Anabel Bennett López

Inpart • 19th August 2024

What are the future trends in sustainable agriculture and food R&D?

It’s estimated that food production will need to increase by 70% by 2050 to feed the growing global population. Yet, much of the world’s arable land is already at full capacity, with non-renewable natural resources being depleted, and crop yields stagnating or falling. Our current food production methods already contribute to 34% of greenhouse gas emissions globally, which could add nearly 1 °C to global temperatures by the end of the century, 75% of which is driven by foods that are high source...

Inpart • 23rd July 2024

Sustainable agriculture and food: R&D trends · Insights

It's estimated that food production will need to increase by 70% by 2050
to feed the growing global population. Yet, much of the world's arable land is already
at full capacity, with non-renewable natural resources being depleted, and crop yields
stagnating or falling. Our current food production methods already contribute to
34% of greenhouse gas emissions globally, which
could add nearly 1°C
to global temperatures by the end of the century,
75%...

Inpart • 2nd June 2024

Respiratory disease R&D trends and breakthrough innovations

Respiratory disease R&D trends and breakthrough innovations, from the Connect network In this report, we surface the most promising early-stage research and assets from academic groups and biotech companies worldwide. The trends and breakthroughs featuring in the report come from analyzing the engagement of R&D, S&E, and innovation teams using our online partnering platform to identify new partners and opportunities for their pipelines.

Respiratory diseases affect the airways and lungs and can

IN-PART • 10th February 2022

Can academia-industry partnerships find solutions to the plastic crisis?

On Wednesday 26th January, we ran our online ‘green carpet’ event, a conversation with three experts from academia and industry to discuss research collaborations and partnerships, and what role they can play to find solutions to the plastic crisis. This was the grand finale in our Virtual Series, which ran alongside our Global Challenge campaign, looking to uncover novel sustainable plastics innovations to tackle the plastic crisis, through university-industry partnerships.You can access the re...

Fidra • 20th May 2021

‘Forever chemicals’ still present in food packaging from UK high street retailers - PFAS

We’re thrilled to have Anabel Bennett of environmental charity CHEM Trust present a new investigation ‘Analysis of PFAS chemicals in takeaway food packaging from UK high street retailers’.
Read on to find out what the report shows and what ChemTrust are doing to tackle this ongoing source of PFAS pollution. 
Today, CHEM trust and seven other not for profit organisations have published a new scientific investigation showing that harmful, persistent PFAS chemicals are used in disposable take-away...

15th February 2024

Sustainable materials for a circular economy: R&D trends for 2024

A unique snapshot of R&D trends in the circular economy, and the most promising research and breakthroughs being developed in universities and startups around the world.

The most promising early-stage research and assets, picked by the global R&D community R&D decision-makers engaged with research and assets on our Connect platform submitted to the Global Challenge campaign. Discover the most promising technical approaches from academics and startups. The challenge campaign engaged stakeholders

IN-PART • 25th January 2023

IN-PART Editorial | The next Global Challenge: cancer immunotherapies

Cancer is a multifaceted global health challenge that continues to demand innovative solutions and interventions. 19.3 million new cancer cases and around 10 million related deaths were registered worldwide in 2020. With the number of new cases expected to rise by an average of 47% from 2020 to 2040, developing new, improved and more effective cancer therapies is an urgent global challenge requiring extensive R&D efforts.Over the last decade, immunotherapy has revolutionised the treatment of can...

Inpart • 1st July 2024

Sustainable agriculture and food: R&D trends and predictions 2024

The conversation will center around our R&D trends report, analyzing partnering trends through our online platform, and generating exclusive insights into the future of food and agriculture science.

What types of early-stage research are industry most interested in? What are the key obstacles to commercializing new products and solutions aimed at sustainably feeding global populations? And what will the next five-years look like for scientific innovation?

IN-PART • 11th January 2023

Top microbiome innovations 2023 | IN-PART

Our autumn/winter 2022 Global Challenge campaign aimed to surface the next generation of research leveraging the human microbiome to prevent disease and improve health. Our in-house team of STEM experts disseminated the submissions we received from 54 academic institutes to R&D leads at companies across the microbiome space based on the alignment of research priorities and needs. In this article, we showcase the twelve top microbiome innovations submitted to the campaign by academic teams that r...

IN-PART • 21st September 2022

IN-PART Editorial | The next Global Challenge: leveraging the microbiome

We are host to an extensive and diverse community of microbes that are uniquely adapted to our bodies. Determined by our environment, our genetics, our diet, and our state of wellbeing, these microbes, known as the microbiome, have an enormous impact on our health and susceptibility to disease.Since the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) established the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) in 2008, research activity in this area has been accelerating, as scientists seek to uncover if it’s po...

IN-PART • 4th April 2022

IN-PART Editorial | Tackling the plastic pollution crisis

Plastics are here to stay. Since their introduction to the market in the early 20th century, plastics have become an essential material for the manufacture, transportation, storage, and marketing of products such as personal care items, medical devices, food packaging, pharmaceuticals, and electronics. However, the impressive durability of plastics that makes them so convenient has led to a global crisis of plastic waste. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, half of all plastic...