Within the RTG program, Wood Biology and Wood Products department of – University of Göttingen is looking for a PhD candidate for a project about the separation, analysis and further use of bark constituents for binders in wood panels.

Closing date is the 15th of August 2015.

After the successful realisation of the last «CAS Wood-Based Panels» with participants from 12 nations, the Bern University of Applied Sciences will start again with module 1 «Process Technology» in Biel (Switzerland) this autumn. An intensive one-week training course in Wood-based materials – translating scientific knowledge into practice will take place from 7 to 12 September in Biel (Switzerland).  Participants will gain a comprehensive overview of the production processes of particleboard, MDF and OSB as well as of their attributes and applications.