The European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) research roadmap 2040: Advanced strategies for exploiting the vast potential of polysaccharides as renewable bioresources
Journal article, 2024
Polysaccharides are among the most abundant bioresources on earth and consequently need to play a pivotal role when addressing existential scientific challenges like climate change and the shift from fossil-based to sustainable biobased materials. The Research Roadmap 2040 of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) provides an expert's view on how future research and development strategies need to evolve to fully exploit the vast potential of polysaccharides as renewable bioresources. It is addressed to academic researchers, companies, as well as policymakers and covers five strategic areas that are of great importance in the context of polysaccharide related research: (I) Materials & Engineering, (II) Food & Nutrition, (III) Biomedical Applications, (IV) Chemistry, Biology & Physics, and (V) Skills & Education. Each section summarizes the state of research, identifies challenges that are currently faced, project achievements and developments that are expected in the upcoming 20 years, and finally provides outlines on how future research activities need to evolve.
Bioeconomy
Biomaterials
Polysaccharides
Food and nutrition
Biomedical applications
Author
Martin Gericke
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Adérito J.R. Amaral
Centro de Investigacao em Materiais Ceramicos e Compositos
Tatiana Budtova
Centre de Mise en Forme des Materiaux
Pieter De Wever
KU Leuven
Thomas Groth
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Thomas Heinze
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Herman Höfte
University Paris-Saclay
Anton Huber
University of Graz
Olli Ikkala
Aalto University
Janusz Kapuśniak
Akademia im. Jana Dlugosza w Czestochowie
Rupert Kargl
Technische Universität Graz
João F. Mano
Centro de Investigacao em Materiais Ceramicos e Compositos
Már Másson
School of Health Sciences
Pietro Matricardi
Sapienza University of Rome
B. Medronho
Mid Sweden University
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Magnus Norgren
Mid Sweden University
Tiina Nypelö
Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry
Aalto University
Laura Nyström
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH)
Anna Roig
Institute of Material Science of Barcelona (ICMAB)
Michael Sauer
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Henk A. Schols
Wageningen University and Research
John van der Linden
Becoming-Aware
Tanja M. Wrodnigg
Technische Universität Graz
C. Xu
Åbo Akademi
Gleb E. Yakubov
University of Nottingham
Karin Stana Kleinschek
Technische Universität Graz
Pedro Fardim
KU Leuven
Carbohydrate Polymers
0144-8617 (ISSN)
Vol. 326 121633Subject Categories
Environmental Engineering
Chemical Sciences
DOI
10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121633
PubMed
38142079