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14 November 2024

By: OPAALE

Enora joins microcosmos!

Enora was particularly attracted by this multi-disciplinary project with a practical significance that aims at studying the concept of the circular economy on a small scale, based on the recycling of surplus bread; it was an opportunity not to be missed!
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31 January 2025

By: opaale

The µCOSMOS consortium in Montpellier for its plenary annual meeting

The second plenary meeting of the µ-COSMOS project took place in Montpellier on 15-16 January 2025, on the premises of the UMR IATE.
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14 November 2024

By: opaale

Microcosmos at the Science Festival

A presentation of our research in Microcosmos by the team from Nanterre was given to 2 classes of 5th grade pupils during the Fête de la Science
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10 March 2025

By: OPAALE

Clara is joining us!

Clara has always been interested in the circular economy and food issues. This microCOSMOS research project combining the two and developing a multidisciplinary approach is therefore of particular interest to her.
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10 March 2025

By: OPAALE

Loris is joining us on the same day as Clara!

Loris graduated in 2024 from AgroParisTech's master's programme in ‘economics in the environment, energy sector and logistics’, with a speciality in ‘sustainable food’. He did his end-of-study research placement with INRAE's UMR SADAPT, analysing the obstacles and levers to the development of more sustainable supplies for public school catering.
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29 April 2025

By: OPAALE

Claire joins Micro-COSMOS !

An agri-food engineer, graduated from ENSAIA in Nancy, Claire chose a specialty in R&D / food formulation. She has always enjoyed understanding the physicochemical transformations within food matrices and is interested in the functionality of ingredients in particular.
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29 April 2025

By: OPAALE

Two days at LEMPA to build on the baker's know-how for our future baking tests using bread powder

LEMPA is the French laboratory for baking tests, located in Rouen. The aim of these two days ? to better understand how the flour partially substituted with bread powder influences the breadmaking process and the qualities of the finished product.
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04 July 2025

By: OPAALE

microCOSMOS participates in the European Workshop for Young Cereal Scientists and Technologists, organised by the “Cereal and Europe” section of the “Cereal and Grains” Association.

The workshop takes place every year and was held from 26 to 28 May in Montpellier (co-organised by the joint research unit “IATE”).
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06 November 2025

By: OPAALE

microCOSMOS is being filmed for the Cité des Sciences in Paris, wow!

BLOB is the digital version of the Cité des Sciences in Villepinte, Paris.
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03 November 2025

By: OPAALE

Clara's pitch at the first workshop of the zero food waste network (REGAL) in Brittany: in the spirit of sharing ideas between grassroots initiatives...

REGAL aims at coordinating local actions of food waste reduction at the regional level. REGAL Brittany was launched in April 2025.