Q. Would you introduce yourself?I was born in Hamburg and studied chemistry in Aachen from 1983 to 1989. Following a brief period of research in the USA in 1990 I gained my doctorate with magna cum laude at a research institute affiliated to the Technical College of Aachen, one of eleven German Univ

There is a supporter behind the growth of K-beauty. It is a human-applied testing agency that has verified the safety and validity of cosmetics. These institutions contributed greatly to increasing consumer confidence of 'K-Beauty'. They are working hard to further enhance the clinical evaluation te

Recently, one of the most important issues related to the environment is the ‘packaging’. Albéa, the No.1 packaging company all over the world, has set up various business models in good time. Although it is pandemic, they are still working on it. We had a written interview about their strategies fo

Yeon, Joo-heon, CEO of Well-Aging Exobio, received a degree from KAIST in △ Bioscience Department, Master of Science (2002.8-2004.8) △ KAIST in Bio and Brain Engineering, and a Ph.D. (2004.9-2010.2). △ Department of Mechanical and Aviation Engineering at Seoul National University (2011.6-2010.3) △ U

Park, Chang Seo (CTO, LCS Biotech) Types and functions of skin barrier ceramideCeramide is a major compositional lipid that accounts for more than 40–50% of the lipids of the skin barrier, and its importance is further emphasized as the main cause of the decrease in ceramide content in various skin

Competitiveness of Jeju Cosmetic Ingredient IndustryHeritage in Jeju Island is a unique cultural and biological resource diversity. UNESCO also designated Jeju Island as the World Biosphere Reserve (2002), World Natural Heritage (2007), World Geopark (2010) and the Seven Natural Views (2011).Accordi

COVID-19 has frozen the exhibition industry. Still, spring will come. Some events have held exhibitions online, and offline exhibitions are increasing little by little. "K-Beauty Expo Korea," which KINTEX hosted for the 12th time this year, has also been turned online. It was the first time. This ex

Marking its 12th anniversary this year, "K-BEAUTY EXPO KOREA" first presented a beauty conference. KINTEX, which organizes this exhibition, collaborated with The K-Beauty Science. This paper participated as a media and strategic partner in this exhibition.This year, it opened online following the sp

Jejuindi Co., Ltd., a Korean cosmetics company, announced a plan to settle down to promoting product development and export. Jejuindi was selected as a participant in the Jeju Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) pilot project of Jeju Free International City Development Center (JDC). By actively

Introduction and Experimental BackgroundHouttuynia cordata is a perennial herb native to China, Japan, and South Korea. It is 25–30 cm tall, its stems are thin and reddish violet, its leaves are heart-shaped and its tips are pointed, and its juices smell very similar to 'fishy smell' in its leaves a

Jung, SungwonDirector of Bio Business Department Research Center, ActivOn CorpJung Sung-won, head of the institute, majored in biology and microbiology at Korea University, and served as senior researcher at Amorepacific, senior researcher at CJ Life Chemistry, chief researcher at Elid, KNY Cosmetic

Prof. Park, ByungchulDankook University Medical School Dermatology ClassIntroductionThe 1997 film "GATTACA" analyzes every gene with a drop of blood in the near future, predicting a person's likelihood of developing diseases and mortality(Figure 1).Will this world ever come? There are many things th

Senior researcher Yu Su-ji majored in biotechnology during her undergraduate years and mainly studied membrane protein in graduate school. She earned her master's degree in cell focused research, such as identifying by which mechanism the protein complex in the endometrium of mitochondria recognizes

I often attend academic conferences on alternative methods for animal testing in foreign countries regarding the safety assessment of cosmetics. When I attended the academic conference of the First Asian Society of Animal Experimental Replacement Law held in Japan a few years ago, there was one of t

The K-Beauty Sciences will cooperate as a “Strategic Partner" at the 12th K-Beauty Expo Korea (Korea Beauty Fair) hosted by Kintex and KOTRA. The K-Beauty Science is in charge of key contents such as conferences, exhibitions, and events. We look forward to your interest.

The "2020 Seminar on New Technologies and Materials," which was scheduled to be held by The K-Beauty Science as a side event of Intercham Korea at COEX in Seoul on September 25, 2020 (Friday), has been postponed in line with the government's quarantine measures strengthened by the re-proliferation o

The K-beauty Science (CEO Park Jae-hong), the best platform for strengthening K-beauty R&D competitiveness, met with the Korea Dermatological Science Corporation (Director Hwang Jae-sung) at the office of the business group in Osan, Gyeonggi-do on September 3, 2020.At this meeting, the two sides sig

[The K-Beauty Science] The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said it will actively utilize "Brand K" during national events and promote small and medium-sized companies' overseas expansion by supporting non-face-to-face exports.The Ministry of SMEs and Startups made the announcement on October 6th about

[The K-Beauty Science] GFC Life Sciences (CEO Kang Hee-chul), which has focused on bio-materials (cosmetic materials), has finally passed a quality fact-finding mission from global cosmetics brand Estee Lauder for its bio-material plant (Anseong). Through this, the company expected full-scale sales

[The K-Beauty Science] Kolmar Korea, a global cosmetics R&D manufacturing company, received vegan certification for 10 basic cosmetics items last year, and recently completed certification for 10 colored cosmetics items.Kolmar Korea's vegan-certified items include 10 major makeup cosmetics such as c