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23. September 2022 - 13:43

Yesterday, September 22, the "Postdoc Day" took place at the IATA, a multidisciplinary conference to disseminate the activity of postdoc researchers from the Valencian Community. This event, organized by the IATA's Scientific Outreach and Equality Commission, is part of the International Postdoc Week (September 19 to 23). The Conference was opened by Jose F. Marcos (IATA director), Emilia Matallana Redondo (co-director of I2Sysbio) and Fernando Rey García (ITQ director) and closed by Juan...

15. September 2022 - 20:27

The Food Microbiology group of the Spanish Society of Microbiology has awarded the Awards for the Best Doctoral Thesis (2018-2021 period) that have been delivered at the XXII National Congress of Food Microbiology, held this week in Jaén. Among the award-winning theses are those of Marta Selma Royo and Irene Falcó Ferrando, carried out at IATA Marta Selma has received the 2020 Best Doctoral Thesis Award in Food Microbiology for her Doctoral Thesis entitled "Impact of perinatal factors on the...

31. August 2022 - 18:10

Our colleague Dr. Gloria Sánchez was interviewed yesterday on the TV channel À Punt's News program, in relation to the health alert issued by the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) due to the presence of Hepatitis A in frozen berries comingfrom Belgium. This fact is very unusual since the presence of the virus in frozen bags could only be due to some contamination at the time of collection or through contaminated water since the virus is transmitted by the fecal-oral route....

29. August 2022 - 2:00

On August 17, our colleague Francisco Piñaga Otamendi, retired Research Professor, passed away. Dr. Piñaga developed his research career at IATA where his work was initially focused on the field of food dehydration, later continuing with the study of fungal enzymes of interest in food technology. Dr. Piñaga also held various management positions in our center, being Secretary of the institute (1979-1983), Deputy Director (1993-1994) and Director (1994-1995). It was in the exercise of these last...

8. August 2022 - 17:17

The University of Valencia has awarded the two Outstanding Doctoral These Awards corresponding to the area of ​​Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology for the 2021-2022 academic year to two doctoral students from the IATA Group of Systems Biology in Yeasts of Biotechnological Interest, Lucía Ramos and Sara Muñiz. Lucía Ramos' thesis, Translational repression and novel functions of Cth2 in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae response to iron deficiency, was supervised by Sergi Puig and Mª Teresa...

4. August 2022 - 8:21

Our colleague Fidel Toldrá, Research Professor in the Biochemistry, Technology and Innovation of Meat and Meat Products group, has been chosen "Fellow" of the Division of Agriculture and Food Chemistry of the American Chemical Society-ACS in recognition of his contributions and achievements in the field of Food Science and Technology. Congratulations!

21. June 2022 - 7:54

A study coordinated by Ana Salvador and Teresa Sanz, researchers from the IATA's Physical and Sensory Properties of Foods Group, has achieved the total substitution of solid fats such as butter, margarine, palm fat and coconut fat, by oleogels, in the production of croissants and other bakery and confectionery foods. The structure and sensory properties of the product are very similar to those of conventional food, but with a healthy lipid profile. In the study, carried out within the framework...

17. June 2022 - 2:00

Last June 15 we received the visit of the students of the "Summer School on Fermented foods: quality, safety, and sustainability" (FerNuts 2022), of the University of Valencia. The Summer School, lasting five days, is part of the Short Term Mobilities (STM) of the FORTHEM Alliance, made up of 7 European universities. This program shows students the greatest advances in research in Fermented Foods developed at the University of Valencia from three main arteries: Food Technology, Toxicology and...

15. June 2022 - 2:00

The Cavawinner R&D project, in which the IATA group led by Dr. José Manuel Guillamón participated, has come to an end after four years of development. This initiative, which began with the aim of positioning Spanish cava against other international sparkling wines, has been based on the incorporation of new technologies into the traditional production system for this product, also with the aim of reducing production costs and improving the final quality. The results of Cavawinner will allow...

13. June 2022 - 2:00

The Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC) successfully hosted the 19th European Young Cereal Scientists and Technologists Workshop (19th EYCSTW) from June 5 to 8th 2022. This year event gathered 38 PhD students, Postdocs, master students and industry representers from more than 13 country. During the workshop, the young research scientists exchanged with their peers on the latest research in cereal and grains sciences. The workshop has a long history, and it is annually...