On 7 October 2022, the partners of the EU Horizon 2020 project InnCoCells met online with their Stakeholder Group (SHG) for the first time to get to know each other, discuss the project, and receive advice from the stakeholders. Dr Kirsi-Marja Oksman-Caldentey, the project coordinator, welcomed the SHG and explained...
Author: Richard Twyman
Events – AIMS cluster workshop
Four projects have been funded under H2020 topic FNR-11-2020: “Prospecting aquatic and terrestrial natural biological resources for biologically active compounds”. We have now formed the AIMS cluster to explore common challenges and activities, adding value to each project and to the cluster as a whole. The four projects met for...
Events – InnCoCells third project meeting
The third InnCoCells project meeting was held in Helsinki on 1-3 June 2022, with almost all of the project partners attending in person along with our EC Project Advisor. The Management Committee meeting was held on 1 June, followed by two days of presentations by the work package leaders to...
News – Webinar on life cycle assessment, Dr Veerle Van linden & Dr Reindert Heuts
Dr Veerle Van linden and Dr Reindert Heuts from the Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO) hosted a webinar on life cycle assessment (LCA) on 10 February 2022. The aim of the webinar was to provide the InnCoCells consortium with theoretical and practical guidance on the application...
Events – Seminar on chemical affinity filtration, Dr. Anita Buekenhoudt & Bart Coen
Dr. Anita Buekenhoudt and Bart Coen (A-membranes, a new spinoff from the University of Antwerp and Vito NV) will hold a seminar on chemical affinity filtration, 28 February 2022, 14:00–15:00 CET. The one-hour seminar entitled “Chemical affinity filtration: benefits of the organic functionalization of ceramic membranes” will include a question...
Events – Seminar on CRISPR tools, Dr Diego Orzáez
Dr Diego Orzáez, CSIC Research Scientist at the Plant Molecular Biology Institute (IBMCP) in Valencia, Spain, will hold a seminar on the application of CRISPR tools in plants on the afternoon of 2 February 2022. The one-hour seminar entitled "New CRISPR tools for genome editing and gene regulation in plants"...
Events – InnCoCells second project meeting
The second InnCoCells project meeting was held in Naples on 29 November to 1 December 2021, with most of the project partners attending in person and a small number joining via remote links, along with the EC Project Advisor and Policy Officer. The Management Committee meeting was held on 29...
News – Launch of the InnCoCells Stakeholder Group
The InnCoCells consortium is pleased to announce that it has formally convened its Stakeholder Group, a panel of 16 experts representing the cosmetics industry, agriculture, academia and end-user groups. The assembly of the InnCoCells Stakeholder Group was coordinated by project partner EPSO, and the full panel is listed on our...
Events – InnCoCells kickoff meeting
The InnCoCells kickoff meeting was held on 26 May 2021 in a virtual environment, bringing together all 17 partners and the EC Project Advisor for the first time. After a brief introduction covering project coordination, the grant agreement, financial accounting, and the project deliverables and milestones, the work package leaders...
Events – Seminar on access and benefit sharing, Dr Bruno David
Dr Bruno David, a natural product chemist and pharmacist with more than 20 years of experience in academia and industry, will hold a seminar on the Nagoya protocol/access and benefit sharing on the morning of 4 October 2021. The one-hour seminar entitled "How to ensure legal certainty when accessing genetic...