NutriLecturas scientific dissemination project is launched
The Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) has included, among the funded scientific dissemination projects in its last call, “NutriLecturas: promoting open reading clubs on scientific books in research centres”, coordinated by Dr. Jara Pérez, from ICTAN. This project, … Read more
H2020, V-Place Project
The European project “The V-Place – Enabling consumer choice in Vegan or Vegetarian food products”, financed by EIT-Food in which 6 institutions from 5 European countries have participated (Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland) being CSIC the Spanish partner. As part of … Read more
Celebration of the International Course AECID-CSIC on nutritional labelling
During March 1st-12th the online International Course “Food nutritional labelling. Towards an efficient combination of scientific evidence, food safety and consumer information” has been developed. This course, foreseen for March 2020 and delayed due to the sanitary situation, has been … Read more
ICTAN researcher among the authors of the most cited article in the most prestigious journal of Nutrition
Begoña Olmedilla-Alonso, from the Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, are among the authors of the article “A global perspective on carotenoids: metabolism, biotechnology and benefits for nutrition and health” published in Progress in Lipid Research. This magazine, with an impact … Read more
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