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The laboratory has recently published a new review in the journal Discover Plants, focusing on the valorization of chicory by-products. This publication highlights recent research on the reuse and transformation of these often underutilized plant residues into high-value resources. The study explores potential applications in the agri-food, cosmetics, and health sectors, emphasizing the environmental and economic benefits of adopting a more circular and sustainable approach within the chicory industry.

On Friday, February 28, 2025, the study day "Crossed Views on the Valorization and Scientific Mediation in Companies and Universities" was held at the Lilliad Learning Center Innovation in Villeneuve-d'Ascq. This event, organized by the Geriico research unit (University of Lille), is part of the SAPS-Merlin project and the "Sciences With and For Society" roadmap of the University of Lille

Creation of an International Associated Laboratory "Soil Microbiome and Physiology of Agricultural Plants" (LAI - SOPHYA) result of te collaboration between Chic41H teams and the company Florimond Desprez

At a time when French and Belgian farmers are expressing their dismay at changes in their working conditions, 43 partners from Franco-Belgian institutions are mobilizing to try and provide them with robust, sustainable solutions for reducing pesticide use in the cross-border region.

International collaboration

Description of the SOSPECT project

Training - Preparation and characterisation of a hydrolysate : the case of milk proteins

A group of students from the Erasmus+ Master BIOCEB wins the French final of the BISC-E competition.

How to select frost-tolerant peas in a changing climate?

A collaboration between the team of Dr Karin Séron (CIIL, CNRS UMR9017, INSERM U1019 IPL) and that of Professor Céline Rivière (UMRt BioEcoAgro 1158, UFR3S Faculty of Pharmacy of Lille) made it possible to study the antiviral potential of plants harvested on the coastline of the Hauts-de-France region.