The European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) research roadmap 2040: Advanced strategies for exploiting the vast potential of polysaccharides as renewable bioresources

Martin Gericke; Adérito J R Amaral; Tatiana Budtova; Pieter De Wever; Thomas Groth; Thomas Heinze; Herman Höfte; Anton Huber; Olli Ikkala; Janusz Kapuśniak; Rupert Kargl; João F Mano; Már Másson; Pietro Matricardi; Bruno Medronho; Magnus Norgren; Tiina Nypelö; Laura Nyström; Anna Roig; Michael Sauer; Henk A Schols; John van der Linden; Tanja M Wrodnigg; Chunlin Xu; Gleb E Yakubov; Karin Stana Kleinschek; Pedro Fardim

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121633

The European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) research roadmap 2040: Advanced strategies for exploiting the vast potential of polysaccharides as renewable bioresources

Carbohydr Polym. 2024 Feb 15:326:121633. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121633. Epub 2023 Nov 27.

Authors

Martin Gericke¹, Adérito J R Amaral², Tatiana Budtova³, Pieter De Wever⁴, Thomas Groth⁵, Thomas Heinze¹, Herman Höfte⁶, Anton Huber⁷, Olli Ikkala⁸, Janusz Kapuśniak⁹, Rupert Kargl¹⁰, João F Mano², Már Másson¹¹, Pietro Matricardi¹², Bruno Medronho¹³, Magnus Norgren¹⁴, Tiina Nypelö¹⁵, Laura Nyström¹⁶, Anna Roig¹⁷, Michael Sauer¹⁸, Henk A Schols¹⁹, John van der Linden²⁰, Tanja M Wrodnigg¹⁰, Chunlin Xu²¹, Gleb E Yakubov²², Karin Stana Kleinschek²³, Pedro Fardim⁴

Affiliations

¹ Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Centre of Excellence for Polysaccharide Research, Humboldtstraße 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
² Department of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
³ MINES Paris, PSL University, CEMEF - Center for Materials Forming, UMR CNRS 7635, CS 10207, rue Claude Daunesse, 06904 Sophia Antipolis, France.
⁴ KU Leuven, Department of Chemical Engineering, Chemical and Biochemical Reactor Engineering and Safety (CREaS), Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Department Biomedical Materials, Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, 06099 Halle (Saale), Germany.
⁶ Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), 78000 Versailles, France.
⁷ University Graz, Inst.f. Chem./PS&HC - Polysaccharides & Hydrocolloids, Heinrichstrasse 28, 8010 Graz, Austria.
⁸ Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, FI-00076 Espoo, Finland.
⁹ Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Dietetics and Food Studies, Waszyngtona 4/8, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland.
¹⁰ Graz University of Technology, Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Biobased Systems, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
¹¹ Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Hofsvallagata 53, IS-107 Reykjavík, Iceland.
¹² Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
¹³ MED-Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, CHANGE-Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal; Surface and Colloid Engineering, FSCN Research Center, Mid Sweden University, SE-851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden.
¹⁴ Surface and Colloid Engineering, FSCN Research Center, Mid Sweden University, SE-851 70 Sundsvall, Sweden.
¹⁵ Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden; Aalto University, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, 00076 Aalto, Finland.
¹⁶ ETH Zurich, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Schmelzbergstrasse 9, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁷ Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.
¹⁸ University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria.
¹⁹ Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708WG Wageningen, the Netherlands.
²⁰ Becoming-Aware, D'Hoogvorstlaan 30, 1860 Meise, Belgium.
²¹ Åbo Akademi University, Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology, Henrikinkatu 2, Turku/Åbo, Finland.
²² Soft Matter Biomaterials and Biointerfaces, Food Structure and Biomaterials Group, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington LE12 5RD, United Kingdom.
²³ Graz University of Technology, Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Biobased Systems, Stremayrgasse 9, A-8010 Graz, Austria. Electronic address: karin.stanakleinschek@tugraz.at.

PMID: 38142079
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121633

Abstract

Polysaccharides are among the most abundant bioresources on earth and consequently need to play a pivotal role when addressing existential scientific challenges like climate change and the shift from fossil-based to sustainable biobased materials. The Research Roadmap 2040 of the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) provides an expert's view on how future research and development strategies need to evolve to fully exploit the vast potential of polysaccharides as renewable bioresources. It is addressed to academic researchers, companies, as well as policymakers and covers five strategic areas that are of great importance in the context of polysaccharide related research: (I) Materials & Engineering, (II) Food & Nutrition, (III) Biomedical Applications, (IV) Chemistry, Biology & Physics, and (V) Skills & Education. Each section summarizes the state of research, identifies challenges that are currently faced, project achievements and developments that are expected in the upcoming 20 years, and finally provides outlines on how future research activities need to evolve.

Keywords: Bioeconomy; Biomaterials; Biomedical applications; Food and nutrition; Polysaccharides.

MeSH terms

Polysaccharides*

Substances

Polysaccharides