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19 December 2022

By: Gonçalo Martins

[Secondment] Cryoprotective potential of GOS extracts from chickpea and lentil seeds

Secondment of Gonçalo Martins from UMa (Portugal) at Biosearch Life, a Kerry Company (Spain)
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06 December 2022

By: Maite Gagneten

[Secondment] Evaluating the storage stability of lactic acid bacteria (LAB)

Secondment of Maite Gagneten from CONICET (Argentina) in AgroParisTech (France) for seven months
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06 December 2022

By: Nelson Romano

[Secondment] Scale up of Layer-by-Layer microencapsulation of L. plantarum WCFS1

Secondment of Nelson Romano from CONICET at Biosearch Life, a Kerry Company (Spain) – June and July 2022
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03 July 2023

By: EB

[Review article] Ligilactobacillus salivarius functionalities, applications, and manufacturing challenges

Recently published review article in the journal Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology on the functionalities, applications and production stages of L. salivarius
article

03 July 2023

By: EB

PREMIUM online workshop - October 5th

Workshop on Vibrational spectroscopy and biomimetic membranes for understanding protective mechanisms of oligosaccharides
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03 July 2023

By: EB

PREMIUM Newsletter #2

The sanitary crisis that we have been experiencing for more than 10 months has led us to deal with unprecedented difficulties. However, PREMIUM has continued to produce scientific results and to communicate on PREMIUM's work. Read news about the project in this second issue of PREMIUM Newsletter. #ResearchMustGoOn!
Environmental performance of new processes for the production of FOS and GOS
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03 July 2023

By: Caroline Pénicaud

Environmental performance of new processes for the production of fructo- and galacto-oligosaccharides (FOS and GOS) (video)

At the international conference LCAFood2020, Caroline Pénicaud, from INRAE, presented work related to the environmental performance of new processes for the production of fructo- and galacto-oligosaccharides (FOS and GOS).
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03 July 2023

By: EB

Fructose oligosaccharides as a novel cryoprotectant for mammalian cells (video)

At the international conference Cryo2020, Peter Kilbride, from Asymptote ltd - Cytiva, presented work in developing new fructose-based cryoprotectants for mammalian cells, as part of the project PREMIUM.
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03 July 2023

By: Florencia Ghibaudo

Bacterial encapsulation

Probiotic production requires going through different processes before being marketed and consumed or added to any food, such as freezing, lyophilization, spray drying. These processes cause various types of stress, affecting both the viability and the functional properties of bacteria. In addition, when ingested, probiotic bacteria must pass through the entire digestive system in order to reach the colon in enough amounts to exert their beneficial action. Currently, with the objective to prevent the low survival of probiotic bacteria during and/or after their production and also after their digestion exist different strategies, the microencapsulation being one of the most used approaches.
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03 July 2023

By: EB

First PREMIUM Newsletter

Read the first PREMIUM Newsletter covering the first two years of the project. In this issue: Why PREMIUM? Scientific objectives, project exchanges (secondments), networking and project activities.
PREMIUM stand at SIA2020
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03 July 2023

By: EB

PREMIUM was at the Paris International Agricultural Show (SIA2020)

What do bacteria look like? How do they reproduce? What are their benefits for health? Some of the questions answered by the PREMIUM team present at the Paris International Agricultural Show (SIA2020), Tuesday 25th February.
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03 July 2023

By: Stephanie Passot

Le projet Rise PREMIUM à la rencontre du public au Salon International de l’Agriculture 2020

Des chercheurs et doctorants du projet PREMIUM seront présents le mardi 25 février 2020 au Salon International de l’Agriculture sur le stand AgroParisTech.
ISLFD2019
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03 July 2023

By: Fernanda Fonseca

Physical events during cryopreservation: consequences on cells’ post-thaw performance and on cryobiological protocols optimization, ISLFD 2019 Conference, Ghent 2-6 September

Fernanda Fonseca was invited to present a review on the physical events taking place during freezing. The review focused on the role of the physical state of the intracellular and extracellular environments in determining the response of cells to stresses encountered during cryopreservation. The implications of cryoprotectant selection, cooling rates, and controlled cooling temperature range for cell storage were also discussed. The presentation generated a high level of public interest with many questions from industrial and academic participants.
WorkshopEcoDesign
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18 June 2019

Paris (France)

Workshop - Process eco-design: application on lactic acid bacteria preservation

A workshop about process eco-design will be held on 18th of June 2019 in Paris (France).
MidTermMeeting
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17 June 2019

Paris (France)

Mid-Term Meeting

The PREMIUM consortium meets the European Commission on 17th-18th of June 2019 in Paris (France).
LaPlataWorkshop
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12 March 2019

La Plata (Argentina)

Workshop - Prebiotics: Obtaining, characterization and properties of oligosaccharides

A workshop about prebiotics will be held on 12th-13th of March 2019 in La Plata (Argentina).
LaPlataMeeting
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11 March 2019

La Plata (Argentina)

Consortium meeting

The PREMIUM consortium meets on 11th-12th of March 2019 in La Plata (Argentina).
Freezing Jurkat cells protected with FOS and GOS developed at PREMIUM
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03 July 2023

By: Fernanda Fonseca

Screening cryoprotective effect of some new FOS and GOS produced by synthesis and hydrolysis on Jurkat cells

During the secondment of Paula Castilho from University of Madeira (Uma, Portugal) at Asymptote (UK), Paula, Julie Meneghel and Peter Kilbride (both from Asymptote) are testing three samples of fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) and galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) produced by synthesis as well as two GOS samples produced by hydrolysis, for their ability to protect Jurkat cells during freezing.
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03 July 2023

By: CP

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange

Researchers and specialists from the academic and industrial sector, including professional associations share their experience about the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) programme and how they benefited from worldwide cooperation across disciplines and sectors.
Various steps of FTIR training
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03 July 2023

By: Fernanda Fonseca

FTIR microspectroscopy on lactic acid bacteria under oxidative stress

During the secondment of Julie Meneghel from Asymptote (UK) at INRA, she trained Nan Yang (AgroParisTech PhD student) how to perform FTIR measurements with the IN10 FTIR microscope. Main experiments were done on lactic acid bacteria under osmotic stress.
Seminar_SustProcess
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03 July 2023

By: CP

Seminar - Sustainable Food and Bioproduct Processing

During her secondment at Biosearch (Spain), Caroline Pénicaud (INRA) provided training to Biosearch staff on the topic of Sustainable Food and Bioproduct Processing.
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