Thesis Master

As a Marie Curie Ambassador, the principal investigator of a Marie Curie project must promote the research field to students of universities. Mentoring students pursuing a Master´s degree is the perfect match to accomplish this exciting goal.

Mrs. Margarita López Echevarría started a Master's degree in Nutrition, Technology and Food Safety at the University of Murcia. This Master allowed her to perform her Master´s Thesis at CEBAS-CSIC within the framework of the PolyBiota project under the supervision of Dr. Giménez-Bastida. The  main objective was to investigate the capacity of a mixture of isoflavones to modulate processess associated with angiogenesis in an in vitro cellular model. For 5 months, Margarita demonstrated to be a well-organized student and worked hard to finish all the experiments, which were the basis of her Master´s Thesis.

Mrs. Margarita deposited her Master´s Thesis that was defended the last 14th of July at the Faculty of Veterinary (University of Murcia).

The members of the committee acknowledged the quality of the scientific work and gave a qualification of 9,9/10 with honour distinction. This is another milestone reached by the PolyBiota project, but not the last one. Congratulations Margarita and thanks for your contribution to the PolyBiota project!

PolyBiota on the radio - Onda Cero

The outreach activities included in the PolyBiota project proposal entails research-related communications initiatives directed to the general public, rather than the research community. Radio interviews are one of the most useful ways to disseminate research results and create awareness among the general public about the reseach work performed (i.e., within the PolyBiota project) and its implications for citiziens.

So far, Dr. Giménez-Bastida  has been invited to different radio programs to explain the research activities linked to the PolyBiota project to general public. These interviews were an excellent oportunity to talk about the main objectives of the project, the results obtained hitherto, and the relevance of these results for society. 

The podcast included on this website refers to the interview (in Spanish) conducted by Maripaz Martínez in Onda Cero. Do not miss this radio interview regarding the PolyBiota project!!!

This program includes several interviews. To listen to the one related to the PolyBiota project, go to minute 53.

PolyBiota on the radio - Onda Regional de Murcia

The outreach activities included in the PolyBiota project proposal entails research-related communications initiatives directed to the general public, rather than the research community. Radio interviews are one of the most useful ways to disseminate research results and create awareness among the general public about the reseach work performed (i.e., within the PolyBiota project) and its implications for citiziens.

So far, Dr. Giménez-Bastida  has been invited to different radio programs to explain the research activities linked to the PolyBiota project to general public. These interviews were an excellent oportunity to talk about the main objectives of the project, the results obtained hitherto, and the relevance of these results for society. 

The podcast included on this website refers to the interview (in Spanish) conducted by Adolfo Fernández in Onda Regional de Murcia. Do not miss the first radio interview regarding the PolyBiota project!!!

Podcast to listen the interview

This communication way is essential in brinding the divide between scientist and public.

PolyBiota at press release

The outreach activities included in the proposal of the PolyBiota project entails research-related communications initiatives directed to the general public, rather than the research community. Press release is one of the most useful ways to disseminate research results and create awareness among the general public about the reseach work performed (i.e., within the PolyBiota project) and its implications for citiziens.

An important number of local newspapers have showed interest on the objectives and the results obtained during the development of the PolyBiota project (see below). Hitherto, nine newspapers have published an article giving a brief description of the project and the results as well as how these results can be relevant the general public.

Newspapers such as "La Verdad de Murcia" can reach more than 140000 readers everyday in Murcia , whereas "La Opinión de Murcia" can reach 51000 readers (according to an article published in 2020). Based on this, the article was written to ensure that the research activities can be understood by non-specialist, thereby improving the public´s understanding of science.

Links to the newspapers that published articles (in Spanish) related to the PolyBiota project:

1) La Verdad de Murcia

2) La Opinión de Murcia

3) Murcia Economía

4) Agrodiario

5) Murcia Plaza

6) La Vanguardia - Murcia

7) Cartagena Actualidad

8) NoticiasDe

9) Europa Press

Workshop at CEBAS-CSIC

PhenolAcTwin (#951994) is an EU-funded H2020 project aimed at enhancing the research and innovation capacity of TUBITAK MRC Food Institute on dietary polyphenols. At the scientific level, this project is focused on the identification of dietary polyphenols at the molecular level, bioavailability as well as study of their biological activity (i.e., in vivo-in vitro).

CEBAS-CSIC is included in the network of this project (together with other leading research centers of INRAE in France and QIB in UK) as one of the epicenters in polyphenols investigation. Hitherto, the members of the Food and Health lab have contributed with numerous activities to achieve the main objectives of the PhenolAcTwin project.

Within the Work Package (WP)2 of the PhenolAcTwin project entitled Enhancing Research and Innovation Capacity of Young Scientist, CEBAS-CSIC hosted a workshop (coordinated by Dr. Antonio González-Sarrías (WP2 Leader), Dr. Maria Victoria Selma and Prof. Juan Carlos Espín). 

The session "Factors behind interindividual variability in response to phenolics: towards to personalized nutrition" included 4 oral presentations. Dr. Christine Morand (INRAE, France), Dr. Victoria Selma (CEBAS-CSIC, Spain), Dr. Paul Kroon (Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK) and Dr. Giménez-Bastida (CEBAS-CSIC, Spain) presented relevant results in the field of polyphenols and gut microbiota interaction.

In the last talk of the session, Dr. Giménez-Bastida described the results obtained, up to that moment, within the PolyBiota project. That was an unsurpassable opportunity to disscuss these results with some of the most outstanding scientist in the field of polyphenols and health.

The session "How to explore partnership for future joint proposals" included several short talks intended to give a brief description of the institutions involved in the PhenolAcTwin project.The main goal of this session was to find research strategies to promote the research and innovation capacity of the TUBITAK MRC Food Institute.

The last session "How to enhance the bioacailability and bioactivity of phenolics" included exceptional oral presentations by Dr. FA Tomás-Barberán (CEBAS-CSIC), Dr. R. López-Nicolás (University of Murcia), Dr. González-Sarrías (CEBAS-CSIC) and Dr. JC Espín (CEBAS-CSIC). 

This workshop was a success considering the good opinions of the attendes. If interested, the title of the presentations can be downloaded on the link workshop.

International workshop (Norwich, UK)

PhenolAcTwin (#951994) is an EU-funded H2020 project aimed at enhancing the research and innovation capacity of TUBITAK MRC Food Institute on dietary polyphenols. At the scientific level, this project is focused on the identification of dietary polyphenols at the molecular level, bioavailability as well as study of their biological activity (i.e., in vivo-in vitro).

CEBAS-CSIC is included in the network of this project (together with other leading research centers of INRAE in France and QIB in UK) as one of the epicenters in polyphenols investigation. Hitherto, the members of the Food and Health lab have contributed with numerous activities to achieve the main objectives of the PhenolAcTwin project.

In line with the activites organized within the PhenolAcTwin project, Dr. Paul Kroon, Dr. Priscilla Day-Walsh and Dr. Jennifer Ahn-Jarvis organized a workshop entitled "In vivo and in vitro approaches for investigating the bioavailability and bioactivity of polyphenols workshop" that was hosted at the Quadram Institute Bioscience (Norwich, UK).

As a principal investigator of the PolyBiota project, Dr. Giménez-Bastida was  invited to give a talk about the role of cell metabolism to understand the biological effects of phenolic metabolites.

This venue offered not only the opportunity to present the results of different studies and discuss about them, but also to exhange insights into the current state of top-noch food science research in Europe.

Find the program in this "link" and do not hesitate to contact us if you need additional information about the topics included.