SEPTEMBER 2009 - n°2

01/09/2009

In the 21st century, nutrition has become one of the biggest challenges for public health. In western countries, increasingly sedentary lifestyles, in conjunction with an abundant supply of food and, in many cases, dietary imbalances, are leading to new pathologies, including cancers, osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes and dyslipidemias (i.e. hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia), many of which play a signifi cant role in the emergence of cardiovascular diseases. By way of indication, two million French people are affected by type 2 diabetes and 20 million are overweight, with the highest concentration of these in the Nord-Pas de Calais region...

CONTENTS:

Europe

• The collective initiative "J'innove avec l'Europe": facilitating European partnerships
• 3D DUO: a beneficiary of the collective initiative

News

• The 1st innovation week: innovation on a grand scale
• Europen Researchers’ night: science for the general public
• The 7th Open Days event: bringing Europe closer
• IRCICA: uniting the most influential bodies in the region

Research

• MESHS: emergence and interdisciplinarity
• RER: ten years supporting researchers

Nutrition: innovating for our personel health… and the health of industry

• NSL competitiveness cluster: Nutrition, Health, Longevity
• The AQUIMER competitiveness cluster: developing fisheries co-products and tailoring them to the market
• The Agri-food centre of excellence: Helping New Projects Emerge
• European Genomic Institute for Diabetes: a new stakeholder in the field of health and nutrition
• Ingredia nutritional: ingredients promoting nutrition and health

Process of innovation

• REDUGAZ: a European cross-border environmental project
• "Innovation in the heart of europe" project: communicating for improved innovation

Innovative companies

• Dhimyotis: certified a public-interest company...
• Copalis sea solutions: adding value to fish co-products

Others fields

• The Nord-Pas de Calais image cluster: “Welcoming all types of cross-fertilisation”

International relations

• Designation of a regional centre of excellence for the mechanical industry
• ISEN selected by the US Navy
• Launch of the PRODOC project

Partnership offers & requests