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The inaugural Shane Kenny memorial biotechnology lecture

On 22nd of February at 13:00 Irish local time (14:00 CET)

Save the date: On 22nd of February at 13:00 Irish local time (14:00 CET) a biotechnology lecture in memory of Shane Kenny will be given by Professor Lars Blank, RWTH Aachen University (Germany). It will be co-hosted by the School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science UCD and BiOrbic Bioeconomy SFI research centre.

Shane Kenny was a graduate of Industrial Microbiology at UCD and received a PhD in Microbiology. He was the first employee of Bioplastech, a UCD spin out. He was a driver of many of the technological innovations in the company. Sadly, Shane passed away in July of 2020. He was a huge presence in our lives and is so greatly missed by us all.

Shane and Lars collaborated on two EU projects with Lars as co-ordinator (P4SB and MIX-UP). Shane knew and respected Lars very much and so it is fitting that Lars should deliver the inaugural lecture.

Find out more about this momorial event here.

Objectives

The main objective of P4SB is the biotransformation of non-sustainable plastic waste (e.g., polyethylene terephthalate and polyurethane) into sustainable value-added alternative materials such as biodegradable plastic polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA).