Diagnostic Technology Calls

Strategic Allies Ltd. posted this Technology Call

Seeking Scientific support with expertise in organic and inorganic chemistry We are working with a consumer product company that is seeking scientific support services to assist in understanding of the chemistry of the materials it considers using in its products/consumables and how they may react under the influence of heat or other interactions. The client therefore requires proven competent scientific support with expertise in organic and inorganic chemistry to supply desk based activity on an ad hoc basis. These scientific support services include being able to review chemistry covering material form and potential interactions between materials or other elements such as liquids, function and reactivity, from available literature and also from first principles. Examples could include: • Organic chemistry: The breakdown of flavour ingredients from thermal interactions, UV exposure or when mixed with solvents or in a matrix of compounds. • Organic chemistry: The stability of flavour ingredients • Inorganic chemistry: The interaction of acids and metals, in liquid and aerosol, especially in terms of galvanic cell reactions • Materials science: The absorption properties of materials and specific interactions with target compounds • Investigating target compounds and potential routes to formation and reactions

Strategic Allies Ltd. posted this Technology Call

Seeking technologies, products and services to provide hair-derived health knowledge Our client is an established manufacturer of consumer-focused health and personal care products, enabling users of all ages to improve their health and appearance directly. Consumers are increasingly seeking to understand if their lifestyle choices are having a positive (or negative) effect on their health. Therefore, the client is looking for ways to support this need, allowing the consumer to measure, track and most importantly, understand their underlying health. This capability needs to be based on established (scientific) knowledge; thus ensuring the consumer receives relevant and actionable health-related metrics and insights. The client is continually seeking to enhance the functionality of current products, and launch new products or services to provide consumers with a broader choice of tools to maximise their health ensuring that accurate information is at the core of their decisions. Whilst the use of blood, urine and saliva testing is well known, hair analysis is a less recognised technique, despite it being less invasive and providing valuable insights into dietary and lifestyle influences.