Is one #duckweed species more suited than the other to grow on pig #manure? 🤔 That is what we are assessing in a series of tolerance tests! Spoiler alert: yes, it seems some species are better for this application 🤩 We hope to publish these results soon, so follow us for more

Happy #WorldAlgaeDay! To celebrate these amazing organisms, we would like to share our new addition dedicated to our algae research: a laminar flow hood 🤩 It is already being used for our experiments on recycled nutrients to increase the sustainability of algae cultivation💪

Hosted by @BETA_TechCenter, @NutriBudget_ had its annual project meeting last week to discuss progress and closer collaboration, as part of their ambition to develop an integrated #nutrientmanagement platform 💪 More information: nutribudget.eu

Our PhD student, Marie Lambert, gave an oral presentation at the #RETASTE conference on introducing #duckweed as a novel crop in Flandres! One of our current challenges is the preservation of duckweed, as it contains a lot of moisture. One promising solution? Ensiling💡

We are evaluating novel bio-based #fertilizers in the #Renu2cycle project The performance of mineral concentrate + ammonium sulfate, pig urine, and the liquid fraction of pig slurry is being compared to conventional mineral fertilizers in pot trials🤩 renu2cycle.nweurope.eu/

The 5th edition of #ESNI has been opened by our own Prof @Erik_Meers 🤩 For the next 1.5 days, we will be discussing the future of #nutrient recycling with policymakers and European projects 💪 biorefine.eu/nutrient-recycl… @Bioref_Cluster @BETA_TechCenter – at Brussels, Belgium

Can our phosphorous-rich bio-based #fertilizers from the #digestates of tomato waste and cow #manure substitute commercial P fertilizers?🤔 We are testing this in a pot trial with beans! Curious about the results? Stay tuned for updates @Erik_Meers @FbwUGent @Bioref_Cluster

📢New paper out! This research investigated the hydrothermal carbonization of digestates derived from the anaerobic mono- and co-digestion of pig manure and ensiled maize. The treatment reduced potential environmental impacts of these products 🤩 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Our lab technician, Joachim Neri, went to the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, in Italy, as part of the Erasmus + Staff Exchange Programme 🤩 During his stay, he presented the activities of the RE-Source Lab to his Napolitan colleagues to foment future collaboration

This week we were visited by the Water Subgroup of the Earth Systems and Global Change Group, from @WUR Both teams presented their research on #nutrient recovery and modeling #water quality. The meeting was powered by @NutriBudget_ nutribudget.eu @Erik_Meers @MStrokal

Our Marcella Souza is one of the keynote speakers at the European Congress on Biotechnology, organized by @EFBiotechnology next week! If you are there, don't miss her presentation on "Utopia or reality? The potential of microalgae to treat digestate" @FbwUGent @Bioref_Cluster

Smells like fish?🐟 In frame of @Sea2Land, we visited a few fish (waste)-related facilities in Norway: 1) fish lab doing research on feeding 2) biogas reactors fed with fish sludge 3) dried fish sludge ready to be processed as fertilizer 4) pelleted fertilizer @Bioref_Cluster

📢New paper out! The potential of #microalgae for #carbon capture and sequestration Can microalgae really contribute to CO2 mitigation? And to what extent algae cultivation can be integrated to industrial emitters? sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @cellafsouza @Erik_Meers @FbwUGent

📢New paper out! From #grass to lactic acid and #energy: evaluating pretreatment techniques for enhanced #biorefinery outputs If you are interested in how to create more value from grasslands, check out our latest paper: link.springer.com/article/10… @FbwUGent @Erik_Meers @AgrefineI

New PhD alert! 🤩 Yesterday, Dr Jing Qiu successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Combined biochar from the co-pyrolysis of manure with invasive weed for mining soil metall(loid) stabilization and aided phytostabilization" She was promoted by @Erik_Meers and @cellafsouza – at Ghent, Belgium

Marcella Souza, postdoc from the RE-Source Lab, was present at the #RRB2024 to disseminate our new project ReJuice, about creating value from #green #residues Interested? Join our kick-off webinar on June 12: interregvlaned.eu/events/kic… @cellafsouza @InterregVLANED @FbwUGent

Are you interested in how the circular #bioeconomy can enable the recovery of important biochemical #molecules from #waste? Then join our Bioresource Recovery Seminar Series on this theme! 🗓️June 17th 🕝14h30-16h30 💻event.ugent.be/registration/… @FbwUGent

📢New paper out! Dynamic performance of combined #biochar from co-pyrolysis of pig #manure with invasive weed: Effect of natural aging on Pb and As mobilization in polluted mining #soil sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @Erik_Meers @cellafsouza @ResearchUGent @FbwUGent

🍃 Het ReJuice-project nodigt je uit voor hun kick-off webinar op woensdag 12 juni van 16.00 tot 17.00! Kom ontdekken hoe u waarde kunt creëren uit groenafval ➡ De registratielink vind je op de ReJuice-website: lnkd.in/gyqeeTMT @Bioref_Cluster @FbwUGent @InterregVLANED