On the 1st September, I left Italy with destination to England, for the city of Reading in Berkshire, where I had the chance to spend a month to the Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences of the University of Reading. Initially, when this experience was offered to me, I was [...]
A new horizon on the way I had the opportunity to experience this secondment in Valencia in BIOINICIA company for two months. First, I was curious about the city and the company and very enthusiastic about this opportunity to expand my horizons. This allowed me to have [...]
Valencia: a beautiful and enjoyable city to learn, have fun and to eat On the 27th of February, I left Portugal with destination to Spain, for the city of Valencia, where I spent two remarkable months. I was very excited about this experience of living in a new country, [...]
I Visited SONAE offices with Gustavo Alves Silva where he introduced me to the team and gave me an overview of the business and research activities by SONAE. We discuss the food residues generated by SONAE and which ones could become a source of polyphenols for the FODIAC project; establishing the use [...]
When I was invited to participate they explained me the secondment possibilities included in the "FODIAC" project, I was immediately enthusiastic and at the same time nervous because it was a new work experience in a industry. By the end of 2018, I left Braga (Portugal) and moved to [...]
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 real company (A&RHouse, Bleadon Village, UK) that produces ingredients with high added value from food by-products. This is a subject that I dealt [...]
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 presentation on the research activities of UOR related to the Fodiac project and her secondment. Tiago gave an overview on the business and [...]
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 travel to Lauria, a town of the province of Potenza, in Basilicata, southern Italy, situated near the borders of Calabria. The most important [...]
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 of witnessing the production of wine and seeing the wastes produced during this process in place. A meeting was organized with Dr. Alessandro [...]
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 was to know the facilities and working protocols of the nursing homes run by DomusVi (trademark of Geriatros S.A.), which will host WP4 [...]
