European Polysaccharide
Network of Excellence
(EPNOE)
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March 2014
Polysaccharides
Natural polymers such as starch, cellulose, chitin,
carrageenan.
Produced by plants and animals.
tree
Chitin
wheat
cotton
Starch
Cellulose
crab
coconut
corn
bacteries
alga
hemp
EPNOE
EPNOE
Full Members:
16 academic universities and research organisations in
9 EU countries.
About 20 companies embedded inside the Business
and Industry Club.
A growing number of Affiliated Members.
epnoe-at-large : an informal web-based network with
more than 200 members.
a common Research, Education and
Communication network.
A network tailored for promoting R&D
projects and boosting innovation.
EPNOE
Full members
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Armines- Mines ParisTech , France
Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, Austria
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung, Golm,
Germany
VTT, Finland
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Hamburg, Germany
Åbo Akademi University, Finland
"Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania
University of Maribor, Slovenia
University of Wageningen, the Netherlands
Thüringisches Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung,
Rudolstadt , Germany
Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres Lodz, Poland
University of Nottingham, UK
Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands
Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Universität Graz, Austria
EPNOE
Missions of EPNOE
To provide its Members with an area of trustiness
and collaboration
Research
Performing the best world-class,
multidisciplinary research on
polysaccharides.
Innovation
Development of R&D projects.
Applied research in all sectors (new
sources, materials, food, health, biofuels,
etc.).
Education
Education of young scientists.
Dissemination of polysaccharide
knowledge at all levels of society.
EPNOE
EPNOE Members’ Knowledge and Skills
Availability
and sources
Biocompatibility
Biological properties
Enzymology
Microbiology
Chemistry
Extraction
Derivatisation
Chemical
analysis
Dissolution
Physics
Cellulose
Chitin/Chitosan
Rheology
Physical
characterisation
Surface
Starch
Hemicelluloses
Chemical
engineering
Alginates
Mechanics
Materials
science
Processing
Life cycle
assessment
EPNOE Association : four boards
The EPNOE network established in 2005 a registered nonprofit organisation called “EPNOE Association”. Members are
only legal bodies. It is managed by four boards:
General Assembly (votes the annual statement of accounts of
previous year and the activity plan of the year).
Governing Board (decides all the details of activity plan voted by
the General Assembly).
Executive Board (five persons): management body.
Finance Supervisory Board (three persons): controls
finances.
EPNOE
EPNOE Activities
Activities
Research
Innovation and applied research
Sharing knowledge and information
Dissemination of polysaccharide knowledge
Education and training for students, young
scientists and industrial researchers
Business & Industry Club for companies members
of EPNOE
EPNOE
Research
World class research level:
EPNOE scientists among the best in their disciplines.
Output of 100+ publications per annum.
Participation in Europe-wide research.
EPNOE partner of American Chemical Society.
EPNOE scientists editors or board members of all major journals in
the field.
EPNOE or EPNOE scientists organizing each year tens of
conferences and symposia.
Many formal collaborations:
Comparison between 2000-2004 and 2011
EPNOE
Collaborations between full members (10)
Four years from
2000 to 2004
07
05
18
German Federal initiative
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10
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16
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15
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08
09
EPNOE
Collaborations between full members (60)
07
One year
2011
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12
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16
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17
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Innovation and applied research
R&D project generations:
New initiatives like dormant ideas.
Collective brain-storming.
Face to face meetings between
members to generate projects.
An effective methodology to ensure
total confidentiality.
A very intensive participation of members to R&D projects
more than 300 R&D projects running in the EPNOE community with
a total research budget in excess of 30Meuro per annum.
Huge experience in project building (EC, national, industry)
EPNOE is associate member of Biobased Industries
Consortium
EPNOE
Sharing knowledge and information
Member web-site:
Description of activities and expertise of EPNOE scientists.
Tool box: equipment list of EPNOE members.
Title and summary of on-going PhD topics in EPNOE members.
Company database: detailed list of more than 1500 companies
working in the polysaccharide sector.
Database of academic researchers (10000+ entries).
Other information tools:
Regular flow of news, due to the strong position of EPNOE scientists
in many influent committees.
Flow of information within epnoe-at-large network.
EPNOE
Dissemination
epnoe-at-large informal network.
EPNOE conferences
EPNOE 2013 in Nice, France.
450 participants.
