GO BIODIF participates in the 2025 Assembly of AGRO4FOOD

The BIODIF Operational Group: biofunctionalization of national strategic crops to improve their market competitiveness will participate in the next General Assembly to present the new interdisciplinary thematic platform AGRO4FOOD, which will take place on June 19, 2025, starting at 11:00 a.m. 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 BIODIF GO will participate in the section dedicated to presenting the various innovative projects in which the PTI AGRO4FOOD participates. Specifically, the various consortium members will present the objectives and activities of this project, which pursues the biofunctionalization of three strategic national crops (tomato, corn, and olive) used as food matrices for the production of table olives and oil through the application of nanotechnology (nanofertilizers) with essential micro/macroelements.

Program

11:00 a.m. Welcome

• Juana Frías. Director of ICTAN

11:10 a.m. AGRO4FOOD Who are we?

• Rosana Malvar. Research Professor. Galicia Biological Mission (MBG-CSIC)

11:25 a.m. Working groups

• Luis Guash. Director of the Plant Genetic Resources Center (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. PTI Food Allergy Coordinator

12:00 p.m. BIODIF OPERATIVE GROUP

• Project presentation. Antonio del Saz. Cellbitec Foundation
• Identification of healthy compounds. Graciela P Blanch. ICTAN-CSIC
• Nanofertilizers. José M. Jiménez. NANOINTEC
• Crops:
  • Corn. 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. EPS
• DivulgationAlejandro Suárez. BIOVEGEN

12:45 p.m. Other AGRO4FOOD projects

2:00 p.m. Lunch

3:00 PM. Visit to ICTAN-CSIC

4:00 p.m. Conclusions and closing of the AGRO4FOOD Assembly

4:05 p.m. Internal meeting of GO BIODIF members

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