FODIAC: Food for Diabetes and Cognition
WHAT IS FODIAC?
The purpose of FODIAC is the development of an integrative dietary solution to tackle type 2 diabetes and mitigate the cognitive dysfunction among the elderly population by developing a functional food. FODIAC further aims to enhance the quality of Research & Innovation in Europe, promoting international, intersectoral cooperation among all stakeholders along the Food Value Chain (network of stakeholders involved in growing, processing, and selling the food that consumers eat).
This is achieved through an advanced international and intersectoral cooperation between 7 academic and 8 non-academic partners. For this purpose, FODIAC assembles a European multi/interdisciplinary consortium, composed of partners in 5 countries that provide expertise in:
Extraction and purification of bioactive molecules
Nanotechnology
Nano/micro-encapsulation
Toxicology
Nutrition
Biomarkers
Clinical trial management
We are involve in research to improve people’s life
WHO WE ARE?
FODIAC assembles a European multi/interdisciplinary consortium, composed of partners in 5 countries that provide expertise in: extraction and purification of bioactive molecules, nanotechnology, nano/micro-encapsulation, toxicology, nutrition, biomarkers and clinical trial management.
The overall R&I objective of FODIAC is to develop an integrative dietary solution to tackle diabetes and the associated impairment of the cognitive function among the elderly by the development of bioactive ingredients, and functional foods and diets.
This is achieved through an advanced international, intersectoral, cooperation between 7 academic and 8 non-academic partners.
FODIAC builds on BiValBi FP7-IRSES results, a successful project where the team was already responsible for gaining knowledge in the recovery of bioactive compounds from food wastes, and the encapsulation of those compounds for food applications. FODIAC will go further, by focusing on understand how dietary intervention strategies using an appropriate combination of foods containing functional ingredients (polyphenols) with proven bioactivity can be used to reduce Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and mitigate the decay of cognitive function among the elderly.
The actions of individual partners, academic and industrial across the whole food value chain, using Exchange of Staff as a tool to capitalize on complementary competences.
We are an advanced international and intersectoral consortium composed by individual partners, academic and industrial (7 academic and 8 non-academic partner) focused on understand how dietary intervention strategies using an appropriate combination of foods containing functional ingredients (polyphenols) with proven bioactivity can be used to reduce Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and mitigate the decay of cognitive function among the elderly.
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Secondment of Ana Machado Silva from SONAE to CSISC
Secondment of Ana Machado Silva from SONAE to CSISC btw 16-09-2019, 19-02-2023 and 27-09-2019, 12-03-2023 As part of the FODIAC project, I was privileged to visit and work at [...]
Secondment of Daniela Correia from MC Sonae to the University of Reading
As part of the FODIAC project, I was seconded to the scientific partner, the University of Reading (UK), during July 2022 and a quick visit in February 2023. [...]
Secondment of Ana Rita Lima from MC Sonae to the University of Reading
As part of the FODIAC project, I was seconded to the scientific partner of the University of Reading (UK), during July 2022. During the secondment, I had [...]
Secondment of Ana Sofia Sousa from Universidade Católica Portuguesa (PT) to BIOINICIA S.L. (ES) From September 21st – December 21st, 2022
Welcome to BIOINICIA and the city of Valencia In September 2022, I started my secondment at BIOINICIA in Valencia, Spain. Even before starting this adventure, I was very excited [...]
Secondment of Ana Vilas Boas Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Portugal) to BIOINICIA S.L. (Spain) from 21st September to 21st December
WELCOME to Valencia! My three-month secondment gave me the unique and fantastic opportunity to have an international experience in a company - Bioinicia S.L. and live in Valencia-Spain. During [...]
Secondment (second part) of Juscelino Tovar from Lund University (Sweden) to DomusVi (Geriatros SAU, Spain)
As part of the FOCIAC project, I completed the second part of my secondment to DomusVi-Geriatros (Spain) in February-March 2023 During my visit, I was hosted by the Innovation [...]
Secondment of Marco Panzanini from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza (IT) to Decorgel (PT)
Secondment of Marco Panzanini from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza (IT) to Decorgel (PT) (3rd of July-31st July and 15th September - 15th December 2022). It was [...]
Secondment of Paula Fajardo from ANFACO-CECOPESCA to A&R House BCL (BEN)
As part of the FODIAC project, I was seconded to the industrial partner ALISTAIR HOUSE (based in Bristol, UK) in July-August 2022. During my secondment, [...]
Secondment of Rahul Kumar from University of Reading to Decorgel
As part of the FODIAC project, I was seconded to the industrial partner DECORGEL (based in Portugal) in July-August 2022. Decorgel and its Premises [...]
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We work as a multi/interdisciplinary consortium with specific objectives, generating knowledge, skills, and technology to the industrial sector
AMPARO VERDÚ
BIOINICIA
MANUELA PINTADO
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
PAULA FAJARDO
ANFACO
MARIA JOSÉ CHAPELA
ANFACO
HIPÓLITO MONTEJANO
BIOINICIA
JOSE MANUEL VALLE
BIOINICIA
PAULA CABANES
BIOINICIA
DÉBORA CAMPOS
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
NUNO AFONSO
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
ANA SAMPAIO
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
MARIA HELENA BRISSOS FERREIRA
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
ANTONIO NUNES
PAULO MARGARIDO
MADDALENA BAITIERI
ROB GLENN
JOSE MARIA LAGARON CABELLO
CSIC
GUILLERMO SANJUANBENITO GARCIA
CSIC
DOMENICO GORGOGLIONE
EVRA
ALESSANDRO BUCALOSSI
CASA EMMA
OUR PARTNERS
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