The programme director: Hannele Tuominen
The programme co-director: Björn Sundberg
A management board
Hannele Tuominen
Björn Sundberg
Rishi Bhalerao
Tomas Lundmark
Leif Jönsson
A programme advisory board
Emil Van Zyl Univ. of Stellenbosch, South Africa
John Ralph Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, US
Wout Boerjan Ghent University, Belgium
Teemu Teeri Univ. of Helsinki, Finland
Hans Grundberg Processum
Magnus Hertzberg SweTree Technologies
Principal Investigators
| PI |
Department |
Responsibility area in BioImprove |
| Rishi Bhalerao |
1 |
Novel feedstocks; increased biomass (transcription factors) |
| Leif Jönsson |
2 |
Analysis of bioprocessing properties |
| Tomas Lundmark |
3 |
Field tests of transgenic hybrid aspen trees |
| Ewa Mellerowicz |
1 |
Novel feedstocks; lignocellulose recalcitrance (xylan,pectin) |
| Thomas Moritz |
1 |
Metabolomic analysis |
| Totte Niittylä |
1 |
Novel feedstocks; biomass production (carbon allocation) |
| Ove Nilsson |
1 |
Novel feedstocks; biomass production (PttWOX4) |
| Edouard Pesquet |
4 |
Novel feedstocks; lignocellulose recalcitrance (lignin) |
| Björn Sundberg |
1 |
Novel feedstocks; lignocellulose recalcitrance (cellulose) |
| Hannele Tuominen |
4 |
Novel feedstocks; increased biomass (wood density) |
| Gunnar Wingsle |
1 |
Proteomic analysis, coexpression analysis |
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1 Dept of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiol., SLU, Umeå
2 Dept of Chemistry, Umeå University
3 Unit of Field Based Forest Research, SLU, Umeå
4 Dept of Plant Physiology, Umeå University
BIOMASS PRODUCTION
PI Rishi Bhalerao
PI Ove Nilsson
PI Totte Niittylä
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF WOOD
PI Björn Sundberg
PI Ewa Mellerowicz
PI Edouard Pesquet
BIOIMPROVE COLLECTION
STT’s selected lines with improved growth
NOVEL LINES
IDENTIFICATION OF THE KEY FACTORS IN WOOD FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION
FIELD TRIALS
PI Tomas Lundmark
PROTEOMICS
METABOLOMICS
PI Thomas Moritz
PI Gunnar Wingsle
BIOPROCESSING PROPERTIES
PI Leif Jönsson
SACCHARIFICATION
PI Hannele Tuominen
WOOD CHEMISTRY
PI Björn Sundberg
PI Ewa Mellerowicz
FEEDSTOCKS
PHENOTYPING
SwAsp
UmAsp
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