Sustainable Active Ingredients

Produced by Biotechnology

April 4, 2023

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

For more infor mation, and to register for the event, visit the Events section of the NYSCC website (www.nyscc.org).

Cosmetic ingredients based on rare, exotic, or even endangered plant species are of big interest to the cosmetic industry for two reasons Firstly, scientists believe that plants or microorganisms capable of growing in extreme conditions contain molecules that also offer very special effects to the skin Secondly, marketing professionals like exotic plants as they can be used to create novel, appealing marketing stories for the consumers However, with the increasing demand for sustainable raw materials, the use of these rare and exotic plants is limited in the world of cosmetics To overcome this problem, the application of biotechnology to produce biomass of these special plants or microorganisms in a sustainable way is gaining a lot of interest from the sector. In our presentation, we will introduce a few exciting new technologies to generate biomass for active cosmetic ingredients sustainably

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n Featured Speaker – Fred Zuelli, Ph.D. (Mibelle Biochemistry)

Dr Fred Zuelli is the Business Development Director of Mibelle Biochemistry Switzerland, a business unit of Mibelle Group which develops and produces active ingredients for the personal care and food supplement industry He founded Mibelle Biochemistry 30 years ago and invented many patent-protected actives based on different technologies such as the plant stem cell technology (PhytoCellTec) He previously worked at the Nestle Research Centre in Switzerland His research focused on molecular biology and genetics of commercial baker’s yeast strains

Dr. Fred Zuelli studied Chemical Engineering at the Technical Engineering School of W interthur Switzerland and continued his studies at ETH in Zürich to study Molecular Biology and Biophysics In his Ph D thesis at ETH he investigated the ther mos-stability of bacterial enzymes Up until 2021, he was as Vice-President in the Swiss Society of Cosmetic Chemists and was responsible for the scientific program of the 2015 IFSCC Conference in Switzerland