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 121633

Subject Categories

Environmental Engineering

Chemical Sciences

DOI

10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121633

PubMed

38142079

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Latest update

12/20/2023