Innovation Hub for Improving Health and Nutrition through Biofortification (HERB Hub)

通过生物强化改善健康和营养的创新中心（HERB 中心）

• 批准号: BB/X010864/1
• 负责人: Martin Warren
• 金额: $ 47.76万
• 依托单位: Quadram Institute
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=BB%2FX010864%2F1
• 关键词: Innovation; Hub; Improving; Health; Nutrition; Innovation; Hub; Improving; Health; Nutrition

The UK has a strong commitment to food, health and nutrition. This is particularly the case in the field of biofortification where food manufacturers are increasingly encouraged to produce foods that are healthy and safe for their customers. There are a range of ways in which nutrition can be improved and these include a combination of traditional and novel approaches to improving nutrient quality, e.g. plant breeding, vertical farming, gene editing and fermentation. Developments in biofortification must align with government regulations on the safety of new foods. It is therefore essential to take advantage of the wide range of expertise within the UK on techniques used to improve food quality across industry and academia and link it with knowledge of food structure and interests in health and nutrition. To be effective this must be set in the context of new food preferences of consumers, and emerging preferences for sustainable diets. As a network for scientific innovation and collaborative research the Hub for Improving Health and Nutrition through Biofortification will address these complex challenges through its community of representatives from the food industry, government and non- government agencies, alongside health and nutrition professionals and scientists. To establish this functional community, the Hub will progress stepwise. Initially, by taking views from a diverse range of leaders with impact in biofortification, the Hub will identify the landscape of existing food networks, industry, academia, government and non-government agencies, and health and nutrition professionals. By encouraging membership from this landscape, which encompasses a critical mass of experts that span multiple disciplines, we will be able to expand the Biofortification Hub and thereby generate a diverse but inclusive collaborative innovation and knowledge exchange community. By utilising the expertise from thought leaders and harnessing the experience and perspectives of the community, the Hub will identify existing and new biofortification and nutrition research challenges that can be translated to the commercial sector. The willingness of both academia and industry to collaborate is evident by the large number of letters of support that were received within the short preparation period of this application.The Hub will harness the interdisciplinary talents of the community to drive collaborative projects. The projects will be developed through scoping workshops and community meetings, that help refine some of the key challenges within the biofortification discipline. Collaborative teams will be able to pursue these research priorities with programmes funded by Business Interaction Vouchers, Feasibility Awards, and Flexible Mobility Awards. The latter will allow for industry placements and talent development, under a 'culture of innovation' to draw upon the insights, data, and technologies from across the Hub members' organisations.The Hub will thus enhance the health, nutrition and biofortification community by developing research with direct application to the food industry, generating food with greater nutrient density with clear benefits for health and well-being. Academics will learn the drivers for industry and successful transition of ideas, industry will gain access to recent developments in academic research, and policy makers will be able to interact with both communities in terms of understanding the advantages and potential disadvantages of such approaches. Collectively, through the collaborative efforts of its members the Hub will develop the biofortification field in the UK, helping support many of the new emerging innovative food-based SMEs. The Hub will be highly visible and have an active social media presence to support Hub engagement with policy makers and other funders. Hub research and training outcomes will also be shared more broadly and publicly to further support the health impact of biofortification.

英国对食品，健康和营养有着坚定的承诺。在生物风化领域尤其如此，越来越多地鼓励食品制造商生产对客户健康且安全的食物。可以改善营养的多种方法，其中包括传统和新颖的方法来改善营养品质，例如植物育种，垂直农业，基因编辑和发酵。生物强化的发展必须与有关新食品安全的政府法规保持一致。因此，至关重要的是，要利用英国在英国的广泛专业知识，用于改善行业和学术界的食品质量，并将其与对健康和营养的粮食结构和兴趣联系起来。为了有效，必须在消费者的新食品偏好以及新兴饮食偏好的背景下设定这一点。作为科学创新和协作研究网络，通过生物风化改善健康和营养的枢纽将通过其食品行业，政府和非政府机构的代表社区以及健康和营养专业人士以及科学家以及健康的挑战来解决这些复杂的挑战。为了建立这个功能社区，枢纽将逐步发展。最初，通过从各种有影响力的领导者那里发表意见，枢纽将确定现有食品网络，工业，学术界，政府和非政府机构以及健康和营养专业人士的景观。通过鼓励这种景观的成员资格，该景观涵盖了跨越多个学科的批判专家，我们将能够扩展生物装修中心，从而产生一个多样化但包容的协作创新和知识交流社区。通过利用思想领导者的专业知识并利用社区的经验和观点，该枢纽将确定可转化为商业部门的现有和新的生物强化和营养研究挑战。在本申请的短暂准备期内收到的大量支持信可以明显看出学术界和行业合作的意愿。该枢纽将利用社区的跨学科才能推动协作项目。这些项目将通过范围的研讨会和社区会议开发，这有助于完善生物实践学科中的一些关键挑战。协作团队将能够通过由业务互动凭证，可行性奖励和灵活的移动性奖励的计划来攻击这些研究优先事项。后者将允许在“创新文化”下进行行业安置和人才发展，以利用整个HUB成员组织中的洞察力，数据和技术。因此，枢纽将通过直接应用于食品行业的直接应用，以更大的营养密度为健康和健康和良好的养分而生成食品，从而增强健康，营养和生物风化社区。学术界将学习工业驱动因素的驱动因素，并成功地过渡思想，行业将访问学术研究的最新发展，而决策者将能够在理解此类方法的优势和潜在缺点方面与这两个社区互动。总体而言，通过其成员的合作努力，枢纽将在英国开发生物实践化领域，从而帮助支持许多新的新兴食品基于食品的中小企业。该枢纽将是高度可见的，并具有积极的社交媒体形象，以支持与决策者和其他资助者进行中心的参与。枢纽研究和培训成果也将更广泛，公开分享，以进一步支持生物强化的健康影响。