COST PIMENTO Workshop in Bratislava: A Successful Gathering for the Future of Fermented Foods

Published: Sep 20, 2024 by FME Lab

From September 16 to 19, Bratislava hosted the latest COST PIMENTO workshop, bringing together key members of the management committee, core group, and working groups. This fruitful event, organized by the National Agricultural and Food Centre (Food Research Institute), provided an opportunity to discuss the future direction of fermented foods research.

Highlights of the workshop included preparations for the upcoming Fermented Foods Forum in Malaga, set for February 5-7, 2025, in collaboration with the DOMINO project. Discussions ranged from scientific insights to organizational details, laying the groundwork for an impactful forum next year.

Marie and Stéphane also had the chance to explore the rich diversity of local fermented foods in Bratislava, showcasing how tradition and innovation can come together. As we learned, the future of fermented foods truly does “lie in the barrel.”

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.