b'Collaborative Industry WebinarsOPEN INNOVATIONUTILISING METAGENOMICS IN EARLY TOConnecting academic and industry partners to pairLATE-STAGE R&Dproblem with solution and opportunity with need, hasUtilising Metagenomics in Early to Late-Stage R&D with been one of the most valued parts of what we canJennifer Mackay and Dana Walsh of CosmosID took place offer our partners. The NBIC Marketplace Portal is ourin February 2022. This webinar was the first in a series collaborative online platform for sharing research,of talks which featured speakers from across industry funding, and innovation opportunities between NBICsand academia aimed primarily at PhD and postdoctoral industry and research partners. Our webinar in Octoberresearchers in our network, interested in learning more 2021 with Innoget, focused on the benefits of openabout metagenomics workflows, the challenges involved innovation, whilst highlighting the portals key features.and the things that need to be controlled to provide a quality outcome. For the first part of the webinar Jennifer, looked at metagenomics workflows and provided an introduction to CosmosID. In the second part of the webinar, Dana presented data showcasing analysis techniques for microbiome research. PERSONAL CARE SERIES Our third joint webinar with Cosmetics Cluster UK (CCUK) in October 2021, on the topic of Womens Health and Feminine Care, brought together both academic and industry expertise and took a broad approach to research and development in skin and vaginal health through life stages, with a particular focus on non-invasive sampling methods and pre-clinical models, whilst looking at the latest research and innovation. We jointly hosted a fourth webinar in March 2022 and brought together academic and industry expertise to focus on personal care innovation in the area of infant and baby care with a focus on the skin microbiome. The webinar took a broader approach to encompass all possible R&D developments in gentle formulations and mildness testing, sustainable ingredient trends and baby skin and microbiome biology, and also covered innovation, regulatory aspects, brand perspectives and consumer attitudes.34'