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 Cecilia Fiorentini to A&R House
Secondment of Cecilia Fiorentini from Universita' Cattolica Sacro Cuore (Italy) to A&R House (UK) (4th October-6th November 2018) Thanks to the Fodiac project I could spend a month abroad in a [...]
Secondment of Paula Jauregui to SONAE
Secondment of Paula Jauregui from University of Reading (UK) to SONAE (PT) (4th-12th September 2018) Dr Paula Jauregi (PJ) visited Sonae (Tiago Costa Oliveira) where she gave a [...]
Secondment of Jose Oruna-Concha to EVRA
Secondment of Dr M.Jose Oruna-Concha from Reading University (UK) to EVRA (Italy) (9th-16th September 2018) Being part of the FODIAC consortium has given me the opportunity to [...]
Secondment of Gokhan Durmaz to Casa Emma
Secondment of Gokhan Durmaz from University of Reading (UK) to Casa Emma (IT) (1st-30th September 2018) Dr. Gokhan Durmaz visited Azienda Agricola Casa Emma (Casa Emma) with the aim [...]
Secondment of Juscelino Tovar to DomusVi
Secondment of Juscelino Tovar from Lund University (SE) to DomusVi . Geriatros S.A. (ES) (10th -20th September 2018) The aim of this first part of the secondment [...]
Secondment of Ana Vilas Boas to Casa Emma
Secondment of Ana Vilas Boas from Universidade Catolica Portoguesa (PT) to Casa Emma (IT) (17th July-6th August and 24th August – 2th October 2018) Welcome to Casa Emma-Winery Tuscany. An [...]
Secondment of Teresa Bonifácio to A&R House A Portuguese perspective to an English reality “My time in Bleadon”
Secondment of Teresa Bonifácio from Universidade Catolica Portoguesa (PT) to A&R House (UK) (7th June – 6th August 2018) My two-months of secondment were spent in Bleadon, a little [...]
FODIAC at the 7th Brazilian Biotech Congress and 2nd Biotech Ibero-American Congress
The 7th Brazilian Biotech Congress and 2nd Biotech Ibero-American Congress took place from November 18th to 21st in Brasilia, Brazil. The four-day conference has been an excellent opportunity to gather experts, exchange [...]
FODIAC project as a case study at the 5th Global Nanotechnology Congress and Expo
The 5th Global Nanotechnology Congress and Expo is taking place on the 3-5 December in Valencia, Spain. It is a symposium of keynote presentations, Oral talks, Poster presentations, hosting leading scientists from academia [...]
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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
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