SafeWax

🌱 Protecting crops the bioinspired way!
SafeWax develops sustainable wax coatings that provide:
✅Efficient antifungal activity
🛡️Passive physical barrier
💦 Facile spray application
🪷Unique bioinspired technology 👉 Learn more: safe-wax.eu #SafeWax #CropProtection #Sustainability

🌎SafeWax Featured in @foodandwine magazine! @SafeWax has crossed the Atlantic, reaching a broad U.S. audience and bringing sustainable agricultural innovation from the lab into the mainstream food conversation. We are pleased to share that SafeWax, our bioinspired crop protection technology developed under the @EUeic Pathfinder project, has been featured in @foodandwine magazine. We invite you to read the full feature and learn more about how SafeWax coating can contribute to more sustainable agriculture: 🔗 foodandwine.com/safewax-crop-p… @foodandwine is a leading U.S. platform covering culinary innovation, wine culture, and global food trends, reaching an estimated 7-8 million readers per issue and millions of monthly online visitors. This expanded transatlantic exposure highlights the growing global relevance of sustainable, bioinspired approaches to food preservation and agricultural resilience. We sincerely thank the editors of @foodandwine for their interest in SafeWax and for highlighting sustainable innovation in agriculture to such a broad and diverse readership. #SafeWax #SustainableAgriculture #HorizonEurope #CropProtection #Innovation #FoodTech #GreenDeal #Viticulture #Sustainability

🌱 A spray-on, biodegradable wax inspired by nature could cut pesticide use by 50%+ and protect crops from disease, heat & UV — without harming photosynthesis. SafeWax from @Technion is a win for farmers & the planet. 🌍 technion.ac.il/en/blog/articl…

🙏Thank you @TechnionLive for highlighting @SafeWax progress

🌍 SafeWax in the spotlight! Our bio-inspired, biodegradable wax coating for sustainable crop protection was featured in Israel Hayom. 🌱 Read about our vision for reducing chemical pesticide use 👇 israelhayom.co.il/tech/research/… @pokroy_lab @TechnionLive

Congrats Niv and @pokroy_lab 👏

🏅 Congratulations to Niv Ben Arie, PhD student at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, on receiving the Israel Vacuum Society Poster Award at the IVS Annual Conference. 🌿 His award-winning poster, presented as part of #SafeWax, highlights bioinspired fatty acid–based coatings for sustainable, climate-resilient crop protection. #SafeWax #SustainableAgriculture #BioinspiredMaterials #PhDResearch

🇪🇺 visit at the @TechnionLive A delegation of EU Science & Technology Attachés explored how 🇪🇺 research funding drives innovation. Our coordinator Prof. Boaz Pokroy @pokroy_lab presented #SafeWax, a #HorizonEurope success story advancing sustainable crop protection. 📸 With Mr. Gediminas Ramanauskas from the @EUinIsrael Delegation. 
#Horizon2020 #EUResearch #EuroTech #Sustainability

We’re proud of Niv Ben Arie, PhD student at the Department of Materials Science @TechnionLive and #SafeWax researcher, who presented his work “Development and Characterization of Sustainable, Bioinspired Fatty Acid-Based Coatings for Multi-Functional Crop Protection” at the RBNI Scholarships & Prizes for Excellence in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology event. 👏 His research advances SafeWax’s goal of creating sustainable, multifunctional coatings for crop protection. #HorizonEU #Sustainability

@pokroy_lab @Niv61352352 @TechnionLive Congratulations @Niv61352352 and team for this achievement

Congratulations on receiving a prestigious RBNI scholarship go to.....our PhD students Niv Ben Arie, presenting @SafeWax research, and Johanna Sklar with her work on mantic crystals! Proud of you! #youngreserchers#science#technion

Proud of our young undergraduate researchers for their contributions to advancing @SafeWax. 🥉3rd place award in the Final Year Project Poster Session of the spring semester! Well done @Niv61352352 ! #Science#YoungResearchers#Mentorship#Intel

🌍 Today we celebrate #WorldFoodDay!
At #SafeWax, we’re developing bio-inspired, biodegradable coatings that protect crops from fungal pathogens ⬇️reducing pesticides use and supporting a safer, more sustainable food future. 🌱 #FoodSecurity #SustainableAgriculture #EUHorizon

🛡️ SafeWax = protection: 🌹In rose petal tests, coated samples showed much smaller fungal lesions after Botrytis cinerea infection compared to controls. #PlantHealth #SustainableAgriculture #EUHorizon #SafeWax

🌱 @SafeWax latest publication in @WileyGlobal Small: SafeWax – a bio-inspired multifunctional coating for sustainable crop protection 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/smll.2… A quick look at how SafeWax works and why it matters 👇

🪷Plants defend themselves with waxy, superhydrophobic cuticles. ✨ SafeWax mimics this natural defense: ✅Spray-on, biodegradable coating ✅Prevents fungal spores from attaching & germinating ✅Adds self-cleaning and water-repelling functions #BioInspired #AgTech #CropProtection #SafeWax

Thrilled to share, the @SafeWax concept, born from a decade of research, is now published in Small @WileyGlobal ! 🌿💧 A fatty acid-based coating for sustainable crop protection. Rejected once. Funded later @EUeic . Worth it. 💪 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sm…

🌱🍇 Congratulations to Alice Brannetti (@Unibo ) for winning the Young Researchers in Training award at the XXX SIPaV-Italian Society of Plant Pathology Conference in Catania! 🎉 Alice presented SafeWax in a 3-min flash talk:
“Sustainable Control of Plasmopara viticola in Grapevines via a Bioinspired Passive Coating Strategy” #SafeWax #HorizonEurope #PlantPathology #SustainableAgriculture #Bioinspired #AgriInnovation #PlantHealth #FoodSecurity #WomenInScience #EUResearch

📸 Scenes from Day 2 of the SafeWax Annual Meeting: real-time field trials, fruitful discussions, and shared visions for sustainable crop protection. At the @Unibo experimental farm in Cadriano, the consortium observed a live field trial 🚜, demonstrating application of #SafeWax formulations on 🍇 vines, an opportunity to see the project in action and discuss challenges and next steps directly on site. The day continued with a Roundtable on “Sustainable strategies for disease management in viticulture under climate change pressure,” fostering a dynamic exchange between project partners and local stakeholders. Three months later, the insights from these activities are already shaping our research progress, helping us move closer to innovative and sustainable solutions. 🌱 #SafeWax #HorizonEurope #SustainableAgriculture #Innovation