New Doctoral Network: Edible Soft Matter (ESM)

3D reconstruction of a flower-shaped liposome showing phase separated “petals” harboring coacervate “buds”. Copyright: The Authors. Published in Chen C. et. al, ACS Nano (2025) by the American Chemical Society. This publication is licensed under CC-BY 4.0 .
Programmable Compartmentalisation in Synthetic Cells
8th December 2025
Fig.1 Sketch of the damage mechanism. Copyright: Donghao Zhao. All right reserved.
Why We Can Cut Rubber Easier Than We Tear It
11th December 2025
3D reconstruction of a flower-shaped liposome showing phase separated “petals” harboring coacervate “buds”. Copyright: The Authors. Published in Chen C. et. al, ACS Nano (2025) by the American Chemical Society. This publication is licensed under CC-BY 4.0 .
Programmable Compartmentalisation in Synthetic Cells
8th December 2025
Fig.1 Sketch of the damage mechanism. Copyright: Donghao Zhao. All right reserved.
Why We Can Cut Rubber Easier Than We Tear It
11th December 2025
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The new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network – Edible Soft Matter is a highly interdisciplinary programme dedicated to tackling key challenges in food and environmental transitions. ESM aims to pave the way for improved formulation of innovative plant-based food products and to contribute to food systems that are fair, healthy, and environmentally sustainable. ESM’s societal impact is recognised at the European level through the Farm to Fork Strategy, a central pillar of the European Green Deal.

The network brings together 23 partners across 9 countries, forming a vibrant research community that applies food and soft-matter science to meet some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Several SoftComp groups are partners of ESM: CNRS Montpellier as coordinator of ESM, CNRS IMMM Le Mans, University of Edinburgh, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University of Lund and Wageningen University.

Explore the project at https://edible-soft-matter.eu/ and follow it on social media to stay up to date with the latest discoveries and developments from the network.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101034266. Logo Copyright 2025: Création site web by OWD – Ocen WebDesign | All rights reserved |Terms & conditions

 

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