Science as an innovation strategy in cosmetics

2024-03-20T23:35:22+01:00Wednesday 20 March 2024|biotech, ingredients, Innovation, nanotechnology, Research, science|

STRATEGY #3 SCIENCE DRIVEN INNOVATION The cosmetic industry is dynamic and heavily influenced by scientific advancements. Even what appears to be minor enhancements can actually be significant scientific milestones. In Europe, the cosmetics and personal care sector employs approximately 28,800 professionals across various scientific fields such as physics, microbiology, biology, dermatology, dentistry, toxicology, rheology, ...

Sustainability as an innovation strategy in cosmetics

2024-01-20T14:27:10+01:00Thursday 11 January 2024|Environment, Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Packaging, Research|

STRATEGY #1: SUSTAINABILITY In this uncertain environmental context accompanied by individuals' growing ecological awareness, cosmetics companies are moving forward greener processes and sustainable cosmetics to reduce environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. More and more consumers, particularly Millennials and Gen Z, are becoming aware of the negative impact of products on the environment, giving ...

Machine Learning in Healthcare

2024-03-27T16:51:05+01:00Thursday 26 October 2023|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Research|

Overview Machine Learning, an ever-expanding frontier of research, holds tremendous potential for the future. Its versatile applications span across all facets of human activity, ushering in a new era of enhanced quality in healthcare. Machine Learning is poised to be the linchpin of future medicine, offering a plethora of advancements such as assisted surgeries, ...

Horizon Europe: European Commission publishes finalized 2023-2024 calls

2022-12-08T13:00:13+01:00Thursday 8 December 2022|Innovation, Research|

New Horizon Europe calls are Europe's tools for innovation and research The new Horizon Europe calls are the European tools for innovation and research Horizon Europe is the EU's flagship research and innovation program, funding projects and supporting the Union's policy priorities. The European Commission plans the launch and publishes calls for Horizon Europe ...

EDIDP 2020 results: 100 % of success rate achieved by Erdyn on European defence projects

2021-07-06T10:34:02+02:00Monday 5 July 2021|Innovation, Research|

Erdyn support for EDIDP projects in 2020: 100% of success rate In 2020, Erdyn supported the set-up of 4 EDIDP (European Defence Industrial Development Programme) proposals on innovative defence solutions, space and ground-based precision strikes. These 4 projects have been selected by the European Commission for funding. Erdyn has been supporting the set-up ...

Alternative proteins, part 4: Cell-based meat

2021-06-18T16:43:42+02:00Friday 18 June 2021|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Research|

The next generation in bio-manufactured alternative proteins after fermentation is cultured meat and dairy products including milk. Cultured meat comes from stem cells collected from a living animal using minimally invasive methods. Then, the cells are grown in bioreactors with nutrients coming from a cell culture media and a scaffolding structure. These immature cells ...

Alternative proteins, part 3: Biomanufacturing, Fermentation

2021-06-18T16:36:48+02:00Friday 18 June 2021|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Research|

What could be the role of fermentation in the alternative protein field? This article highlights some advantages of biomanufactured proteins over plant-based proteins and some remaining challenges to address. Advantages Fermentation based processes present several advantages over animal and plant-based proteins: Space and mass efficiency. Fermentation allows to produce much more protein per surface area ...

Alternative proteins, part 2: plant-based proteins

2021-06-18T16:32:54+02:00Friday 18 June 2021|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Research|

To achieve meat-like products, plant-based alternatives rely on three manufacturing steps: crop development, ingredient optimization to get rid of the unwanted parts of the plant, and end product formulation and manufacturing to create the texture. A need for developing and optimizing crops for protein content, quality, and function, and cost-efficiency.  Both historical crops used ...

Alternative proteins, part 1: drivers

2021-06-18T16:24:45+02:00Friday 18 June 2021|Health - Cosmetics - Agribusiness, Innovation, Research|

The emerging protein gap The emerging protein gap can be understood in several ways. First, the projected shortfall in global protein availability to meet the needs of a rising population. According to the UN, the world population is expected to grow from 7.7 billion in 2019 to 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak ...

The Horizon 2020 INVENTOR Project

2021-03-03T19:03:53+01:00Wednesday 3 March 2021|Innovation, Research|

The INVENTOR project « INnoVative DEsign of INstalled Airframe ComponenTs For Aircraft NOise Reduction », funded under Horizon 2020 Programme, started in May 2020 and will last for 48 months. Coordinated by French Aerospace Lab ONERA, INVENTOR gathers 16 partners from 7 countries, including 3 industrial stakeholders, 6 universities, 5 research centers and 2 SMEs. ...

French universities 3rd of the Shanghai ranking 2020

2020-08-15T15:32:26+02:00Saturday 15 August 2020|Higher Education, Innovation, Research|

Erdyn congratulates all French higher education, research and innovation institutions for this great collective performance, and in particular the Paris-Saclay University for its remarkable breakthrough! Erdyn is also proud to contribute at our level to this performance, thanks to our assignments for Higher Education and Research players, around our three areas of intervention: Anticipate, ...