management in Jilin: innovation and demonstration – SBT coordinates the technological development needed to support demonstrations and commercialization of Swedish bioenergy combine technology in China. Swedish Biosteam AB in cooperation with Chinese Great Resources Ltd will be major industrial partners and demonstrate a small scale bioenergy combine system, in Jilin province in China for electricity (5 MW) and heat production. The demonstrated bioenergy combine system will be able to integrate local industries such as mushroom cultivation, wood processing and even bio-pellet production. www.slu.se/en/departments/forest-biomaterials-technology/research/jilindemon22/

The project will result in new fundamental knowledge of photosynthetic microorganisms from northern habitats and opportunities to exploit their unique properties in the development of resource-efficient processes for a biobased society. Local algal and cyanobacterial strains adapted to the Nordic climate are tested for growth in waste water (municipal as well as industrial). After up-scaling to 9000 or 40 000 liters the produced biomass is characterized, uptake of contaminants is investigated. The process is evaluated by modeling and energetic calculations. Visit: solarfuels.eu/MicroBiorefine

MicroBiorefine

UREM 2016 - Understanding and applying photosynthesis for a safe futureThe Umeå Renewable Energy meeting 2016 is dedicated to presentations and discussions about how

fuels and valuable products can be made with the help of sunlight. Examples are the storage of light

energy in molecular fuels employing artificial photosynthesis, the production of biofuels and biomass

by algae and trees, the cleaning of waste water and flue gasses using photosynthetic organisms, and

the production of fish food by algae.

Organising Committee• Johannes Messinger

Dept. of Chemistry, Umeå University

• Christiane Funk Dept. of Chemistry, Umeå University

• Johannes Hanson UPSC, Dept. of Plant Physiology

• Sylvia Larsson, Forest Biomaterials and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Supported by• Chemical Biological Centre KBC

• Umeå University

• Dept. of Chemistry

• Artificial Leaf Umeå / Solar Fuels Umeå

• Bio4Energy

• Dept. of Physics

• Dept. of Plant Physiology

• Dept. of Forest Biomaterials and Technology

• MicroBiorefine

• Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Contact:Kemiskt Biologiskt Centrum KBC/ Chemical Biological Centre Umeå University, KBC - building Linnaeusväg 6, 90187 Umeå, SWEDEN+46 73 088 5731, eva-maria.diehl@umu.sewww.kbc.umu.se