Molecular Nutrition and Health Lab

Enjoy the Easter we extend the deadline to register for FBHC2018!!!!

Abstract submission is now open until April 30th.

Final Conference of the COST Action POSITIVe will be a satellite symposium of the FBHC2018. Between 25 and 26 September 2018 come to listen about the “Interindividual variation in response to plant food bioactives”.

INFOGEST network will join us at FBHC2018 as a satellite meeting in 25 and 26 September, Lisbon. Topics related with health properties of food and the digestive process will be discussed.

http://www.itqb.unl.pt/fbhc2018/satellite-meetings/infogest-meeting

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Do not forget to register FBHC2018, abstract submission is open until March 30th (http://www.itqb.unl.pt/fbhc2018/registration/registration)

The 2nd International Conference on Food Bioactives & Health (FBHC 2018), which will take place from the 26th to the 28th of September, in Lisbon, Portugal.

The topics addressed by FBHC 2018 will cover the whole palette of interests of the community including the impact of polyphenols, carotenoids, glucosinolates, marine compounds, polysaccharides, peptides and proteins as food bioactives for health.

If you are a postdoc, and you would like to attend take a look in the link bellow for a detailed list of travel funding opportunities:

https://asntech.github.io/postdoc-funding-schemes/travel-grants/

Looking forward to see you in Lisbon!

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce the upcoming 2nd International Conference on Food Bioactives & Health (FBHC 2018), which will take place from the 26th to the 28th of September, in Lisbon, Portugal.

The topics addressed by FBHC 2018 will cover the whole palette of interests of the community including the impact of polyphenols, carotenoids, glucosinolates, marine compounds, polysaccharides, peptides and proteins as food bioactives for health.

Join us!!!!!

For more details please visit:

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It was brilliant!!!
We are so proud of you Inês!!! Congrats

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See film #3 in the list here

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Take a look on our most recent publication

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