The Operational Group BIODIF: biofunctionalization of national strategic crops to improve their competitiveness in the market will participate in the upcoming General Assembly presenting the new interdisciplinary thematic platform AGRO4FOOD, which will take place on June 19, 2025, starting at 11:00 AM in the ICTAN-CSIC Auditorium (C/ José Antonio Novais 6, Madrid), with the possibility of remote connection for those attendees who request it.
During the day, the GO BIODIF will participate in the block dedicated to presenting the different innovative projects involving the participation of the PTI AGRO4FOOD. Specifically, the different consortium members will present the objectives and activities of this project which aims at biofunctionalization with essential micro/macroelements of three national strategic crops used as food matrices (tomato, corn, and olive) for the production of table olives and oil through the application of nanotechnology (nanofertilizers).
Program
11:00 AM Welcome
- Juana Frías. Director of ICTAN
11:10 AM AGRO4FOOD Who are we?
- Rosana Malvar. Research Professor. Biological Mission Galicia (MBG-CSIC)
11:25 a.m. Working Groups
- Luis Guash. Director of the Center for Phytogenetic Resources (CRF)
11:40 a.m. How to participate?
- Yeray Ramos. Scientific Strategy Manager. CSIC
11:45 a.m. Collaborating with other PTIs and Connections
- PTI Food Allergy. Daniel Lozano. Coordinator PTI Food Allergy
12:00 p.m. BIODIF OPERATING GROUP
- Project presentation. Antonio del Saz. Cellbitec Foundation
- Identification of healthy compounds. Graciela P Blanch. ICTAN-CSIC
- Nanofertilizers. José M. Jiménez. NANOINTEC
- Crops:
- Maize. Pedro Revilla. MBG-CSIC
- Tomato. Clara Pons. IBMCP (UPV-CSIC)
- Olive. Juan de Dios Alché. EEZ-CSIC
- Economic and sensitivity analysis of producers/cooperatives and implications for management. Paula Sánchez. UPA
- Dissemination. Alejandro Suárez. BIOVEGEN
12:45 p.m. Other AGRO4FOOD projects
2:00 p.m. Lunch
3:00 p.m. Visit to ICTAN-CSIC
4:00 p.m. Conclusions and closing of the AGRO4FOOD Assembly
4:05 p.m. Internal meeting members GO BIODIF
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