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GeneSprout Initiative, RePlanet, and Öko-Progressives Netzwerk e.V. recently advocated for advancing science, particularly endorsing New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) like CRISPR on the lively streets of Brussels. The event buzzed with interactive discussions, knowledge sharing, and excitement over scientific progress. Delving into the vast potential of these NGTs, the emphasis was on their ability to positively impact our food system. They offer prospects of cultivating diverse, nutrient-rich crops, creating allergen-free alternatives, and playing a crucial role in addressing climate change and minimizing food waste. The event was thoughtfully designed to encourage a collaborative and inclusive environment, bringing scientists and citizens together as a united community, driven by a shared passion for a sustainable food future. We strongly support the European Commission’s proposal on the responsible use of New Genomic Techniques, recognizing their integration into the plant breeder's toolkit as key to ensuring ample high-quality food production and advancing sustainable agriculture. To guarantee food security, we must leverage all available tools. Let’s Give Genes a Chance! #ggac #scicomm #sustainable #agriculture #innovation #crispr #NGTs

We are proud to be able to share this overview of the ongoing projects in ERRAZE. With the programme ERRAZE@WUR, Wageningen University & Research invests in #GlobalOneHealth #knowledge and #capacity in #PandemicPrevention and #pandemicpreparedness. With ERRAZE we strengthen the foundation for sustainable, safe, secure and resilient agrifood systems, by making them safer from zoonoses, and by contributing to optimised health for all species and ecosystems. Investments are made across the following areas: 📳Facilities and equipment 🔬Diagnostics, detection and characterisation pipeline 💻Data and modelling to shape interventions 🌏Scenario studies, and systems approaches; towards transformations and change 💉Effective vaccines 🦠Host – pathogen interactions 🎓Capacity building and knowledge exchange https://lnkd.in/erm3y5ni Wageningen Animal Sciences Wageningen Bioveterinary Research Wageningen Economic Research Wageningen Food Safety Research Wageningen Social Sciences Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation Wageningen Environmental Research Wageningen Plant Research Wageningen Food & Biobased Research

💥 Continuing with #FoodSciTechWeek: the importance of knowledge exchange 💡 We support the further development of the field of food science and technology. There is a lot of expertise in microbiology, chemistry, physics, engineering and materials science. With joined forces these disciplines can create more innovation, especially in cooperation with food producers Every year, we organise an international conference that is broad in subjects and full in programme. This year, the 38th #EFFoST International Conference will explore the theme ‘Future Food Systems: Innovation through Progress at Scientific Interfaces’. Considering the quintuple innovation helix framework, which involves university-industry-public-environment-government interactions, #EFFoST2024 wants to promote interdisciplinary collaboration within the food sector. The conference strives to contribute to the overarching objective of generating sufficient, safe, nutritious and sustainable food with high consumer acceptance, for all individuals worldwide in line with the ‘one health’ concept as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO). 🔗 https://ow.ly/IcJ650P37yg 

Want to learn everything there is to know about cultivated meat from the top researchers in the field at the #1 Ag school in the country? Registration is open, virtual short course starts September 12th #cultivatedmeat #alternativeprotein #ucdavis #altprotein #foodscience #foodinnovation

A breakthrough in cultured meat research: animal component free production As the demand for meat increases, it is essential to look for ways for sustainable meat production in order to reduce our global carbon footprint. Cultured Meat is a novel food technology that promises to resolve such environmental and ethical issues associated with meat production. Instead of sacrificing an entire animal, muscle stem cells are isolated and grown in bioreactors, then differentiated to muscle tissue resulting in cultured meat. In order to realise this on the market, the product has to be safe, producible in high amounts and sold for an accessible price. Previous techniques still faced difficulties in fulfilling these criteria due to major technical issues. Good news though! Dr. Tobias Messmer presented the solutions in his PhD, which he defended on the 21st of April at Maastricht University. Read more about his solutions here: https://bit.ly/3NUc2ZG #CulturedMeat #CarbonFootprint #MaastrichtUniversity

🌟𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, ICoMST 2023, 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘃𝗮, 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆 ! 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 '𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻'🌟 🥩 The Danish Technological Institute will showcase two cutting-edge and innovative projects at the upcoming Meat Science Conference. Our scientific projects focus on; Relation between the equalization temperature and the thermographic profile of the ham cut surface and Cutting and boning before temperature equalization - would electrical stimulation improve meat quality? At ICoMST four Danish delegates will participate, including Susanne Støier, Lene Meinert, Lars Leopold Hinrichsen and Marchen Hviid. 📅 They are looking forward to five days of knowledge-enriching experiences from August 20th to 25th. 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 🎤 Frédéric Leroy will discuss "𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴: 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵." As a Bioengineer and Professor in food science and technology, his research covers food processing, nutrition, and interdisciplinary food studies. His contributions have been recognized with the 2022 Award of the European Federation of Animal Science. 🎤 Brad Kim will share insights on the "𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺." As a leading expert in Meat Science, his research focuses on meat quality improvement and biochemical mechanisms. He has successfully secured over $4.6 million in research grants and serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Meat and Muscle Biology. 🌱 These are just two of the many fascinating lectures and keynotes that will hopefully enrich our understanding of meat science. The conference will also cover topics such as omics sciences, meat safety, animal biodiversity, and more. This is an exceptional opportunity to learn from esteemed researchers and explore the potential of meat, meat alternatives, and innovative processing methods for our four delegates. 💡 We are looking forward to incorporating these insights into our work and contributing to the advancement of meat science. Let's continue to foster innovation and collaboration in this crucial field! #icomst2023 #meat #foodinnovation #foodsafety

