Flagship projects

The BIOPOLE part of the MATEXPLOR project is part of the CPER 2022-2027. The BIOPOLE-MATEXPLOR project is jointly funded by the local authorities (Pays de la Loire Region and Nantes Métropole), European funds (ERDF) and INRAE.

The PEPR DIADEM programme, funded as part of the fourth investment programme for the future, aims to accelerate the discovery of new materials, in particular by implementing artificial intelligence strategies. The BIA Unit is participating in this programme through one of the nine demonstrator sub-programmes: AMETHIST. This project focuses more specifically on polymer materials. More specifically, BIA covers the case of materials based on bio-based polymers.

The European project FLAT BREAD MINE: Flat Bread of Mediterranean area; INnovation & Emerging process & technology is a European project funded under the PRIMA SECTION 1 (IA) Call for Projects Valorising the health benefits of Traditional Mediterranean food products. It aims to re-explore and optimise the potential of traditional ‘flat breads’ in a number of countries around the Mediterranean.

The Ecobiotic project is funded by the ANR as part of the HDHL JPI (A healthy diet for a healthy life). It aims to assess the effects of pre- and probiotics administered to pregnant women and their infants in early life on the occurrence of food allergies, host immunity and the ecology of the microbiota in stools and breast milk.

The LETSPROSEED project is financed by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) as part of the 4th Future Investment Programme, with the aim of developing legume acreage in France. It is coordinated by UMR Agroécologie in Dijon and involves several BIA teams.