Industrial biotechnology for lignocellulose based processes

About the course

Registration and information

In 2025, the course will be held between Oct 27-31, at Chalmers University of Technology premises.

Registration link: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXi7DfQGwxIy9D3dgjX2Jl4RJKe7NNpQI95uySjgK-Dpw-Qw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=110496288769093379403

The registration will be open until September 26, 2025. Applications will be assessed continuously, until the maximum number of on-site participants have been reached – please register sooner rather than later! Approved applicants will be contacted separately with a payment link.

Course fees:
On-site, 4000 SEK
Online, 2000 SEK

The course is suitable for PhD students or researchers with a background in biotechnology, chemical engineering, biochemistry or similar. The different options of the course include:

5 ECTS: full on-site participation, including following lectures, actively participating in exercises, passing the end exam, and completing an additional assignment.

3 ECTS: full on-site participation, including following lectures, actively participating in exercises, and passing the end exam.

2 ECTS: online participation only, and passing the end exam.

Lunch, coffee/tea during breaks is included in the course fee, and two dinners (Monday and Wednesday).

Course Program
The daily schedule consists of lectures, exercises, and inspirational lectures from experts in the field. 

Monday
Biomass composition and characterization

Tuesday
Enzymes for lignocellulose conversion

Wednesday
Microorganisms as cell factories

Thursday
Fermentation processes

Friday
Outlook in the field
Written exam
Course wrap-up

The program for the course can be found here

More information

Johan Larsbrink, Cecilia Geijer

Literature

Literature will be provided before the course start, in form of scientific articles.

Lecturer

Principal investigators and researchers at the Chalmers Division of Industrial Biotechnology, other departments at Chalmers University of Technology, and invited guest lecturers.