GREAT NEWS! The Australian Plant Phenomics Facility (APPF), Australia’s national plant phenomics research infrastructure, will receive $60 million in core funding over the next five years to expand its world-leading network of facilities across Australia and accelerate the development of improved crops. APPF headquarters is hosted by the University of Adelaide and supported by the Australian Government National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). The $60 million NCRIS investment is planned to be matched by contributions from university partners, state governments and industry for a total investment of nearly $135 million. The funds will be used to expand APPF’s national network to nine partner nodes and provide a greater diversity of controlled growth environments and field phenotyping facilities. This will enable researchers to study plant development across the full range of Australian growing conditions, while supporting job opportunities in plant science around the country. #NCRISImpact 🌱 Read our media release here 👇 https://bit.ly/3QmTIe8

A little recap on the participation of our one and only Henk Hoogenkamp in #FTalks23 in Valencia. We stand behind Henk's words. The benefits of using Molecular Farming in food are many! It's not about winning a race or competing against other technologies, but complementing all approaches and solutions to achieve the same goal: the creation of a more sustainable, resilient and inclusive food system! #MLEC #WeAreMoolec #AnimalProteinsInPlants #NewProteins #FoodScience #FoodTech #Sustainability #SustainableFood #SustainableProteins #SustainableIngredients #MeatReplacements #GMOs #GMTechnologies #Bioengineering #Bioengineered #GM4GOOD #FoodNeedsNerds

📢 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐬 event is taking place already next Tuesday! 👥This plant-focused science forum is as satellite event for the EU Bioeconomy Changemakers festival, aimed to empower💪 youth and 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲-𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭-𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬🌱🔬 to drive the change towards a sustainable bioeconomy🔄. 💡The aim of the event is to broaden your horizon and to help you assess other aspects besides plant-related research that are important to consider for 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 or be useful for society. 🤩You will be able to engage with early-career experts from specific disciplines in roundtable discussions and the reception afterwards: - Mathias De Mesmaeker, Federal Public Service Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024) - Sil Allaert, ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek) - Elke Vereecke, ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek) - Lena Maas, Hudson River Biotechnology - Pierre-Mathieu P., Joint Research Centre (European Commission) - Branwen Miles, COPA COGECA - Riccardo Siligato PhD LLM, Joint Research Centre (European Commission) - Dr. Amelie Detterbeck, Euroseeds - Yasmine Ambrogio, University of Bayreuth - Lorena van de Kolk, Schuttelaar & Partners 🗓️The in-person event will be held on Tuesday, 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟐:𝟑𝟎 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟏𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 and will be structured as an interactive forum. ✅Don't miss your chance to 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 and learn about their research, discover what the 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 are related to plant sciences beyond academia, explore 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 together with experts in various disciplines and contribute to the 𝐄𝐔 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, highlighting how youth drives transformative change! 📝𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞! ℹ️ Check out this page for more information and register: https://lnkd.in/ezn2UwNv 👋𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞! #EUBioeconomy #Food2030EU #EUGreenDeal #EUFarm2Fork #sustainablebioeconomy #sustainableagriculture #circulareconomy EU Science, Research and Innovation EU Health and Food Safety

In 2023, our global teams grew the scientific ecosystem, increased government investment in alternative proteins, and supported the industry in navigating a changing economic and regulatory landscape — all powered by our global community of donors. Dig into our 2023 Year in Review to learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/3x0dNzY A few highlights: 🏫 We expanded the Alt Protein Project to 53 chapters worldwide, unlocked funding for foundational plant-based and cultivated meat research, and published 42 open-access reports and resources to advance the ecosystem. 🌏 We championed public investment in alternative proteins globally, launched a new platform for aligning on novel food regulations across the Asia Pacific region, and celebrated multiple companies selling cultivated meat in the world’s largest economy. 🤝 We organized webinars and roundtables to share knowledge across the industry, collaborated with the U.S. Department of Energy on public–private partnerships, hosted our largest in-person Good Food Conference, and worked with the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the United Nations Environment Programme to launch reports that call for governments to fund alternative protein research.