CAFA-BEIJING proposes an innovative synthetic biology solution in the medical aesthetic skincare field, advocating for healthy, convenient, efficient, and daily skincare and aesthetic practices. Join us in exploring how to design the future starting today.
Learn more about ChronokollaMy name is Lucy. As a senior designer, my life has been shattered into fragments by endless deadlines. Each morning begins with a cup of black coffee to power through my fatigue, while the blue glow of the screen has become my most loyal companion. When the office falls silent late at night, leaving only me and the endless revisions, milk tea and desserts are my only comfort.
This lifestyle has wreaked havoc on my skin: long hours of sitting made me overweight while leaving my face loose and sagging. Even worse, the sleepless nights caused dark spots to spread across my cheeks like spilled ink, and every glance in the mirror felt suffocating.
I turned to medical beauty treatments, but ironically, they drained nearly all of my income while offering results far too infrequent. At the same time, they squeezed my already limited work hours even tighter.
Just when I was on the verge of giving up, a chance encounter introduced me to this project. The most remarkable part is that its solution doesn’t require me to change my lifestyle, nor does it demand excessive time devoted to maintaining my skin.
Last week, I made a point of visiting the renowned Collagen Art Exhibition. Standing before the light-and-shadow installations simulating protein folding, I suddenly realized: true anti-aging is not about resisting time, but about using technology to reprogram the algorithm of life.
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An innovative multifunctional collagen peptide solution that combines both anti-aging and anti-darkening effects.
A unique fusion peptide design that integrates a melanin-inhibiting segment with a growth factor-mimicking segment, delivering both whitening and anti-aging effects.
Using the E. coli BL21 expression system with optimized cultivation processes, production costs are significantly reduced while yield is greatly increased.
An innovative micrometer-scale microneedle delivery system that ensures active ingredients reach the dermis directly, enhancing absorption efficiency.
How ChronoKolla Redefines the Standard for Collagen Peptides
A single solution that fulfills two needs: inhibiting melanin production and promoting collagen generation.
Single plasmid, single engineered culture product.
The two needs of "melanin inhibition" and "anti-aging" are addressed by separate product categories, and simultaneous use may lead to ingredient incompatibility.
Production costs are high, as different components require extraction through distinct chemical and biological methods.
Active ingredients are delivered directly to the dermis with high absorption efficiency.
Precise control over facial areas requiring aesthetic treatments enables accurate improvement of localized concerns.
Easy to operate, ready-to-use upon application, and relatively gentle.
Although topical products are convenient to use, their results are not significant.
Although oral products are safe and effective, they are absorbed systemically.
Although aesthetic medical procedures deliver noticeable results, they are difficult to perform, time-consuming, labor-intensive, costly, and carry risks of skin damage.
Crafting Experiences: The public participates in generating the exhibition through bodily data, transforming abstract concepts into embodied perception and sparking proactive reflection.
Provoking Inquiry: Technology becomes an invisible perceptual interface, constructing a cyclical experience connecting body, data, and imagery that points directly to philosophical foundations.
Integrating Sensations: We realize cross-sensory embodied experiences where data transforms into tangible light and shadow, exploring the poetic paradigm of "the body as interface."
Unidirectional knowledge transmission leaves the public as passive recipients, creating a sense of distance.
There is a persistent reliance on static displays of technological spectacles or biological materials, framing the relationship as one of "viewing versus being viewed."
Data is mapped into on-screen graphics, separating visual from tactile experience and merely serving cognition.
ChronoKolla’s Tailored Solutions for Four Core Consumer Groups
From a molecular structure perspective, the absorption of collagen peptides follows two pathways—the amino acid pathway (which aids in synthesizing proteins required by the human body) and the peptide pathway (where short peptide fragments such as dipeptides and tripeptides are absorbed). The smallest unit of protein is amino acids, which form peptide chains through various combinations, and these peptide chains then constitute proteins. As a type of protein, collagen also follows this principle. Thus, not all collagen peptides are broken down into amino acids before being reassembled.
In terms of application scenarios, besides oral collagen peptide products, topical collagen peptides are divided into collagen peptide dressings and collagen peptide microneedles. Through microneedles, collagen peptides can penetrate the stratum corneum and reach the dermis layer. Collagen peptide dressings have also been proven to have a certain degree of absorption effect. The general public lacks an in-depth understanding of collagen peptides and has limited channels to learn about their fundamental principles. Therefore, in addition to the main research and development planning of the project, we have also organized popular science lectures and installation exhibitions to address this.
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