The 26th of October 2017, took place the third meeting of the Operative Group on "Beef quality markers and identification of preparations". In this Group, led by ANICE, in which five research centers participate: VISAVET, ASINCAR, UPM (Polytechnic University of Madrid), AINIA Technological Center and IATA-CSIC (Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology) with the representation of Fidel Toldrá, and the associated companies: Embutidos Bernal, FACCSA-Prolongo, EMCESA, INCARLOPSA and...
3. November 2017 - 12:27
31. October 2017 - 12:44
Dr. Yolanda Sanz, from the IATA's Microbial Ecology, Nutrition and Health Group, has participated as a speaker at the Microbiome Forum of the Innovative Medicines Initiative of the European Commission (IMI Stakeholder Forum 2017) that took place on October 19, 2017 in Brussels. The title of her talk was "Regulatory challenges in the drug-food continuum" The microbiome has come under the spotlight in recent years for its potential to be a turning point in medical research. The challenges it...
27. October 2017 - 13:04
The “Red Team” of Spanish science chose the thirteen best scientists of 2017. Among them is María Carmen Collado, an IATA researcher. The annual election of this team is an initiative of the QUO magazine and the CSIC with the aim of vindicating the importance of science and giving it greater social relevance, just as it is done with sports. Dr. M. Carmen Collado now directs a research project on the development and application of new dietary strategies to reduce the risk of certain diseases by...
23. October 2017 - 2:00
The Second National Congress of the Spanish Association of Sensory Analysis Professionals (AEPAS) was held on 18, 19 and 20 October in the Polytechnic City of Innovation, Valencia. The organizers of the event have been the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA), the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) and AEPAS. The organizing committee has been supported by Susana Fiszman and Amparo Tárrega, two IATA researchers, along with Purificación García, a researcher at the UPV. The...
19. October 2017 - 2:00
On Wednesday, October 18, Dr. Mª Carmen Collado, an IATA researcher, offered the Gregorio Marañón Inaugural Conference of the 59th Congress of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition, entitled "Microbiota and Maternal-Fetal Metabolic Health". At this conference, Dr. Collado presented the current knowledge on the development of the intestinal microbiota before birth and the influence of the intestinal microbiota of the mother on both the health of the mother and the future health of...
10. October 2017 - 15:06
Amparo Querol, a researcher in the Food Biotechnology Department at IATA, tells us in an interview with Bioval how they work in the field of biotechnology to improve food products and to create new ones. Consumer trends are constantly being renewed, and thus, this research process never ceases. At the same time, healthy issues are also in fashion and we try to respond to different situations, such as cholesterol, hypertension, etc., with the variety of different products present on the market...
5. October 2017 - 2:00
On October 3, 2017, the "Conference of Opportunities for Innovation in the Agro-Food Field with the help of biotechnology", organized by ASEBIO, was held at IATA. During the morning we could enjoy different presentations on innovation in food as well as in agriculture. In addition, the companies that participated had the opportunity to make several personalized meetings in order to facilitate interactions between them and the research groups. The promoter of the event was ASEBIO along with the...
4. October 2017 - 2:00
The IATA researcher Dr. Remedios Melero, has participated at the "Round table on Open Science Initiatives", in the Open Science Colloquium, held at the Scientific Park of the University of Valencia. At this colloquium, Liz Allen, Director of Strategic Initiatives at F1000 (a provider of biomedical research services); and Michele Garfinkel (responsible for EMBO's scientific policy program, European Molecular Biology Organization) analyzed the changes undergone by scientific policy and...
7. September 2017 - 9:27
Project AROMAGENESIS aims to train the next generation of researchers in the biochemistry and genetics of flavour production in yeasts used in wine and beer fermentations, to generate new strains of yeasts with improved or more varied flavour profiles and to develop novel approaches to expanding flavour profiles through co-fermentation of different yeast and/or bacterial species. The network will provide a comprehensive education in yeast genetics, synthetic biology, flavour chemistry and...
5. September 2017 - 14:30
Under the motto "The multidisciplinary science of Rheology. Towards a healthy and sustainable development", the 6th International Congress of Rheology IBEREO 2017 will be held in Valencia from 6th to 8th September. During the meeting, the most recent trends in rheology will be addressed, with a special emphasis on industrial applications. An important consideration will be given to health and sustainable development, as main drivers in nowadays product development. Recent developments in...