We are excited to announce our third keynote speaker for the 12th TRI International Conference on Applied Hair Science! Gabriela Daniels will give a presentation titled ‘Human hair diversity: Integrating science and consumer realities’. Our Conference will take place on Tuesday 2nd to Thursday 4th June 2026, at the Oyster Point Hotel, Red Bank, New Jersey.

After a brief introduction to the molecular structure of the hair fiber, including how the adjacent peptide chains with hair structure interact with each other, Larry gave an overview of vibrational spectroscopic techniques, including when to use IR or Raman to probe samples and a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of each, with examples.

We are excited to announce our second keynote speaker for the 12th TRI International Conference on Applied Hair Science. Bernd Noecker, Director of Basic Research & Technology Development at KAO Germany will give a presentation titled ‘The molecular structure of Keratin Intermediate Filaments and its impact on Hookean and Yield regions of the stress-strain curve’. Our Conference will take place on Tuesday 2nd to Thursday 4th June 2026, at the Oyster Point Hotel, Red Bank, New

The TRI talks are 60-minute on-line seminars on a wide range of topics designed to both inform and inspire new ways of thinking.  The fourth talk in the series is by Dr. Ernesta Malinauskyte, Director of Hair Research at TRI, and will give insights into the hidden world of hair and scalp lipids.  

2025 was a busy one for the TRI team, with members attending several conferences worldwide, including NYSCC Suppliers Day in New York, Hair’S 2025 in Augsberg and IFSCC Cannes. We also hosted our annual TRI Talks, the 2025 Hair Course and our inaugural Fatigue Symposium and set-up the TRI Academy.

FIRST KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED: DR DUANE HARLAND, FROM THE BIOECONOMY SCIENCE INSTITUTE, NEW ZEALAND We are excited to announce our first keynote speaker for the 12 th TRI International Conference on Applied Hair Science. Dr Duane Harland, from The Bioeconomy Science Institute, New Zealand. Duane will give a presentation titled ‘Growing style – the origin of hair shape and strength’. Our Conference will take place on Tuesday 2nd to Thursday 4th June 2025, at the Oyster Point

The annual TRI ‘Principles of Skin Measurements & Claims Course’ was, once again, a great success. Over 127 delegates attended, with a good mix of online and in-person attendees from a range of companies. As always, those who were from member companies were offered free places as part of their membership benefits. Engagement was excellent with many questions, igniting debate and conversation. 

The TRI Talks are 60-minute on-line seminars on a wide range of topics designed to both inform and to inspire new ways of thinking.  This new Series will include five talks from experts at TRI and will run from November 2025 to February 2026.  The Series kicks off with a presentation on Wednesday 19th November (1pm Eastern Time) from Murielle Mason (Senior Research Associate) titled ‘Pin Straight to Ringlet Coil and Every Frizz In Between'

Single fiber fatigue testing often yields substantially larger differences between samples, in terms of breakage tendences, than those obtained by traditional tensile testing. It also highlights the sizable contribution of previously unrecognized factors and considerations to the breakage process, which can be used to derive potential new strategies for breakage avoidance.

The Principles of Skin Measurement Science & Claims course at TRI is designed for anyone involved in the development of new skin care products.  The intensive two-day programme is designed for anyone who needs to build their knowledge rapidly in the measurement techniques used in the development of new skin products and to support skin claims.

The TRI ‘Fundamentals of Hair Science & Hair Claims Course 2025’, took place on May 13th and 14th, 2025. The hybrid event attracted 130 attendees, most of whom attended on-line, and 20 of whom attended both days in person.

Hair fatigue testing has rapidly grown, from a niche topic, into a mainstream technique for hair claims testing. With this fast rise in popularity has come a demand for better, consumer validated protocols, and a need to understand, more fully, what the data are telling us about hair breakage.

Registrations will soon close for the popular TRI ‘Fundamentals of Hair Science & Hair Claims Course 2025’, which will take place on...

The ‘ Symposium on the Fatigue Testing of Hair ’ will take place on Thursday 15th May .  Today we are pleased to announce that Dr Nawel...

Dr Lynsey McColl, Managing Director of Select Statistics (UK) will be speaking about Survival Analysis with Applications in Fatigue Testing.

The TRI ‘ Fundamentals of Hair Science & Hair Claims Course 2025 ’ will take place on May 13-14; Immediately ahead of the ‘ Symposium on...

More speakers have been announced for the ‘Symposium on the Fatigue Testing of Hair’, which takes place on Thursday 15th May.

Here are some dates for your calendars for the start of this year. Dates of forthcoming events can also be found in our website.

TRADING TEXTURES WITH FLAT IRONING: A CASE OF THE ERODING CORTEX WITH THE PERMANENT CHANGE IN CURL TYPE In the last of the four talks...

Ayin will present a talk titled ‘Trading Textures with Flat Ironing: A Case of the Eroding Cortex with the Permanent Change in Curl Type’.