School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health
CBH is one of the five schools of KTH and a strong constellation for research and education in the broader areas of health, environment, energy and materials.
The School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health conducts research and education in areas that cover several global challenges. Among them are the need of sustainable energy, health and aging population, climate change, sustainable production and working life, food production and clean water.
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ForMAX celebrates one year – enables studies of wood-based materials from the atomic level upwards
The ForMAX beamline has now been in use for a year at the MAX IV synchrotron in Lund. Researchers at KTH were the first to test the instrument, which can be used to study wood-based materials from the...
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Gabriella Mastantuoni designs multi-functional materials
Gabriella Mastantuoni is a recent PhD in glycoscience at KTH. She successfully defended her thesis “Engineering of lignin in wood towards functional materials” on 19 September.
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Ulrica Edlund talks about water purification at ForskarFredag
Ulrica Edlund, Professor of Polymer Technology at KTH is participating in this year's ForskarFredag. She will discuss how material chemistry can be part of the solution to today's environmental challe...
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- ForMAX celebrates one year – enables studies of wood-based materials from the atomic level upwards
22 Nov 2023
- Gabriella Mastantuoni designs multi-functional materials
25 Oct 2023
- Ulrica Edlund talks about water purification at ForskarFredag
12 Sep 2023
- Community and collaboration in focus at BIWIC
6 Sep 2023
- Tomas Vikström: "Come and change the world with us!"
21 Jun 2023
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Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2023-12-08, 10:00
Location: Air & Fire, Science For Life Laboratory, Tomtebodavägen 23a, Solna
Doctoral student: Karl Johan Westrin , Genteknologi, Emanuelsson Lab
2023-12-08T10:00:00.000+01:00 2023-12-08T10:00:00.000+01:00 The art of transcriptome reconstruction (Public defences of doctoral theses) Air & Fire, Science For Life Laboratory, Tomtebodavägen 23a, Solna (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)The art of transcriptome reconstruction (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2023-12-08, 10:00
Location: D2, Lindstedtsvägen 5, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cqfuigpj4jE9EaFkO3TgvRFk7joTndod0B
Doctoral student: Jai White , Tillämpad elektrokemi, Electrolysis - Ann Cornell
2023-12-08T10:00:00.000+01:00 2023-12-08T10:00:00.000+01:00 From Facets to Flow: The Electrooxidation of Glycerol on Pd-based catalysts (Public defences of doctoral theses) D2, Lindstedtsvägen 5, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)From Facets to Flow: The Electrooxidation of Glycerol on Pd-based catalysts (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Friday 2023-12-08, 13:00
Location: Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm
Doctoral student: Valentina Furlanetto , Industriell bioteknologi, Divne group
2023-12-08T13:00:00.000+01:00 2023-12-08T13:00:00.000+01:00 Symbiotic and pathogenic factors in plant-microbe interaction: Structural basis of C-glycoside metabolism and lipoprotein transport in bacteria (Public defences of doctoral theses) Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Symbiotic and pathogenic factors in plant-microbe interaction: Structural basis of C-glycoside metabolism and lipoprotein transport in bacteria (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Monday 2023-12-11, 13:00
Location: Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm
Video link: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/64501140620
Doctoral student: Danilo Hirabae De Oliveira , Proteinteknologi, Albanova VinnExcellence Center for Protein Technology, ProNova, My Hedhammar Lab & Christofer Lendel Lab
2023-12-11T13:00:00.000+01:00 2023-12-11T13:00:00.000+01:00 Integrative structural biology of protein fibers: Spider silk and beta-lactoglobulin nanofibrils (Public defences of doctoral theses) Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Integrative structural biology of protein fibers: Spider silk and beta-lactoglobulin nanofibrils (Public defences of doctoral theses) -
Public defences of doctoral theses
Thursday 2023-12-14, 10:00
Location: F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Stockholm
Doctoral student: Maria Wennman , Polymera material
2023-12-14T10:00:00.000+01:00 2023-12-14T10:00:00.000+01:00 Biobased and biodegradable binders for paper and nonwoven (Public defences of doctoral theses) F3 (Flodis), Lindstedtsvägen 26 & 28, Stockholm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden)Biobased and biodegradable binders for paper and nonwoven (Public defences of doctoral theses)