{"id":2830,"date":"2026-07-02T09:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/?page_id=2830"},"modified":"2026-07-21T22:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:25:28","slug":"global-centers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/index.php\/global-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2830\" class=\"elementor elementor-2830\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8342903 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8342903\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a1afd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a1afd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Global Centers<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df90be2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df90be2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Global Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/gc-global-centers\" target=\"_blank\"><u>https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/gc-global-centers<\/u><\/a>) support innovative collaborative international centers for interdisciplinary use-inspired research to address global bioeconomy challenges, in partnership with funding agencies in Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, Finland and the United Kingdom.\n<br><br>\nCO2-IMPACT is involved in two International Global Centers focused on advancing sustainable biotechnology and biomanufacturing, with strong Finnish participation supported by Business Finland co-innovation funding.<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de14de6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"de14de6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-427ae2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"427ae2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1) Global Center for Sustainable Bioproducts (GCSB)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cb8943 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8cb8943\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2585765 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2585765\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalcsb.sites.utk.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/global-center-for-sustainable-bioproducts-300x223.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2918\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/global-center-for-sustainable-bioproducts-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/global-center-for-sustainable-bioproducts.png 916w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47923d2 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"47923d2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64d0e3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64d0e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: black;\">Coordinated by the University of Tennessee, this center focuses on developing environmentally and economically sustainable bio-based alternatives to petroleum-derived materials. The goal is to convert waste biomass into bioplastics and bio-derived composites that can replace conventional plastics. The effort brings together an international consortium spanning the US, Canada, Finland, Japan, Korea, and the UK.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: black;\">Key Finnish involvement:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>\u00c5bo Akademi University (\u00c5AU) and the University of Turku (UTU) recently joined at full project level (GCSB-CirBReS, 2026-2029) through Business Finland co-innovation funding.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d7b52a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d7b52a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f9c212 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7f9c212\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f9ecff e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f9ecff\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d021ef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d021ef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2) Global Center for Biofoundry Applications (GCBA)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c243f8e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c243f8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ac2461 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ac2461\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gcba.illinois.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GCBA-logo-with-NSF_I-300x84.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2559\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GCBA-logo-with-NSF_I-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GCBA-logo-with-NSF_I-1024x288.png 1024w, https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GCBA-logo-with-NSF_I.png 1086w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a860f3 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6a860f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a27d45d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a27d45d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: black;\">This initiative connects seven leading biofoundries across five countries to standardize and scale synthetic biology workflows.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid; word-spacing: 0px;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">The Global Center for Biofoundry Applications is coordinated by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (iBioFAB) that unites major biofoundries across North America, Europe, and Asia to establish shared standards, metrics, and workflows for synthetic biology. The center integrates leading platforms including the Agile BioFoundry (US DOE), the Living Measurement Systems Foundry (NIST, US), the London Biofoundry (Imperial College London), the Kobe Biofoundry (Kobe University), and the KRIBB Biofoundry (Korea), alongside additional international partners. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: black;\">The focus is on making genetic design more predictable, reproducible, and scalable to enable applications in climate solutions, sustainable manufacturing, and advanced bioproduction.<\/span><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: black;\">Key Finnish involvement:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ul><li>VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland participates via the FinBioFAB project, funded by Business Finland.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da4b7c9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"da4b7c9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79f773a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"79f773a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Centers Global Center (https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/funding\/opportunities\/gc-global-centers) support innovative collaborative international centers for interdisciplinary use-inspired research to address global bioeconomy challenges, in partnership with funding agencies in Canada, Japan, Republic of Korea, Finland and the United Kingdom. CO2-IMPACT is involved in two International Global Centers focused on advancing sustainable biotechnology and biomanufacturing, with strong Finnish participation supported &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/index.php\/global-centers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Global Centers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inspiro_hide_title":false,"inspiro_hide_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2830","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2830"}],"version-history":[{"count":91,"href":"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3092,"href":"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2830\/revisions\/3092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/co2-impact.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}