The MAMABIO project was represented at ICTAC 20!

From 6 to 10 July 2026, the MAMABIO project (Machine Learning Methodology for Accelerated and Predictive Atom-Scale Simulation of the Transformation of Bio-based Molecules), a targeted project under the PEPR B-BEST programme, took part in the 20th International Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Catalysis (ICTAC 20) in Delft (Netherlands).

Céline Chizallet (IFPEN) was invited as a keynote speaker to present findings from the MAMABIO project on reaction mechanisms in industrial catalysts based on Brønsted acidic zeolites.

Another fine achievement: Monika Gesvandtnerova (University of Lorraine / University of Bratislava) received an award for the best oral presentation for her work on zeolite-catalysed isobutanol conversion.

The MAMABIO project was also represented by three posters:

Exploration of dynamic methods as an alternative to the hTST approach for the estimation of kinetic constants of alcohol dehydration (Pierre Marmey, IFPEN)
Brønsted and Lewis acid sites at the external surface of ferrierite zeolite investigated by DFT and Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials (Emeline Sola, IFPEN)
On the conversion of isobutanol to linear butenes over the external (100) surface of ferrierite zeolite using static DFT and MLFF-accelerated MD (Katarina Skladanova, University of Bratislava)

Congratulations to all the teams on this excellent international exposure, which illustrates the quality of the scientific collaborations carried out within the PEPR B-BEST programme.

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The MAMABIO project was represented at ICTAC 20!

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