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05 December 2024

By: kk

Starch foams as glucose-supplying biomaterials

The rate of glucose release can be controlled by the composition and structure of solid starch foams for use in tissue regenerating cell growth.
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07 November 2024

By: MW

New ANR PLAPOTEMIX project

What are the role of microplastics in the health effects of environmental contaminants?
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06 November 2024

By: MW

New ANR ARCANA project

Uncovering the Allergic Potential of Hemp Seed, an Emerging Food Ingredient
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19 October 2024

By: VW

ARSENE project: developing lupins as an alternative to soya in France

The ARSENE project is a collaborative project involving several activities of the Terrena cooperative group, together with 4 partners: Biolie, Terres Inovia, Institut de l'élevage and INRAE, with the support of the France 2030 plan. ARSENE aims to develop the cultivation of lupins in France to improve the protein autonomy of farms and regions.
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30 October 2024

By: MB-MW

Awards for the PREGRALL study

Two prizes were awarded to Marie Bodinier (Allergie BIA team) for the PREGRALL clinical study at the national congress (CFA) and the European congress of allergology (EAACI)!
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31 October 2024

By: MW-SG

CLOSECYCLE project

Towards Territorial Biorefinery Networks: the project aims to make more effective use of local residual bioresources through territorial biorefinery networks (TBNs) to create products for local markets.
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31 October 2024

By: MW

Brazilian collaborations in the spotlight

Several studies by the ISD team on the functional properties of protein ingredients derived from resilient Brazilian plant sources have recently been published, illustrating the fruitful international collaborations established with Brazil over the last few years.
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30 October 2024

By: MW

Biosourced and bioinspired materials to do away with oil

L'Esprit Sorcier, an educational medium, provides the keys to a better understanding of our world, and to forming an opinion on the major issues in science and society. Today's topic? ‘These scientists take their inspiration from nature to do away with oil - Science En Questions’.
Rencontre des équipes BOOST à Wageningen, mars 2024
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31 October 2024

By: MW

Signature of the ‘BOOST’ International Associated Laboratory

On 4 April 2024, INRAE and Wageningen University, Department of Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, signed a five-year agreement to set up the International Associated Laboratory (IAL) ‘BOOST: design of Biobased (non-foOd and foOd) Systems for a world in Transition’. Bringing together scientists from the UR BIA Biopolymers, Interactions, Assemblies at INRAE and the Food Sciences Cluster at WUR, under the co-coordination of Claire Berton-Carabin, INRAE, and Karin Schroën, WUR, this LIA formalises a major collaboration between teams from INRAE and WUR aimed at developing new food and non-food systems that add value to plant raw materials and minimally processed ingredients.
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31 October 2024

By: MW

CIMMAP Congress: advances in the prevention of childhood allergies

The CIMMAP project conference, organised by BIA with the CRNH-Ouest, was held on 22 and 23 February in Nantes with a major objective: to disseminate the results of the project, financed in particular by the French National Research Agency, which offer a promising nutritional strategy for preventing the onset of childhood allergies.
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31 October 2024

By: MW

Launch of the SAMS PEPR in Nantes

On 12 February this year, the Food Systems, Microbiomes and Health Priority Research Programme (PEPR) was launched, co-directed by Inserm and INRAE and financed by France 2030 as part of the national acceleration strategy for sustainable, health-promoting food.
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30 October 2024

By: MW

Open science awards for research data: the ‘DataSusFood’ project wins an award

The ANR DataSusFood project ‘Structuring and Opening Data to Improve the Sustainability of Food Systems’ was awarded a prize on 29 November 2023 at the ‘Open Science for Research Data’ awards ceremony at the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.
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31 October 2024

By: MW

Portrait of doctoral students : Lisa Lopes da Costa

Lisa Lopes da Costa is carrying out her thesis project in the Nanostructured Assemblies team (NANO) of the BIA unit.
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30 October 2024

By: MW

Journées francophones de nutrition: two prizes for the BIA unit!

At the French Nutrition Days held in Marseille from 6 to 8 December 2023, two prizes were awarded by the French Nutrition Society to two researchers from the BIA unit's Allergy team.
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31 October 2024

By: MW

Press release-The secret of plant growth

An article recently published in Science reveals the secrets of plant growth. The PVPP and NANO teams in the BIA unit contributed to this work as part of the ANR Homeowall project.