1st Scientific Day of the Food Science, Nutrition, and Human Nutrition Program

Published: May 30, 2023 by FME Lab

The 1st Scientific Day of the “Food Science, Nutrition, and Human Nutrition Program” was Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 at Campus Agro Paris-Saclay. Topics included Food transformation, Food transitions, Healthy eating and Personalized nutrition

Julien would like to express his gratitude for the invitation to participate in this day, where he had the opportunity to present in the session dedicated to personalized nutrition. He discussed how dietary habits, among other factors, can influence the symbiosis between the host and the intestinal microbiota. Furthermore, he highlighted the role of fermented food products in this equation.

During the event, he had the chance to engage with fellow scientists, exchanging knowledge and insights on the subject. It was inspiring to witness the collective efforts and ideas aimed at shaping the future of food science and nutrition.

Focus on Microbial Ecology Modelling at the NEM days meeting in Rennes

The French NEM (Nutrition & Microbial Ecosystems) network hold its annual meeting this last two days (5th – 6th of May) in Rennes. Julien Tap, researcher from the FME lab presented the first results of his Ferment du Future SynthPlex project and how Engineering food microbial consortia can be performed using microfermentors to reveal strain epistasis. With the Support of Holoflux and Digit-Bio INRAE Metaprogram, He also co-organized with Guillaume Gautreau from the MaIAge Unit a specific workshop on modelling of microbial ecosystems.

Lovely second annual meeting of DOMINO project in Cork, Ireland

The DOMINO project held its second annual meeting from 26 to 28 March in the picturesque city of Cork, Ireland. It was an intense and warm moment thanks to the efficient and very friendly organisation of Teagasc and its incredible team coordinated by Orla O’Sullivan and John Kenny.

Health promoting effects of Fermented Foods was the highlight at 2nd Forum on Fermented Foods in Malaga

#DominoEU researchers participated significantly to this amazing conference organised by the COST Pimento. Paul Cotter, Orla O’Sullivan, Jekaterina Kansatseva, Bastien Renard, Isabelle Savary-Auzeloux, Luca Cocolin, Kelly Rantsiou and Tanja Kostic gave talks.