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 Lorenzo Pastrana from INL to DomusVi
As part of the FODIAC project, I had a good time at DomusVi Headquarters and Residences. This secondment was an immersive experience in a field a priori estrange for [...]
Secondment of Lorenzo Pastrana from INL to BIOINICIA
As part of the FODIAC project, I had a perfect time in Bioinicia, understanding how to scale up the encapsulation of bioactive by using electrodynamic processing. Thanks to this [...]
Secondment of Roberto González Novas from DomusVi (Geriatros SAU-Spain) to INL (Portugal)
As part of the FOCIAC project, I started my secondment in November 2022 at the Food Processing and Nutrition Group at the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), located in [...]
Secondment of Mercedes Alonso from Anfaco to Sonae
Secondment of Mercedes Alonso from Anfaco to Sonae from 06/02/2023 to 05/03/2023 As part of the FODIAC project, I was seconded to the industrial partner SONAE (based in Matosinhos, [...]
Secondment of Antonio Miguel Azevedo from Decorgel to Anfaco
Secondment of Antonio Miguel Azevedo from Decorgel to Anfaco from 06/02/2023 to 06/03/023 As part of the FODIAC project, I had the opportunity to be with ANFACO (@Vigo, Spain) [...]
Secondment of Dr M.Jose Oruna-Concha from Reading University (UK) to EVRA (Italy)
Secondment of Dr M.Jose Oruna-Concha from Reading University (UK) to EVRA (Italy) (Feb-Mar 2023) - Part 2 Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the second part of my secondment to EVRA [...]
Secondment of Roberto González Novas from DomusVi (Geriatros SAU-Spain) to Lund University (Sweden)
Secondment of Roberto González Novas from DomusVi (Geriatros SAU-Spain) to Lund University (Sweden) As part of the FOCIAC project, I was seconded to Lund University (Sweden) in February-March 2023 [...]
Alistair House from A&r House Ltd to CSIC
Alistair House from A&r House Ltd to CSIC btw 26/10/2022-02/12/2022 and 13/03/2023-30/03/2023 Alistair House from A&R House (BCL) Ltd, UK, was seconded to CSIC, Spain, to investigate the optimisation [...]
Alistair House from A&r House Ltd to Universidade do Minho
Alistair House from A&r House Ltd to Universidade do Minho completing between 11/10/2022-25/10/2022; the secondment started 05/03/2019-19/03/2019 Alistair House from A&R House (BCL) Ltd, UK, was seconded to UMMINHO, [...]
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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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