SusPlast

Interdisciplinary Platform for Sustainable Plastics towards a Circular Economy

SusPlast News & Press & Events section

News & Press releases

December 2022
The SusPlast platform congratulates our partner group POLYBIO (with Auxi Prieto, CIB-CSIC) for the new video on bioplastics! See it here: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUrTOIHUfxQ

May 2022

The SusPlast platform congratulates our partner group PCG (with Miguel Ángel López Manchado & Raquel Verdejo, ICTP-CSIC) for winning the I. Hackathon/EBTon of CSIC with their "SustFibre" business idea!

February 2022

       SusPlast partner group BEA (with Victoria Moreno, CIAL-CSIC) presents a press notice on "PET microplastics affect human gut microbiome communities"

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18 July 2021

      SusPlast partner group DEEL (with Eva García, ICP-CSIC) has given an interview on plastics-degrading enzymes on the COPE radio!

(click on the text for listening)

 

14 April 2021

         SusPlast coordinator (Auxi Prieto, CIB-CSIC) has given her viewpoint on bioplastics in this post of the FEBS network!

08 April 2021

SusPlast coordinator (Auxi Prieto, CIB-CSIC) has given this Spanish interview on "Plastics in the Circular Economy" within the CSIC section entitled Científicas y Cambio Global!

04 Feb. 2021   

       The SusPlast platform congratulates partner NanoBioMat for their doctoral researcher Daniel Fernández, winner of the CSIC contest for early-stage researchers "I Investigate, I am CSIC" (Yo investigo, Yo soy CSIC)!

25 Jan. 2021   

   The SusPlast platform is happy to collaborate with the Spanish Queen Sofía Foundation to work on plastic waste issues!

21 Jan. 2021            

             SusPlast partners POLYBIO & SBG start R&D collaboration with chemicals producer ERCROS (Barcelona) for bioplastics production!       

(click on the text for PDF download)

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N & P - Archive  2019


Publications

February 2022

      SusPlast partner group BEA (with Victoria Moreno, CIAL-CSIC) presents a new OA paper entitled "PET microplastics affect human gut microbiome communities"

 

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December 2021

       SusPlast partner group BEA (with Victoria Moreno, CIAL-CSIC) presents a new COMIC entitled "In search of microplastics".

(click on the text for PDF download)

December 2021
   
SusPlast group POLYBIO (with Auxi Prieto, CIB-CSIC) presents a new OA paper on "When microbial biotechnology meets material engineering".

(click on the text for PDF download)

 

September 2021
                Discussion paper on "
MIXed plastics bio-degradation and UPcycling using microbial communities" (with Auxi Prieto, CIB-CSIC & Juan Nogales, CNB-CSIC)

(click on the text for PDF download)

May 2021
      A nice piece of general aspects on bacteria that can "eat" different types of plastics!

(in Spanish language)

(click on the text for PDF download)

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 September 2020
                     The new flyer for the Interdisciplinary Thematic Platforms of the CSIC

(click on the text for PDF download)

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January 2019

                      Plastic waste management, a matter for the ‘community’


Events & Jobs

24 March 2023
        SusPlast platform coordinator Prof. Auxi Prieto (CIB-CSIC) was speaking & presenting at the World Plastics Summit (WPS2023) in Monaco!

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27 September 2022
    SusPlast partners Juan Rodríguez (FUPOL group, ICTP) & Jorge Barriuso (MicroSys group, CIB) represented our platform on the "Foro de Economía Circular – Reto del reciclado de Materiales Plásticos" event in Boecillo (Valladolid).


18 & 19 July 2022

       The SusPlast platform invited you to this interesting NanoBioCargo workshop on "Design, Development & Production of Nanocarriers &
Nanovehicles
"! Find details on content, speakers & registration at: http://nanobiocargo.org


16 June 2022


       The SusPlast platform organized it´s next "Industry Day" event with its scientific-public groups and private partners to stimulate new cooperations and collaborations. Find details on content, speakers & registration in this PDF. This event is for SusPlast members only!

You can download the presentations here!
(click on the text for PDF download)


15 June 2022

The SusPlast platform organized this interesting Sebiot/SusPlast workshop on "El papel de la Biotecnología en la circularidad de los plásticos"! Find details on content, speakers & registration in this PDF.

You can download the 8 presentations here!

(click on the text for PDF download)


28 March 2022

     SusPlast  partner group ReCREA leader, Isabel Pardo, was invited to an event by the King & Queen of Spain!


04 March 2022
      SusPlast partner group SBG (with Juan Nogales, CNB-CSIC) offers a
3 years post-doc position on Synthetic Biology (see PDF below!)


24 Febr. 2022

     Some SusPlast partner groups (FUPOL, MacroEng FISPOL & SPyD) participated at the 20th edition of Circular Materials (CIRMAT).


22 Febr. 2022

            SusPlast partner POLYBIO (with Auxi Prieto, CIB-CSIC) gave a talk on "Bacterial Poyesters" within the Shane Kenny Memorial Biotechnology Lectures.

08 Febr. 2022

SusPlast partner ReCREA (with Isabel Pardo, CIB-CSIC) participated in the event "Encuentro con científicas y emprendedoras. “Rompiendo techos de cristal: La mujer científica, del laboratorio al emprendimiento".


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Events - Archive  2021

Events - Archive  2020

Events - Archive  2019




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