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Are you a high school student? Come meet CSIC experts at Europe Day 2026

The CSIC centers located on the Cantoblanco campus (Madrid) are celebrating Europe Day 2026, observed on May 9, with a series of three workshops designed to introduce high school students to the field of research and the research vocation. The event will take place at the Eugenio Trías Public Library (Madrid) on May 6, 7, Are you a high school student? Come meet CSIC experts at Europe Day 2026

Insects and microalgae: functional foods with potential in diabetes prevention

The DiBaN project (Linking Intestinal Bacteria and Host Metabolism to Tackle Type 2 Diabetes with Novel Food) explores the development of new functional foods based on insects enriched with microalgae, with the potential to promote metabolic health and contribute to the prevention of type 2 diabetes.fondo marino https://ccmar.ualg.pt/en/news/insects-and-microalgae-functional-foods-potential-diabetes-prevention

EIC Pathfinder Challenger Portfolio Precision Nutrition meeting

On 19 February, IMDEA hosted the EIC Pathfinder Challenger Portfolio Precision Nutrition meeting, which brought together projects in the field: BUGS4URATE, FIBRE-MATCH, GLUCOTYPES, INTERACTHoMIG, NutriEV, NUTRIMMUNE, Mentoring for Health and, of course, DiBaN. On the first day, the progress of all the projects was presented. DiBaN was explained by María Monsalve, arousing the interest of EIC Pathfinder Challenger Portfolio Precision Nutrition meeting

PRECISION NUTRITION PORFOLIO MEETING

On 19 and 20 February, the Precision Nutrition Portfolio Meeting will be held at IMDEA (Madrid Institutes for Advanced Studies). All DiBaN groups will be represented to promote collaboration between porfolio projects. https://nutrition.imdea.org/  

Angela M. Valverde participated in the joint scientific meeting CIBERDEM-CIBEREHD

Angela participated with the plenary lecture “Inter-organ Crosstalk in the Treatment of Metabolic Diseases” (Seville, Spain, 27 th november, 2025)

The INGREEN Team from the UAM participated in the First 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀, that took place in Tarragona (Spain) the last  25-26 of November, 2025

The UAM members shared the latest advances in insects for food by presenting three oral communications, and a Keynote by Diana Martín on “Insect-Based Bioconversion: Innovative Pathways for Health, Nutrition and Sustainability” 

Angela M. Valverde in the SEEDO 2025 Annual congres of the Spanish Society of Obesity

Angela participated in the round table discussion on “Metabolic dysfunction associated steatolic liver disease (MASLD): new evidences, expectations and challenges” which was held in Toledo (21-22 november 2025)

The INGREEN Team from the UAM participated in the 34th International Conference of the Functional Food Center, that took place in Madrid (Spain) the last  24-26 of September, 2025

T​he 34th International Conference of the Functional Food Center took place at CIAL (Food Science Research Center), on the latest scientific discoveries, technologies, and methodologies for creating new ingredients and foods. The team presented the DiBaN project as the poster “Development of ingredients from edible insects to address type 2 diabetes: DiBaN Project” and also was The INGREEN Team from the UAM participated in the 34th International Conference of the Functional Food Center, that took place in Madrid (Spain) the last  24-26 of September, 2025

María Monsalve at Cosce 2025

María Monsalve attended the Cosce 2025 Conference, where ethical dilemmas were raised regarding the application of new technologies (AI) in research. https://cosce.org/jornada-de-sociedades-2025-ciencia-y-tecnologia-dilemas-eticos/

Angela M. Valverde and Pilar Valdecantos participated in the EASD 2025

Angela M. Valverde and Pilar Valdecantos, researchers from IIB-CSIC, have attended the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes in Vienna (15-19th September, 2025) in which presented two short oral communications entitled: “A novel tetra-agonist peptide targeting GLP-1, GIP, amylin and calcitonin receptors with superior weight loss effects vs tirzepatide while preserving Angela M. Valverde and Pilar Valdecantos participated in the EASD 2025

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