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Registration opened for AECID-CSIC course on nutritional labelling in Montevideo

The training centre of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID) in Montevideo will celebrate, from March 17th to 20th, the International Course “Nutritional labelling: towards an efficient combination of scientific evidence, food safety and consumer information”. This course is organized by CSIC and is coordinated by the ICTAN researcher Dr. Jara Pérez-Jiménez. […]

ICTAN researcher’s talk at the National Royal Academy of Medicine

Since 2018, the Teófilo Hernando Foundation, in collaboration with the National Royal Academy of Medicine, organizes the Young Researchers “Teófilo Hernando” Forum, with the aim that remarked young researchers show their most relevant studies. The speaker of the sixth session of this cycle will be Dr. Jara Pérez-Jiménez, researcher at the Department of Metabolism of […]

Mercedes Careche WEFTA Award winner 2019

Mercedes Careche, Research Professor at ICTAN, leader of the group Quality and Safety of Fish and Aquaculture Products, QUALIFISH, has won the Scientific Award from the West European Fish Technologists Association (WEFTA). An annual award is given to a WEFTA scientist who has contributed significantly and outstanding to the fields of seafood processing, seafood product […]

Seminars “Presentación del Centro de Innovación Gastronómica de la Comunidad de Madrid. El garbanzo, de la cuchara a la gastrociencia. Propuestas culinarias innovadoras”.

Date: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 at 12 am Place: Lecture Hall of the Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN) Titles: “Presentación del Centro de Innovación Gastronómica de la Comunidad de Madrid. El garbanzo, de la cuchara a la gastrociencia. Propuestas culinarias innovadoras”. Speakers: Dra. Almudena Lázaro Lázaro, Dr. Daniel Martínez Maqueda Contact:

Invitation to submit special issue NUTRIENTS – Vitamin A: dietary intake and bioavailability

NUTRIENTS (IF: 4.171)-Special issue. Vitamin A: Dietary Intake and Bioavailability of Provitamin A Carotenoids and Retinol in Human Health. Guest Editor: Dr. B. Olmedilla-Alonso, Dr. E. Rodríguez Rodríguez. Special Issue Information: Vitamin A is an essential nutrient obtained through diet, either as retinol from animal products or as provitamin A carotenoids, although mainly from plant […]

Second National Meeting on Carotenoids

An updated program of the Second National Meeting on Carotenoids, which will be held in Granada on November 7th and 8th, 2019, is already available (https://cared.cragenomica.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Programa.pdf). You can find it on the event website (rnc2.cragenomica.es). You can also register and send communications on the website. Join us!. More news about this event and other information […]

Seminars “Botana de alto valor nutricional/antioxidante a base de maíz y frijol común, producida por un proceso de extrusión optimizado”

Date: Friday, June 28, 2019 at 12 am Place: Lecture Hall of the Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN) Titles: “Botana de alto valor nutricional/antioxidante a base de maíz y frijol común, producida por un proceso de extrusión optimizado”. Speakers: Jennifer Vianey Felix Medina Contact: