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From July 3 to 7, the ISWFPC, the important international conference on wood chemistry, was held at Ca' Foscari University in Venice. Results from research projects of the Thünen Institute of Wood Research were presented.

Promising results from the last 15 years of testing

Delara Burkhardt, Member of the European Parliament and the Committee on Environment, Health and Food Safety, visited the Thünen Institute of Wood Research at the Barsbüttel site to exchange views on topics related to the circular use of wood.

Positive influence of moisture below cell wall saturation

Ilisha Josefine Lange has successfully completed her training as a chemical laboratory assistant at the Thünen Institute for Wood Research. We congratulate her!

An IUFRO Division 5 (Forest products) conference entitled "The Forest Treasure Chest - Delivering Outcomes for Everyone" was held in Cairns from 4 to 8 June 2023.

When is wood absolutely dry?

A literature review brings clarity

First attempts to examine treated products in full size

Critical evaluation of existing standards for determining the biological durability of wood and recommendations for their revision

Thünen-Institute of Wood Research represented through the projects KLIMAtiv and HoFaTo

Examination of height- and tissue-dependence of important substance groups

In the period 19 - 21 April 2023, a conference on the subject of forensic examination methods was held at the Zurich Institute of Forensic Medicine (University of Zurich) with the participation of the Thünen Institute of Wood Research.

"Agile Innovation Methods" in focus! On June 14th and 15th, the future scientists from all the innovation groups funded under the REGULUS research call came together for the first time in Freising to work on methods, skills, and the "Design Thinking" approach in collaboration with UnternehmerTUM.

Optimization of the extract yield and reduction of the extraction time achieved

LIGNA 2023, the world's most important trade fair for wood processing, took place in Hanover from May 15 to 19, 2023. The Thünen Institute was represented at the LIGNA 2023 and presented research results and ongoing projects around the topic of wood and wood utilization.

Head of the 'Biological Durability' work area newly appointed

The illegal timber trade is one of the world's largest areas of environmental crime because it promises a billion-dollar business with consequences for the climate, the environment and biodiversity. In the programme "Zeitfragen", Deutschlandfunk Kultur reported on this topic and the wood species…

On 24 March 2023, the Institute was given the opportunity to visit the construction site of the "Roots" in Hamburg.

A successful seminar on wood species identification was held by staff of the Thünen Institute for Wood Research at the Technical University of Pereira (Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira/Centro Regional de Producción más Limpia) from March 6 – 10, 2023.