La Mer has inked a first-of-its-kind partnership.

The luxury skin care brand has partnered with The Salk Institute in San Diego on a three-year fellowship. Called the La Mer Healthy Aging Fellowship, the postdoctoral research program will focus on cell mitochondria and aging, and has been awarded to Ankita Chadda.

It is the first partnership of its nature between The Salk Institute and a beauty brand, La Mer said in a statement. The insights uncovered through the research may be parlayed into future innovation from the brand, but the rationale behind the partnership was manifold.

“What’s important for us is to deepen our knowledge and understand what we can do differently within the world of beauty and skin care,” said Sandra Main , La Mer’s global brand president. “From a consumer-fa

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