A tomato-based synthetic biology production platform for high value compounds for cosmetics and skin care
Lead Research Organisation:
John Innes Centre
Department Name: Metabolic Biology
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Cathie Martin (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Fearnley Eleanor
(2019)
Identification of transcriptional regulators determining nutritional quality of tomato
Hawkins Erica
(2018)
Exploring plant stilbenes for healthy skin
| Description | Marketing plan and commercial opportunities |
| Exploitation Route | Business development and Follow on funding |
| Sectors | Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Description | Spin-out company, Persephone Bio Ltd formed |
| First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
| Sector | Chemicals,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Company Name | Persephone Bio Ltd |
| Description | Persephone Bio is a plant natural products company (Company Number 9128375) producing bioactive compounds for the cosmetics and skin therapeutics sector. It was spun-out by CM and Eugenio Butelli supported by their prize money for the BBSRC's most promising innovation of 2014. Its mission is to establish routes to market for non-food ingredients produced in tomato, in particular for cosmetics |
| Year Established | 2014 |
| Impact | Proprietary TomPro production system for making extracts from tomatoes without use of chemicals |
| Website | http://persephonebio.co.uk/ |
| Description | Chaired inaugural meeting of EPSO working group on Nutritional Security |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Chaired inaugural meeting of EPSO working group on Nutritional Security |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Enhancing Vitamin Content of Tomato Using Gene Editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of Case study on Gene Editing of Crops to members of the European Parliament |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | I was keynote speaker at the Hainan first National Meeting on specialised Metabolomics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | I was a keynote speaker at the Hainan Meeting on metabolomics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | KEC Science Innovation Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentations to visitors from local/national/ international companies showcasing the research done at JIC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Seminar: Enhancing Vitamin Content of Tomato Using Gene Editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Seminar to Masters students at Durham university on consumer traits developed using gene editing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Seminar: Enhancing Vitamin Content of Tomato Using Gene Editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at SOL Meeting Thessaloniki Greece |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Seminar: Enhancing Vitamin Content of Tomato Using Gene Editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | RSSV presentation as part of JIC Annual Science Meeting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Seminar: Enhancing Vitamin Content of Tomato Using Gene Editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Seminar at the German Botanical Society Meeting Bonn Germany |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Seminar: Enhancing Vitamin Content of Tomato Using Gene Editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote address International Congress of Nutrition, Tokyo, japan |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | University of Warwick Elizabeth Creek Invited Lecture: Enhancing vitamin content of tomato using gene editing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of Invited Elizabeth Creeke Lecture to comemorate Opening of Elizabeth Creek Crop Improvement Research Facility at the University of Warwick |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |