CaRed            Research            History            Divulgation             Events            Links
spanish

logo.png
frutos.png


Events







CONGRESSES AND CONFERENCES


Go up



July
2025
Carotenoids and cosmeceutical applications workshop hold on July 21-22

Location: Casa Diocesana. Pasaje De Los Almendrales 2-4, 29013, Málaga

Organized by: Nathalie Korbe y Felix Figueroa

Charla Málaga
 
Charla1
Two of the oral presentations

Cosmeceutica
Workshop participants making cosmeceuticals
PROGRAM

July 21

10:30-10:45 Reception of participants

10:45-11:00 Official opening

Session
1: Bioactive Properties of Carotenoids with Health Applications

11:00-11:20. R. Bermejo, M.C. Hurtado, N. Korbee, F. Figueroa y G. Acién
 Nuevos métodos para la obtención de extractos ricos en carotenoides
 procedentes de algas marinas.
 

12:00-12:20. Brais Vidal, Claudio Martínez, Rosana Álvarez and Ángel R. de Lera
Total synthesis of lipofuscin pigments monofurans A2E and bisfuran A2E

     Coffee break

12:25-12:45. Javier Avalos, M. Carmen Limón
La neurosporaxantina, una xantofila con propiedades prometedoras y posibles aplicaciones en la salud

12:50-13:10. Javier Lidoy, Zhivko Minchev, Luis España-Luque, Ana M. Benítez- González, Andrea Ramos, Juan García, Estefanía Berrio, Olena Nesterenko, Pedro Díaz-Ortiz, Antonio J. Meléndez-Martínez, María J. Pozo, Juan A. López-Ráez
 Carotenoid biofortification in field-grown tomato fruits by early inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Session
2: Potential uses of carotenoids for cosmetic applications

15:30-15:50. Ángela Rubio
Necesidades cosméticas en pieles sanas

16:00-16:20. Félix L. Figueroa, Vega J, Tomazi Pereira D, Korbee N. Cosmeceútica azul basada en algas y cianobacterias.

16:30-16:50.
Julia Vega, Jaime Zacarías-García, Enrique Niza, María Mondéjar- López, Oussama Ahrazem, Lourdes Gómez-Gómez, María Jesús Rodrigo, Félix L. Figueroa
¿Tienen los carotenoides capacidad fotoprotectora?


17:00-17:20.
Zacarías-García, J; Vega, J., Zacarías, L., Figueroa, F., Rodrigo, M.J.
Caracterización del subproducto de naranja roja para su potencial uso como fotoprotector


17:30-17:50. Enrique Niza, Vega, J, María Mondéjar-López, Oussama Ahrazem, Lourdes Gómez-Gómez, Felix L. Figueroa.
Liposomal encapsulation of crocin-rich tomato extract (Tomafran) and its in-depth evaluation as a cosmeceutical ingredient

18:00-19:00 Carotenoid Network members meeting


July 22

9:30-13:00 Practical workshop on cosmetics


September 2024 On September 5-6 CaRed organized the III National Meeting on Carotenoids at the University of Castilla-La Mancha at its Albacete campus

III Reunión Nacional de Carotenoides

Abstracts book
CaRed en Albacete
Sesión
One of the oral presentations in the auditorium of the Multipurpose Building of the Biotechnology Degree of the campus


February
2024
On February 27-28, the II Congress of the Valencian Association of Students and Professionals in Food Science and Technology was held at the University of Valencia. Alexander P. González-Arauz, Master student of Food Quality and Safety (UV), received the first prize in the Poster category for his work "Efecto de la desverdización en los daños por frío y el contenido de carotenoides en frutos de mandarina Orogrande" (authors, González-Arauz AP, Rodrigo MJ and Zacarías L).
     Alexander is supported by a scholarship from the
Secretaría de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (SENACYT) of Panama, and is currently doing his Master's work in the IATA-CSIC group under the direction of L. Zacarías and M.J. Rodrigo. Both his Master's degree and his coming PhD thesis are aimed at studying color and carotenoids in chilling injury in citrus fruit preservation.
Premio Alexander
The award winner together with other participants in the congress



Febrero  2024
On February 15, 2024, a Technical Conference on Citriculture was held at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, whose program is shown on the right. Network member Dr. Lorenzo Zacarías (IATA-CSIC) participated as a speaker.


Jornada Citricultura





MEETINGS


Go up


July
2025

On July 21, on the occasion of the Carotenoids and cosmeceutical applications workshop in Málaga, CaRed members met to plan future actions. Meeting
Participants at the meeting and workshop in the Casa Diocesana



September 2024 On September 5, taking advantage of the organization of the III National Meeting on Carotenoids, CaRed members met to update future actions and collaborations


Reunión 2024
Participants at the meeting in the Multi-purpose Building
of the Biotechnology Degree of the campus



September 2023
On September 5 and 6, the first meeting of the network in its third edition was held at the Botanical Garden of Albacete.

On Tuesday 5th the 14 groups of the network described their research lines, and on Wednesday 5th an organizational meeting was held.

Foto 5 de septiembre
Participation of those attending the meeting in a tomato tasting organized by the Custodiando Semillas project at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Agronómica y de Montes y Biotecnología.





Foto reunión segundo día
Participants at the organizational meeting on the second day



May
2023
On May 18, the first meeting of the third edition of the network was held by telematic means, prior to the official launching of the network Reunión previa on line
Impromptu screen shot of the meeting




PhD THESES


Go up


February
2024
On February 2, María Dolores Requena Ramírez defended her doctoral thesis "Development of strategies to modify the profile of carotenoids and their esters in wheat and tritordeum", with international mention.
     The thesis was carried out at the Institute of Sustainable Agriculture and the Institute of Fat of the CSIC, under the direction of Drs. Sergio G. Atienza Peñas, Dámaso Hornero Méndez and Cristina Rodríguez Suárez.

Thesis MDRR
The doctoral candidate with members of the examining committee and thesis supervisors




TALKS AND SEMINARS


Go up


February
2024
On February 13, Juan Antonio López Ráez (EEZ-CSIC) gave a seminar at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Seville, organized by Antonio J. Meléndez (FAR-US), on his work at the Zaidín Experimental Station in Granada. The title of the seminar was "Mycorrhizae and biotic stress".
Seminario Juan Antonio
Juan Antonio at the end of the seminar




AWARDS


Go up


January
2025
IV edition of the Vicky Foods Foundation Award for Nutrition and Health Research

The Vicky Foods Foundation awards the researcher Manuel Rodríguez Concepción, CSIC, for the development of “Golden Lettuce” with high provitamin A content.

Foundation link
Acto de premios Fundación