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UP University

The European UP University network has strengthened its cooperation by signing a five-year agreement on Friday, April 11, 2025, at Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oamk). With this agreement, the network’s eleven partner institutions from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland, Spain, Romania, Italy, Slovenia, Albania, and Ukraine commit to enhancing their academic, scientific, and professional relationships, as well as promoting educational and research collaboration and increasing international mobility for both staff and students.

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UP University Network Signed a Five-Year Partnership Agreement

Reduce and use landfill methane

Can methane resources such as landfills and small digesters that are currently (partially) unused be used to produce valuable materials? That is the goal of this Biotech booster project.

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Biobased lab bij HAN Connectr op het IPKW. Studenten samenwerken, met begeleider, trekbank, minor biobased innovations.

Early Drug Discovery Education Track (EDD-Track)

Strengthening the current pharmaceutical training offering with innovative Early Drug Discovery (EDD) life-long learning courses

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Poster HAN BioCentre over drug discovery

From Cotton to Color

Cotton waste processing into natural colorants.

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Headerfoto Onderzoek lectoraat Biodiscovery HAN BioCentre bioreactor

From waste to taste

Fermenting rejected tomatoes into a marketable and delicious product

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Headerfoto Onderzoek lectoraat Biodiscovery HAN BioCentre bioreactor

INDUSTRIOPHILE

Tailored and robust cell-factories for the next-generation Industrial Biotechnology

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Headerfoto Onderzoek lectoraat Biodiscovery HAN BioCentre analytische chemie

TUFUCOL - Fungal Colorants

TUrn FUngi potentials into a COLorful future

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Headerfoto Onderzoek lectoraat Biodiscovery HAN BioCentre bioreactor

Connecting Fibers

To help the building industry to become fully biobased, this project aims at the development of a biobased adhesive or binder based on biomasses like miscanthus, bamboo, fiber hemp or pruning wood for use in panel boards like CLT or particle board.

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Headerfoto Onderzoek lectoraat Biodiscovery HAN BioCentre analytische chemie