National Institute R&D for Biological Sciences

R&D Institution

www.incdsb.ro/Bucharest, Romania

About

INCDSB's mission is excellence in life sciences research, assumed through the process of integrating inter-disciplinary institutional research on the three main directions - biomedicine/health, agriculture, nutrition and food safety, respectively environment and biodiversity - and ensuring cross-disciplinarity by the four complementary areas (bioanalysis, bioinformatics, applied biotechnologies and research in extreme environments).

Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors

2 Improving ecodesign of products and development of testing methods for products prioritised under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation8 Bioprospecting and optimized production of the terrestrial natural products: new opportunities for bio-based sectors14 Bioprospecting and optimised production of marine/aquatic natural products in the omics & artificial intelligence era

Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption

5 Developing innovative phytosanitary measures for plant health - focus on systems approach for pest risk management9 Strengthening the EU crop breeding research and innovation ecosystem for competitive, resilient, and sustainable agriculture12 Nutrition and Mental Health13 Raising citizen awareness on alternative proteins derived from biotechnology17 Nutrition in emergency situations - Ready to-use Supplementary Food (RUSF) and Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food20 Making food systems more resilient to food safety risks through the deployment of technological solutions

Representatives

Iulia Oprita

Senior Researcher

National Institute R&D for Biological Sciences