On May 24, 2023, for the fourth edition of the TERRA Innovation Day, the TERRA research unit opened its doors to ULiège members. For one day, researchers from the University of Liège and Gembloux had the opportunity to meet and discover the latest research topics being developed within the TERRA research unit.
This year, the Dean, Frédéric Francis, and Philippe Jacques, Vice-Dean for Research and President of TERRA, accompanied the ULiège Vice-Rector, Pascal Poncin, and the UMons Vice-Rector for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ruddy WATTIEZ, through the many stands available.
To provide participants with a unique experience, the TERRA center organized its 22 stands around three main themes: chemistry and agrifood, forestry and biodiversity, and agronomy and the environment.
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The routes and their stands
CHEMISTRY AND AGRO-FOOD
Chemistry for Sustainable and Environmental Systems
Presented by Jeanne Verhaegen, Steven Mascrez, Maroua Kammoun and Jérémy Berdy
- Fresh microbial biomass: a solution for the food of tomorrow, and a key for feeding astronauts
- Green Sample Preparation and Multi-Dimensional Chromatography : A comprehensive cocktail to understand the world around us
- Can today's waste... be tomorrow's fuel?
- Chemistry for Africa
Microbial Technolgy
Presented by Jean-Rock Jacques, Thomas Jouant and Sigrid Görgen
- Development of an attenued vaccine against bovine leukaemia virus
- Adaptated Bacillus cells for production of lipopeptides on cheap substrats.
Food Technology
Presented by Andrea Kerezsi and Alfred Kouassi Kouakou
- Plant vs animal proteins: Breaking the stereotypes
- Fat is life!
FOREST AND BIODIVERSITY
Forest Resources Management
Presented by Alexandre Ernst and Sarah Tossens
- The potential of natural regeneration in temperate forests: Economical and ecological aspects
- Unveiling the mysteries of Central Africa's tropical rainforest fauna: exploring camera trap surveys as an innovative tool
Biodiversity and Landscape
Presented by Arthur Vander Linden, Marie Patinet and Lucie Rivière
- Unveilling Ecosystems with Remote Sensing Techniques
- Urban ecology and nature-based solutions
Sustainable Pest Management
Presented by Lallie Glacet, Olivier Parisis, Prince Samoah and Nicolas Deville
- Beet Yellows Virus : from virus diagnosis to biological control using micro and macroorganisms
- Innovative systems and circularity : insect rearing and aquaponics
AGRONOMY AND ENVIRONMENT
Plant Sciences
Presented by Martin Quiévreux and Adrien Blum
- Smart management of agrosystems facing environmental challenges : Which solutions for the future ?
Animal Sciences
Presented by Alice Markey and Urbain Kokah
- To smell, or not to smell, how Genetics can answer to this question
- Technology, a valuable ally for better pasture management
Modeling and Development
Presented by Mireille De Graeuwe and Hossein Azadi
- How to foster agroecology transition through education?
- Land Grabbing and Rural Poverty
Dynamics and Exchanges of Biosystems
Presented by Andrea Di Maria and Florian Vanden Brande
- From Farm to Table and Beyond: The Thrilling Journey of Agro-Food Products and their environmental impacts throughout Life Cycle.
- Exploring wind effects on wheat canopy energy balance with artificial leaves: enhancing Ecotron's natural conditions reproduction
Water, soil and plant exchanges
Presented by Dr. Nicolas Kovacs
- Assessing soil organic carbon dynamics in Belgium considering (i) a bamboo plantation (MSc thesis) and (ii) floodplain systems (PhD thesis)
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Terra Innovation Day 2023
