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Our webinars educate professionals and uncover interesting technologies or standards in the field.

Biosafe hosts monthly webinars on the regulatory, safety or scientific issues surrounding microbial products used in food and feed.
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Tailormade microbiological analyses — when your strain won’t dance according to standards
In the webinar, we will go over these topics and scenarios:
- What if the strain doesn't grow in standard conditions in antimicrobial susceptibility tests?
- Analysis of probiotic strains from in vivo coccidiostat compatibility samples.
- Presence or absence of antimicrobial production in special cases.
Jouni Heikkinen, PhD, Key Account Manager, Biosafe
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Tailormade microbiological analyses — when your strain won’t dance according to standards

Recent updates in WGS analysis of microorganisms in the EU
Webinar recording topics:
- Jenny will discuss the new EFSA BIOHAZ Panel draft guidance on QPS qualification and acquired and intrinsic antimicrobial resistance genes. She will also discuss our latest experience on transparency regulation and briefly discuss the recent taxonomic updates of some commonly used production organisms.
Jenny Makkonen, Project Manager, PhD of Biosafe
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Recent updates in WGS analysis of microorganisms in the EU

Registering a microbial product as a food or feed — which one should you go with?
Webinar recording topics:
- Biosafe is often asked what would be the best way to go to market with your microbial procuct. In this webinar we will browse through different options as food and animal feed in the EU and main differences between them. Special focus is on microbial biomasses.
Pauliina Halimaa, CEO of Biosafe
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Registering a microbial product as a food or feed — which one should you go with?

Cellular agriculture provides diverse opportunities for future food production
Webinar recording topics:
- This presentation will open up how biotechnology can be used for food production. The different elements of cellular agriculture will be defined, including microbial and algal biomass, cultivated meat and plant cell cultures, as well as precision fermentation to produce proteins, lipids and other food ingredients. The opportunities and barriers of cellular agriculture are discussed as part of the presentation.
Emilia Nordlund, Research manager at VTT Ltd, Industrial biotechnology and Food
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Update your knowledge — Cellular agriculture provides diverse opportunities for future food production

Novel Foods: novel or not, that's the question
Webinar recording topics:
- Novel Foods: novel or not, that's the question
Atte von Wright, Biosafe
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Update your knowledge — Novel Foods: novel or not, that's the question

Practical guidance to the Transparency Regulation
Webinar recording topics:
- Practical guidance to the Transparency Regulation
Ruud Bremmers, Regal B.V.
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Update your knowledge: Practical guidance to the Transparency Regulation

Analysing the genome sequences of obscure microbial species
Webinar recording topics:
- What are the challenges if the species is poorly known or even completely new? What is the bare minimum to conclude an organism is safe?
Bioinformaticians Lars Granlund and Daniel Blande give practical examples of different microorganisms that have undergone bioinformatic safety assessment according to EFSA guidelines.
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Update your knowledge: Analysing the genome sequences of obscure microbial species

Weird food from microbes – How does the EU authorise novel foods?
Webinar recording topics:
- How do you get EU authorisation for novel foods produced from microorganisms?
Pauliina Halimaa, CEO of Biosafe.
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What is required of a microbial product in Europe as opposed to the US? Comparing the FDA and EFSA.
Webinar recording topics:
- What is required of a microbial product in Europe as opposed to the US?
Pauliina Halimaa of Biosafe will take a closer look at the main differences between European and American food safety regulations and how the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) determines the safety of food ingredients and additives as opposed to the FDA.
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Update your knowledge: What is required of a microbial product in Europe as opposed to the US? Comparing the FDA and EFSA.

Analysing intestinal health of chickens
Webinar recording topics:
- Analysing intestinal health of chickens
Suvi Vartiainen, a Senior Researcher at Alimetrics. Suvi will tell about her custom-made research designs for clients developing biochemical and gene expression assays for analysing intestinal health.
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Update your knowledge: Analysing intestinal health of chickens

EFSA's latest Scientific Guidance for the submission of dossiers on Food Enzymes
Webinar recording topics:
- EFSA's latest Scientific Guidance for the submission of dossiers on Food Enzymes
Managing director Pauliina Halimaa and Professor Sirpa Kärenlampi from Biosafe will delve into the latest guidance's fine print and what its implications actually are.
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Update your knowledge: EFSA's latest Scientific Guidance for the submission of dossiers on Food Enzymes

Biopreservation:
The forgotten role of food cultures
Webinar recording topic:
- Biopreservation: The forgotten role of food cultures
François Bourdichon, Food Safety Microbiologist, Department for Sustainable food process, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
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Half a year of Transparency Regulation — How has it affected business?
Webinar recording topic:
- Half a year of Transparency Regulation – How has it affected business?
Ruud Bremmers, Regal BV
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Authorisation of viable microorganisms in the food chain in the EU
Webinar recording topic:
- Authorisation of viable microorganisms in the food chain in the EU
Dr. Pauliina Halimaa, Biosafe
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Microbiome research and WGS analysis of secondary metabolites
Webinar recording topics:
- Developing Global Standards for Microbiome Research
Dr. Chrysi Sergaki, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control - Current WGS requirements and analysis of the production of harmful metabolites by microorganisms
Dr. Jenny Makkonen and Prof. Sirpa Kärenlampi, Biosafe
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Antimicrobial resistance
Webinar recording topics:
- Title: Challenges in determination of antimicrobial resistance for species used in food or feed
Dr. Yvonne Agersø, Principal research scientist at Chr Hansen A/S, affiliated professor in antimicrobial resistance at Copenhagen University - Guidance on the approval and low-risk criteria linked to antimicrobial resistance, applicable to microorganisms used for plant protection
Dr. Pauliina Halimaa, Biosafe
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Update your knowledge on antimicrobial resistance

Transparency Regulation and In vitro efficacy studies
Webinar recording topics:
- Transparency Regulation & the registration of microbial products in the EU — what you need to know
Dr. Eliana Henriquez-Rodriguez, Pen&Tec - In vitro efficacy studies
Dr. Jouni Heikkinen
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Interview: Lauri Reuter, one of the founders of Nordic FoodTech Venture Capital
(Recorded on 22.3.2022)
In our interview we touched on many topics starting from the history of growing food. Lauri had a fresh perspective on food innovations from GMOs to the types of products we will be able to buy in grocery stores in 2040.
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Lauri Reuter, one of the founders of Nordic FoodTech Venture Capital

Interview: The CTO of Solar Foods, Juha-Pekka Pitkänen
(Recorded on 30.6.2021)
Dr. Juha-Pekka Pitkänen is the CTO and co-founder of Solar Foods, a company that makes "food out of thin air". The man who considers himself “more of an academic plumber than a scientist”, he is the mind behind a revolutionary bioprocess that makes a microorganism-based protein called Solein using air and electricity as its feed. Taking research from the lab to the market has been a feature of JP's career. We discussed about launching a novel food, the future of food tech and JP's story.