​​​​​​Unlocking Australian Botanicals Using Microbial Biofactories

Presenter/s

• Tristrom Winsley, Chief Scientific Officer at BiomeCentric

  Dr. Tristrom Winsley is Chief Scientific Officer at BiomeCentric, where he leads the translation of microbiome science into commercially scalable biotechnology. His work spans microbial ecology, genomics and bioprocessing, with a focus on developing bacterial extracellular vesicles (EVs) and microbiome-based active ingredients.

  Dr. Winsley completed his PhD in Biotechnology at the University of New South Wales in 2012. His research explored microbial ecology in extreme environments, working alongside the Australian Antarctic Division to investigate biodiversity, microbial ecotoxicology and polar soil bacteria. He also contributed to advances in microbial cell isolation and bioprospecting through flow cytometry.

  At BiomeCentric, he oversees the development and scale-up of biotechnology manufacturing, from next-generation sequencing (NGS) and microbiome-host analysis through to strain optimisation, biobank management, fermentation and downstream purification using technologies including tangential flow filtration (TFF) and chromatography.

  With more than 1,700 academic citations across microbial ecology, bioinformatics, ecotoxicology and bioengineering, Dr. Winsley combines scientific rigour with commercial insight to ensure BiomeCentric’s innovations are both scientifically robust and commercially relevant.

  

• Dr Paul Cornwell, IFSCC Treasurer

  Dr Paul Cornwell is Business Development Director at TRI Princeton, a leading cosmetic science research institute based in New Jersey, USA.  His role is to help grow TRI through bringing-in research funding and claims testing contracts.  Paul also sets-up and organises scientific courses and events for the institute, and manages the TRI website (https://www.triprinceton.org) and TRI Library (https://library.triprinceton.org).

  Paul has worked in the cosmetics industry since 1994, working in various leadership roles in Unilever and PZ Cussons.  He has many publications and patents in skin delivery systems and hair fibre science and has been involved in many successful product launches.

  Paul is based in the UK, but regularly travels around North America and Europe to visit clients and to participate in conferences and training events.  Paul is member of the Scientific Programme Committee at the UK Society of Cosmetic Scientists (SCS) and helps manage the SCS Annual Conference every year. He is a visiting lecturer for cosmetic science courses at Liverpool John Moores University, Sunderland University and The London College of Fashion.  Paul is the joint author of Evaluation and Statistics Units in the UK SCS Cosmetics Science Diploma course, where he also participates as an examiner. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Cosmetic Science.