First SUN2X-SET Roadmapping Workshop
The SUN2X-SET project is pleased to announce its first in-person Roadmapping Workshop, taking place on 19–20 October 2026 at the European Commission’s DG RTD premises in Brussels. This milestone event will officially launch the SUN2X-SET Working Groups and kick off the collaborative process towards the first European Direct Solar Fuels (DSF) Strategic Research and Innovation […]
General Assembly 2026
📆 From 28th to 30th September 2026, Nantes Université held the annual S2B consortium meeting. It was the occasion to: 🧫discuss about the progress of the project, 🔬visit AlgoSolis R&D Facility and Centre de Recherche et de Transfert de Technologie (CRTT) in Saint-Nazaire, France, 👥host a panel discussion with our Innovation Board members: Séverine Collin […]
National CCU Forum
National CCU Forum: Finland needs a coordinated Carbon Capture and Utilisation ecosystem A national forum held at Hanaholmen in Espoo on 4 September brought together researchers, industry representatives, policymakers and other stakeholders to discuss how Finland can transform captured carbon into a valuable resource, and accelerate the wider deployment of carbon capture and utilisation. Carbon […]
Master’s / final-year engineering internship – March 2027
We are looking for a Master’s student or final-year engineering student to join GEPEA – Nantes Université in Saint-Nazaire, France, within the Horizon Europe project S2B – Solar To Butanol. The internship will quantitatively investigate the impact of day/night cycles on the growth and n-butanol production of a genetically engineered Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 strain. […]
Researchers Night 2026
Researchers’ Night in Greece was organised by our new partner Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH)! Participating in Researcher’s Night gave us the opportunity to present S2B – Solar To Butanol and explain how microorganisms can be used to develop more sustainable ways of producing fuels. From the perspective of a researcher, it was […]
Best Presentation Award
Filippo Villano has the honour of receiving the Best Presentation Award at the International Summer School of Blue Biotechnology (ISSBB) at Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn for its talk on « Boosting Cyanobacteria Photosynthesis for High-Efficient Fuels Production »! Blue biotechnology is truly the future, and ISSBB perfectly highlighted where the field is heading. 🧬 FIlippo Villano PhD […]
S2B’s events for 2026
Name of the event Date and location S2B’s partner present at the event More info The Lorentz Center workshop: Pushing Photosynthesis to the Red Limit 15-19 June 2026, Leiden, The Netherlands VU https://www.lorentzcenter.nl/pushing-photosynthesis-to-the-red-limit.html European Congress on Biotechnology (ECB2026) 28 June – 1 July 2026, Antwerp, Belgium UTU International Conference on Photosynthesis Research 2026 23-25 July […]
Researchers achieve long-lasting and renewable chemical production with photosynthetic microorganisms
Webinar: European projects in solar fuels and chemical production from algae
Join us for an insightful session dedicated to the latest European innovations in solar fuels and algae-based chemical production. This webinar brings together four pioneering « sister projects » to share their progress, technologies, and vision for a sustainable bioeconomy. Who should attend? Researchers & Academics in biotechnology, renewable energy, and phycology. Industrial stakeholders looking for sustainable […]
Sustainability meets Scalability: Roadmap for Renewable Hydrogen, Fuels and Chemicals
The event « Sustainability Meets Scalability, » held on March 26-27, 2025, at the European Commission in Brussels, gathered over 200 participants from across academia, industry, startups, and policy circles. Spearheaded by the European Innovation Council in partnership with imec, the SOLDAC and S2B research projects, and the European large-scale initiative SUNERGY, this pivotal gathering aimed to […]