The CELL division has been a critical factor in the academic life of many of us. I will present my personal experience, beginning with the first symposium on cellulose nanotechnology that we organized more than 10 year ago. Over this time, together with my students, we have enjoyed the conference series as the place to go to share knowledge and learn from each other. It is because of CELL that initiatives such as the Boreal Alliance are taking shape. Here, a group of members is nucleating ideas to develop solution for the materials needs within the future bioeconomy. I will share some of my successful experiences and highlight the factors that I think have helped us to nucleate initiatives with a large impact. These include the recently launched FinnCERES flagship between VTT and Aalto University, in Finland and the renewal of the BioProducts Institute in the University of British Columbia. Together with many other efforts that are being deployed globally, there is a huge opportunity to produce the science and the talent needed to sustainably better our lives and the environment.

CELL as a springboard for dynamic research and networking

Macromolecular Chemistry: The Second Century

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