A research of excellence in Nutrition and Health
From laboratory
to society
The research center in Nutrition is an organ of research basic-applied of the University of Navarra, attached to the School of Pharmacy and Nutrition. It carries out a research of excellence in topics related to Nutrition and Health, specifically with the problems of obesity.
It transfers to the industry, especially the food and pharmaceutical industry, the results of the research in order to improve its productivity and support the development of new food products. In addition, it offers industry services related to the areas of nutrition, dietetics, and food in general.
NUTRITION AND MOLECULAR METABOLISM
instructions and new therapeutic strategies in obesity and metabolic syndrome.
PRECISION NUTRITION
Eating behavior habits. New nutritional strategies. Nutrigenomics, epigenetics and metagenomics.
BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS
Bioactive compounds, prebiotics and probiotics. design and development of functional foods.
NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION UNIT
We prepare scientific and technical reports providing a service to all areas of the center.
UNIT OF
METABOLOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS UNIT
Metabolome study and bioinformatics analysis of data omics (genomics, metagenomics...)
PHENOTYPING UNIT
ANIMAL
Platform that provides service to the groups of research of the University as well as to external groups.
PROJECTS WITH COMPANIES
These are specific research and development+i projects bajo contract, nutritional intervention services, counseling, etc.
meeting from project BIOOLE-UP
Last January 15th took place at CENER's facilities in Aoiz the initial meeting of project BIOOLE-UP: New concept of Biorefinery from olive leaf for advanced medical and nutraceutical treatments. This project has been funded by the call for grants to SINAI agents to carry out collaborative research and development projects 2024 of the department University, Innovation and Digital Transformation of the Government of Navarra. The project BIOOLE-UP is aligned within the thematic priority HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD (ALPES).
This project is led by the CENER foundation (PI: Irantzu Alegría), and also participates the public foundation MIGUEL SERVET (PI: David Escors) and the ADItech foundation. The PI at the University of Navarra is researcher Fermín Milagro.
The project BIOOLE-UP is a project multidisciplinary whose goal main is to develop a biorefinery process from oil sector waste, mainly olive leaf, to evaluate its medical application in advanced treatments for aggressive cancers and metabolic diseases such as obesity, diabetes and fatty liver.
III lecture FINUT in Colombia
Dr. Santiago Navas Carretero, researcher of the research center in Nutrition of the University of Navarra, and member of group CIBEROBN of Professor María Jesús Moreno, participated as speaker in the III lecture FINUTin Medellín, Colombia. She participated in the symposium of project CORALS, of which she is researcher principal in Navarra, with the discussion paper "Differences in the microbiota of a pediatric population and relationship with weight status". In this discussion paper, he offered a very preliminary analysis of the differences in species, genera and phyla between overweight and normal weight children.
The project CORALS is an observational longitudinal project of a cohort of children who started the study between 3 and 6 years of age. The aim is to observe their evolution and to collect data and samples at different times over 10 years, in order to identify risk factors for obesity. It is currently in the fifth year of collecting data.
The III FINUT lecture brought together 979 attendees in Medellin, with 25 countries represented, and more than 570 scientific communications, where topics of scientific interest in the following areas were discussed:
- Methods and tools in nutrition
- Healthy nutrition in the life cycle and clinical nutrition.
- Nutritional epidemiology and public health challenges in Ibero-America.
- Safe, healthy, sustainable and social nutrition
21st Meeting of CTPIOD
The 21st MEETING OF THE CONSORTIUM FOR TRANS-PYRENEAN INVESTIGATIONS IN OBESITY & DIABETES (CTPIOD) will be held on October 21st and 22nd.
It will take place at auditorium of Sciences Building and attendance is open to all interested persons. There will be participation from a dozen Spanish and French institutions, and a total of 21 papers from research will be presented. In addition, we will be fortunate to have three plenary lectures by renowned researchers.
Integrating Nutritional Omics into a Healthy Diet
Dr. Fermín Milagro Yoldi participated in the congress NuGOweek 2024 "Integrating Nutritional Omics in a Healthy Diet" which was held in Ghent (Belgium) from September 2 to 5. Dr. Milagro's intervention was entitled degree scroll "Integrating nutrigenomic, epigenomic and microbiota data in precision nutrition of obesity".
Invited speakers include leading figures in precision nutrition such as Eran Elinav (Weizmann Institute of Science), Ellen Blaak (Maastricht University), Edith Feskens (Wageningen University), Jeroen Raes (KU Leuven) and Jules Griffin (director of the Rowett Institute).
Foodtech
25.02.2025
The School of Pharmacy and Nutrition organizes the session "Foodtech. What it is and why it is changing the future of food" with the participation of several experts.
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International Open Access Week
05.11.2024
Next Tuesday, November 5, the session "The transformation of business models in the academic community: transformative agreements in Spain" will take place. This session will be given by Luis Gonzalo Rey Pinzón, director of the Library Services of the University of La Laguna.
This seminar will take place at classroom Siemens Gamesa at Institute for Culture and Society (ICS) starting at 13:00 hours.
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Parma Summer School - Innovative Food Products
23.09.2024
Summer School "Innovative Food Products" taught virtually and aimed at young professionals, students of doctorate, postdoctoral researchers, as well as other scientists, academics and representatives of public institutions, non-governmental organizations and European agencies. registration free of charge (before June 28) limited to a maximum of 300 students.
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10 | 01 | 2025
The Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities awards 5.9 million euros to 36 University projects research
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17 | 12 | 2024
Collagen, a new ally in weight control and metabolic health
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14 | 11 | 2024
The research center in Nutrition seeks volunteers with diabetes subject 2 for a personalized nutrition project
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