A l’occasion de la sortie de leur numéro spécial « Réalités industrielles – Biothérapies et bioproductions » de novembre 2023, les Annales des Mines organisent une table ronde le Lundi 22 janvier 2024, en présentiel à Bercy ou distanciel. Le développement de nouvelles biothérapies est crucial pour la médecine de
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A quelques jours de l’ouverture du Salon International de l’Agriculture, les acteurs du secteur se préparent pour présenter et discuter des enjeux de l’agriculture de demain. Dans ces enjeux on parlera bien évidemment de l’alimentation, sujet colossal avec l’évolution du monde. Marc Chevrel, directeur d’Arbiom, entreprise de biotechnologies spécialisée dans
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Sciences Critiques et l’association Technologos organisent leurs Rencontres technocritiques, les vendredi 23 et le samedi 24 septembre prochains, à Sceaux (Hauts-de-Seine). Intitulées « Crise écologique : pourquoi critiquer la technique aujourd’hui ? », ces rencontres ont pour objectif, dans le contexte actuel de fuite en avant technoscientifique, sur fond de
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For years, the European Union has imposed some of the world's strictest restrictions on genetically modified agriculture. This could be about to change. Europeans have experienced their worst summer ever in terms of drought. Rivers such as the Loire have dried up, the
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Dans le domaine de la mode, aujourd’hui, le choix de matières premières vertueuses est crucial dans une démarche d’écoconception, sachant que cela représente environ 70% de l’empreinte environnementale des produits que nous portons au quotidien. Une nouvelle startup, Faircraft, produit un matériau biologique qui constitue une excellente base pour la
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"Dancing, graceful, fascinating, strange, delicious, painful, deadly, jellyfish are all of these things. For fishermen, they are potential nuisances; for swimmers, the fear of a painful, sometimes dangerous sting" (1). Yet jellyfish collagen is set to revolutionize in vitro cell culture and medicine.
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Le think tank Adebiotech organise un webinaire le mardi 11 Mai 2021, de 10h à 12h30, sur le thème « Impact sur la santé des pré et probiotiques via le microbiote ». Nous vivons depuis quelques années une véritable révolution au travers de la (re)découverte du rôle déterminant du Microbiome sur la
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Suez et Fermentalg annoncent la création d’une coentreprise pour industrialiser la valorisation de CO2 issu de la méthanisation en biomasse valorisables pour le biocontrôle ou l’alimentation animale, se positionnant comme acteurs majeurs de la qualité de l’air et du combat contre le changement climatique. Des solutions innovantes et fondées sur
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How do you protect crops from diseases, insects and other pests when pesticides have a serious sulphur smell? Scientific research proposes to modify plants using genetic editing resources. Biotechnology advocates swear that these modified plants are not GMOs and
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A group of German Green MEPs supports the use of genetic engineering techniques, which they believe could make a significant contribution to sustainable development. This is a novel approach that runs counter to the position that environmentalists usually take on this subject. In a forum on 10 June, the 22 signatories - who
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A research team at the University of North Carolina in the United States, led by one of the world's leading virus specialists, Professor Ralph Baric, is racing against time to artificially recreate the Chinese coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 is its scientific name). From DNA
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Mosquitoes are not only small animals that are particularly annoying on summer nights. They are also dangerous vectors of disease and as such are the source of several hundred million cases of serious infections worldwide each year. Insecticides seem to be in short supply because
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Harold Vasselin's latest documentary "Gens des blés" will be released on DVD on September 5, 2019. It is a story of wheat and Man. Pierre is a biotechnologist, Florent is an organic farmer, Isabelle is an agronomist. Each of them works on the creation of new wheat, but they do it in a different way.
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Biotechnological risks, access to and sharing of the benefits of biodiversity: these are the issues at stake at the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity (COP14, COPMOP3 and COPMOP9 ), which is being held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 17 to 29 November 2018. Decision-makers from more than 190 countries are expected to
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Current recycling technologies are limited for plastic polymers, resulting in either poor quality recycling or high processing costs. But enzymes now offer a glimmer of hope since the discovery in Japan a few years ago of the "Ideonella" bacterium.
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BASF and the innovative SME Plant Advanced Technologies (PAT) are accelerating research into biofungicides. The partnership is based on the historical experience of the world leader in chemistry and on the unique technologies developed by PAT, including Plants A Milking. BASF and PAT, innovative SME, world leader
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Messe Frankfurt France is launching the 3rd edition of its Avantex Fashion Pitch competition for companies and start-ups that integrate new technologies in the clothing sector. The competition provides visibility and concrete support to the winners. To take part, candidates must join the Avantex Paris club.
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It grows along with the vegetables, using the bacteria naturally present in the plantings to create a natural cocoon around the food. What's its name? Scoby! A 100 % biodegradable packaging that grows along with the food it protects, and is therefore... alive. The alternative to packaging
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Abolis, a young genopolitan company, has won phase 2 of the 2030 Global Innovation Contest with the Cell Factory project. This prize rewards the second phase of its development: the completion of its platform for the design of microorganisms capable of producing, by fermentation, molecules of interest to the pharmaceutical industry,
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The biological is back: in multiple forms (genes, hormones, neurons) it is everywhere as an explanatory variable of our behaviours but also as a manipulable mechanism for social transformation. This biologization of the world and of the social world affirms a dynamic of progress and mobilizes a discourse
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