Event at NIAB’s Innovation Farm:
WEDS 19 OCT, 10:00-16:00 Fibrecrops: agronomy and end-uses
The workshop will explore the potential for novel uses of crop fibres and how new processing methods are opening up the market for these alternative fibre sources.
For further details and registration please visit http://www.innovationfarm.co.uk/.
Cambridge Bioenergy Initiative / Nuffield Council on Bioethics event:
FRI 28 OCT, 14:00 -15:30 Biofuels: ethical issues
Dept of Plant Sciences, Large Lecture Theatre, Cambridge CB2 3EA
If you have missed the industry-focused discussion event on 1 Sept, here is another opportunity to hear and discuss the outcomes of the Nuffield Report:
To achieve sustainable economic growth, global society needs to wean itself off fossil resources. This in turn puts increased pressure on available biomass, land and water. In the rush for resources, ethical considerations are easily overlooked or given a low priority.
This April the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published its report on the ethical issues surrounding biofuels (Biofuels: ethical issues).The report, which includes recommendations for policy and practice, highlights that its conclusions are also applicable to other sectors which build on biomass as a key resource.
Varsha Jagadesham will be discussing the findings of the Council's report with the audience. The report can be downloaded from http://www.nuffieldbioethics.org/biofuels-0.
ADVANCE NOTICE FOR YOUR DIARIES: upcoming CPPS Lectures
3 Nov – speaker Maurice Moloney (Rothamsted Research); 'From clone to clinic- oilseed based bio-pharmaceutical production
23 Feb – speaker Julian Ma (St George’s, University of London); ‘Molecular pharming’
Both lectures will take place at the Dept of Plant Sciences, Cambridge, 16:00-17:00, followed by networking over wine and nibbles.
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