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CONGRESSES AND CONFERENCES
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| 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 Abstracts book  |
 One of the oral presentations in the auditorium of the Multipurpose Building of the Biotechnology Degree of the campus |
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| 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. |
 The award winner together with other participants in the congress |
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| 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. |
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MEETINGS
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| 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 |
 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. |
 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. |
 Participants at the organizational meeting on the second day |
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| 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 |  Impromptu screen shot of the meeting |
PhD THESES
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| 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. |
 The doctoral candidate with members of the examining committee and thesis supervisors |
TALKS AND SEMINARS
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| 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". |
 Juan Antonio at the end of the seminar |
AWARDS
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| 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 |
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