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Volunteers for nutrition study

We are looking for volunteers for a study on the health effects of compounds present in foods of vegetal origin. – Volunteers should be aged 40-70 and exhibit overweight or obesity (BMI, 26-40 kg/m2) – They must have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, being under treatment with metformin. – They cannot suffer cardiovascular diseases […]

Potential effects of dietary polyphenols on sleep modulation

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The journal Sleep Medicine Reviews has published a review article, with Dr. Jara Pérez-Jiménez from ICTAN as first author, which summarizes for the first time, current knowledge on the potential of dietary polyphenols to modulate sleep. The author team evaluated data derived from observational studies, experiments in animal models and clinical trials in different populations […]


Paper Invitation: NUTRIENTS, special Issue “Carotenoid Biomarkers of Dietary Exposure and Nutritional Status”

Cartel de Carotenoid biomarkers of dietary exposure and nutritional status

As the Guest Editor of Special Issue below, I would like to invite you to collaborate as a contributor author in Special Issue of the journal Nutrients entitled “Carotenoid Biomarkers of Dietary Exposure and Nutritional Status”. The newly Impact Factor (IF) for Nutrients increased from 5.717 to 6.706 (Journal Citation Report, 2021 Edition). Nutrients now […]


ICTAN participates in the FERMENTATION 2022 International Congress

PIMENTO is the COST ACTION “Promoting Innovation of fermented foods” (2021-2025) with the participation of ICTAN members. PIMENTO CA20128 at a glance in the International Conference Fermentation 2022: Science met the culinary arts in Chicago at the first in-person conference of The Fermentation Association (TFA). Participation of over 200 food and beverage professionals from 15 […]


Miguel Hernández University summer course

Presentación curso UMH 2022

The summer course “Current challenges in agriculture and biotechnology for food production” will be held in Orihuela (Alicante), from June 27th to July 1st. The course is framed within Miguel Hérnández University summer activities and it is supported by the Spanish Researcher Association. Its aims are, among others, to show the main chalenges food production […]


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 this project, dissemination articles, blog entries, qualitative and quantitative surveys, presentations for congresses and a […]