Posted on: 12/10/2021 The Biomarkers and Nutritional Metabolomics of Food Research Group of the University of Barcelona, the INSA-UB, the CIBER of Frailty and Aging (CIBERFES) and the Food Innovation Network (CHÍA), led by Professor Cristina Andrés-Lacueva, from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences of the UB, has been distinguished with the award for the best scientific article of 2020 granted by the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. ...

Posted on: 11/10/2021 As part of the events of Barcelona World Capital of Sustainable Food 2021, between October 8 and 9 took place the conference "Food and sustainability: a culinary, academic and social perspective", organized by the UB and the City Council of Santa Coloma de Gramenet. ...

Posted on: 28/07/2021 What is this project about? The FoSaMed project is an Erasmus+ project funded by the European Commission which aims to develop a joint Master’s Programme on Food Safety in Morocco. Running from January 2021 to January 2024, it brings together Moroccan HEIs promoting inclusive education through curriculum development and teacher education on food safety, namely Agronomic and Veterinary Institute Hassan II (IAV), National School of Agriculture (ENA), Ibn Tofail University (IBN) and Mohamed I University (UMP) that will receive the support of the project coordinator the University of Évora (UEVORA) together with the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Mediterranean Universities Union (UNIMED). Moroccan academics are trained on modern and innovative teaching methodologies in order to design a Master programme which 1) promotes the traditional Mediterranean diet 2) is associated to short food supply chains 3) promote an inclusive higher education by involving underprivileged groups, such as women, rural populations and refugees and giving them equal access to knowledge and opportunities. ...

Posted on: 23/07/2021 INSA and the Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Gastronomy of the University of Barcelona jointly organize the seminar "Valorization of agricultural waste, new approaches in traditional sectors", which will be presented by Dr. Marina Ramos, visiting professor at the University of Alicante. ...

Posted on: 28/06/2021 This Thursday, July 1, the 7th Annual Nutrition Omics Symposium: Advances, Applications, and Translations in Nutrition and Epidemiology will be held, organized by the Department of Nutrition of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University and co-chaired by Dr. Frank B. Hu (Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA), Dr. Miguel A. Martínez-González (University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain), and our director, Dr. Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós (INSA-Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain). You will find more information about this event in the following link: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutrition/omics-2021/ ...

Posted on: 17/06/2021 A study led by the CoronaMilk consortium with the participation of INSA researcher Francisco Pérez Cano, from the Autoimmunity and Tolerance (AiT) research group, confirms this. Dr. Pérez Cano's team analyzed the presence of antibodies against SARS-Cov-2 infection in 75 lactating women who had received different vaccines: 30 with Pfizer's complete vaccination, 21 with Moderna's complete regimen and 24 with AstraZeneca's first dose. The work showed the presence of specific antibodies (IgA and IgG) in all the samples analyzed, but the levels and types of antibodies varied according to the vaccine received, as well as whether the mothers had been previously infected. It should be noted that this is one of the first studies worldwide to compare the effects of three vaccines in breast milk. ...

Posted on: 14/06/2021 The INSA research group "Autoimmunity, Immunonutrition and Tolerance (AiT)" has been one of the 36 consortia/projects awarded this year by the Fundació La Marató de TV3. In this ambitious project, entitled "Impact of maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination on breast milk antibodies, milk bioactive compounds and maternal and infant health (MilkCORONA)", 3 centers will participate: Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology of Paterna CSIC (Dr. M. Carmen Collado Amores), Universitat de Barcelona, INSA, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences (Dr. Francisco José Pérez Cano) and Fundación Privada Instituto para la Investigación y la Docencia San Juan de Dios (Dr. Carles Lerín Martínez). ...

Posted on: 11/06/2021 Dr. Maria Izquierdo, professor of the Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Gastronomy and head of the research group INSA Precision Nutrition and Behavior, has been admitted as Corresponding Academician to the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Catalonia. The ceremony was held on June 9 at the former Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, headquarters of this institution. The ceremony was presided over by Her Excellency Dr. Montserrat Rivero Urgell and Dr. Izquierdo read her speech: "May you sleep well, eat well, be well". ...

Posted on: 13/05/2021 Next Thursday, May 20, from 15:00 h in the Sala Les Voltes of the Food Campus of Torribera, will be held the III INSA-UB UB-Danone Chair Workshop, which this year will focus on "Healthy and Sustainable Food". The Workshop will feature two round tables with presentations of great interest, such as sustainability of animal and plant production, organic versus non-organic products, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and healthy and sustainable food, the role of cities in sustainable food, among many others. The event will be in person with limited capacity and will be broadcast in streaming to all those who are previously registered. ...

Posted on: 11/05/2021 Dr. M. Carmen Vidal, director of the Torribera Food Campus, professor of the Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Gastronomy of the University of Barcelona and INSA researcher of the research group "Bioactive amines and polyamines in food", was renewed as President of the scientific committee of the Catalan Food Safety Agency (ACSA). ...