CHIC vs. Covid-19

CHIC vs. Covid-19

NEWS | Chic > CHIC vs. Covid-19 In CHIC we join the fight against coronavirus and want to research whether compounds from the root of chicory can be developed into drugs against the virus. IDConsortium We are looking for research partners to test this activity. If...
Commercial exploitation of chicory as a multipurpose crop

Commercial exploitation of chicory as a multipurpose crop

NEWS | Chic > Commercial exploitation of chicory as a multipurpose crop The aim of WP8 is to collect and analyse the information gathered from other WPs and finally to develop two strong business cases for NPBT chicory, where the other one is related to dietary...
Implementation of NPBT in chicory for bioactive terpenes

Implementation of NPBT in chicory for bioactive terpenes

NEWS | Chic > Implementation of NPBT in chicory for bioactive terpenes Root chicory is grown for inulin, but it also produces a number of compounds in its latex. These compounds belong to the class of terpenes and the most abundant of these are sesquiterpene...
Technical- and risk- and regulatory assessment of NPBTs

Technical- and risk- and regulatory assessment of NPBTs

NEWS | Chic > Technical -and risk- and regulatory assessment of NPBTs In CHIC project, NPBTs are applied to improve industrial chicory for better inulin and production of health-related terpenes. As part of CHIC, different NPBT approaches to edit chicory genomes...