Activities
EPNOE members are performing together many activities and they are sharing information and knowledge.
Information
- Description of running PhD’s within EPNOE institutions
- Description of expertise present within EPNOE community
- Sharing databases
- Tool box (description of equipment present and available in EPNOE member’s institutions)
Dissemination
- EPNOE Newsletter (distributed to 500 subscribers)
Research
- Establishment of a Research Road Map, able to guide research development in the polysaccharide area
- Performing of the best research activities, evidenced by the number of scientific papers published in the best international journals every year
- Involvement in scientific management at national and international levels (COST, Technology plateforms, committees,…)
Education
- Education of young, brilliant scientists within EPNOE academic institutions, able to efficiently work in academic and industrial context
- More than 40 master and 70 PhD students performed part of their research in another partner’s institution over the last five years
- More than 25 PhD students have been co-directed by two different EPNOE institution’s scientists
- Favouring mobility of post-graduate students across countries and disciplines
- Organisation of courses for students and companies (Junior Scientist meeting)
Innovation and knowledge transfer
- Brain-storming sessions
- “Dormant idea” initiative
- Building of research, development and innovation projects in a fully confidential manner (more than 300 such contracts with companies are running every years)
- Participation to the Bio-based Industries Consortium (http://biconsortium.eu) and to the Bio-based Industries Initiatives.