News - Vivaldi Project

29.11.2022

New publication of VIVALDI research on scientific journal PNAS

We are proud to announce that the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) team of researchers led by Professor Diethard Mattanovich published a research paper on PNAS...

24.11.2022 About our partners

Milestone reached for the VIVALDI project: sampling activities completed

The European research project VIVALDI embraces circularity by developing solutions to capture and convert the carbon dioxide emissions of bio-based industries into greener chemicals. This summer, r...

22.11.2022 About the project

VIVALDI launches an animated video with subtitles in 10 languages

The VIVALDI consortium released the 1^st official video of the VIVALDI project. In just 2 minutes the animated video explains in a clear and simple way the motivations, the concept, the impa...

17.11.2022 About the project

VIVALDI participation at the European Summit of Industrial Biotechnology

Last week, the VIVALDI delegation took part in the European Summit of Industrial Biotechnology (esib)! The European platform for industrial biotechnology took place on 14-16 November in Graz (Austr...

13.10.2022 About the project

Avantium and VITO present VIVALDI project at the 18th Carbon Dioxide Utilisation Summit

On October 5-6, VIVALDI partners Avantium and VITO were among the speakers at the 18th Carbon Dioxide Utilisation Summit. The event, organised by Active Communications International (ACI Europe),...

23.09.2022 About our partners

VIVALDI partner BOKU talks about yeast biotechnology at Austrian radio programme “Dimensionen”

This week Diethard Mattanovich and Michael Sauer, scientists at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), partner of the VIVALDI project, took part in the Austrian radio...

22.09.2022 About the project

VIVALDI attends ISMET8 Global Conference

From September 19-23, a delegation of partners from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Leitat Technological Center, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and Luleå University of Tech...

15.09.2022 About the project

New article about VIVALDI project published on Bioplastics Magazine

The May-June issue of Bioplastics Magazine includes the two-page article “Turning CO2 emissions into bioplastics: the cases of succinic and lactic acids in VIVALDI”. The article explains in detail the motives behind the European research project VIVALDI, the circular...

01.06.2022 About the project

Workshop on “Funding Opportunities for the Development of CCU”

On the 18th of May, our scientific project manager Mira Sulonen (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) presented the VIVALDI project during our first thematic workshop “Funding Opportunities for the De...

12.05.2022 About the project

New study published: “Carbonic anhydrase to boost CO2 sequestration: Improving carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS)”

VIVALDI’s partners at the Luleå University of Technology published on Chemosphere (Elsevier) the study “Carbonic anhydrase to boost CO₂ sequestration: Improving carbon capture utiliz...

27.04.2022 About the project

Detektor.fm podcast dedicates an episode to CO2 utilisation and VIVALDI project

Detektor.fm, in collaboration with our partner Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), dedicated an episode of the Research Quartet podcast to the VIVALDI project! In a discussion with...

13.04.2022 About our partners

Blanca Antizar (ISLE Utilities) nominated “Woman of the Year” in the 8th edition of the iAgua awards

Congratulations are in order to our colleague Blanca Antizar (ISLE Utilities) has been awarded “Woman of the Year” in the 8th edition of the iAgua awards! Blanca Antízar is a hydraulic engineer...

28.03.2022 About the project

VIVALDI project featured on national TV channels

The Austrian TV Channel ServusTV has recently featured our colleague Diethard Mattanovich, professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). During the programme P.M. Wissen, he discussed with astrophysicist Gernot Grömer the...

07.12.2021 About the project

New article from the Austrian Press Agency features VIVALDI project

In a new article series about CO2 capture and utilisation, APA Science looks at projects from Austrian laboratories in which microorganisms such as bacteria and yeasts have a central role. VIVALDI is among the projects identified as it uses the specifically engineered yeast strain...

24.06.2021 About the project

A change of tune for the chemical industry: VIVALDI turns CO₂ emissions into sustainable bio-products

The European Union has awarded 7M€ to the VIVALDI project to transform the bio-based industry into a new, more environmentally friendly and competitive sector To reach climate targets, industri...