EPNOE 2015 in Warsaw, Poland.
EPNOE Newsletter
3-4 issues per year.
500 followers.
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Education and training
Opportunities for students and young scientists to gain
experience in another member laboratory.
Development of video-lectures posted in the web.
Organisation of academic and industry-targeted training
schools. Eight sessions are planned all over Europe in
2014-2015.
Strong relation with COST projects.
EPNOE
Industrial membership of EPNOE
Your company is working in the field of
polysaccharides
or
polysaccharide-related
products?
EPNOE is the perfect community to:
• Network with experts in this scientific field.
• Keep abreast of the latest research developments
in your field of interest.
• Have access to scientists and engineers with the
expertise to help develop your technologies, or
provide scientific/technical assistance.
• Collaborate with industry and academic/research
organisations to develop industry-focussed R&D
projects and consortia.
• Have an easier access for participation to ECProjects.
EPNOE Facts
Members
• 16 academic institutions from 9 European
countries (see web site).
• 20+ industrial Members including SME’s
from 4 continents.
• Approx. 100 researchers directly
embedded in the network as full members.
Network at large
• 250 scientists across the World constitute
the EPNOE network at large.
Research
• High quality research with an output of
100+ publications per annum.
• Participation in Europe-wide research.
Knowledge Transfer
• more than 300 R&D projects running in
the EPNOE community with a total
research budget in excess of 30Meuro per
annum.
Education
• More than 70 PhD students researching in
EPNOE related topics.
• Academia-industry exchanges of students
and post-docs
• Publicise your achievements.
EPNOE
Business & Industry Club
• Ensure that the R&D and education
needs of industry are understood by the
academic partners of EPNOE.
• Share expertise and knowledge,
technology development and
optimisation.
• Provide an efficient forum to outline
collaborative projects on a fully
confidential basis.
• Provide a forum where parties can
discuss non-confidential issues with
other member colleagues.
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
CLUB BENEFITS
• Participation at closed annual scientific
conferences where EPNOE academic and
research Members describe their latest results.
• Access to initiative results like the Dormant Ideas,
list of 150+ ideas coming from academic EPNOE
members.
• Access to the description of Master, PhD and postdoctoral topics running in the 16
academic/research EPNOE institutions. Access to
the full text of dissertations.
• Access to EPNOE Tool Box.
• Access to several databases like list of companies,
list of scientists (10 000 entries), list of scientific
and industrial societies.
• Being involved into the new EPNOE-at-large
network with 300 scientists all over the World.
• Being aware of European initiatives and trends
(horizon 2020, “Bio-based Industries Consortium”
initiatives.
• Access to major organisations involved in
promoting the use of biomass-based polymers.
• Receiving on a regular basis news and information.
EPNOE
Cooperation with external bodies
Academic area: American Chemical Society (largest
scientific society in the world).
• Organisation since 2013 of the EPNOE-ACS meeting on
polysaccharides (450 participants)
• Organisation of topical meetings: next in March 2015 in
Denver on Research on Renewable Materials: US and EU
Perspectives
The development and implementation of bioeconomy strategies and
research and innovation programs is currently seen as a promising
opportunity to enhance the economy of nations and to provide new
employment and business possibilities. This symposium will focus on
identifying similarities, differences and synergies between US and EU
initiatives and actions related to research on renewable materials in
different countries.
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Cooperation with external bodies
Industry / Innovation area : Polintegra (Poland)
Interregional Scientific-Industrial Centre (BIO)- Polymers - Materials –
Technologies for Industry
POLINTEGRA CENTRE promotes and develops research-based
innovation in scientific and technological areas where polysaccharides
and polysaccharide-based products are developed.
Polintegra
• 10 Academic institutions in Poland
• 30 Companies in Poland
One of the three academic leaders is one of the vice-president of
EPNOE member:
Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres, Łódź
EPNOE
Polintegra – EPNOE agreement
ARTICLE IV - SCOPE OF THE COOPERATION
The cooperation activities and exchanges between the members
of Parties may include, but are not necessarily limited to, the
following:
• Exchange of information;
• Organization of meetings;
• Brain-storming sessions;
• Establishment of projects between members of EPNOE
Association and members of POLINTEGRA CENTRE;
• Building of R&D proposals between members of EPNOE
Association and members of POLINTEGRA CENTRE;
• Common participation to stakeholder’s events.
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