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