Today marks the opening of the submission period for the fourth edition of the Fundación Occident Research Awards, Grupo Catalana Occidente, directed at young researchers working in research centres, universities and hospitals in Spain in the fields of nutrition and...
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Study led by Salvador Aznar reveals how palmitic acid promotes metastasis
Salvador Aznar and his team have described the mechanism by which palmitic acid, the main component of palm oil, makes cancer cells more aggressive by increasing their ability to metastasise.
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Research led by Guadalupe Sabio has discovered two proteins essential for the metabolism of the heart in newborns
The research group at the National Centre for Cardiovascular Research led by Guadalupe Sabio, winner of the 2018 Jesús Serra Foundation Research Award, has discovered two proteins that are essential for the metabolism of the heart in newborns.
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Borja Ibáñez wants to prevent chemotherapy from damaging the heart
Borja Ibáñez, one of the winners of the Jesús Serra Foundation 2021 Research Award, explained his research to develop new treatments that minimise or eliminate the cardiac toxicity of some cancer treatments.
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Rubén Nogueiras gives an interview and talks about research in the field of nutrition and obesity
Dr Rubén Nogueiras, winner in the basic category of the 3rd edition of the Fundación Jesús Serra Research Awards, has given an interview to the Faro de Vigo.
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Interview with Dr. Maria Carmen Collado, winner of the Research Award, about her career in research on nutrition and feeding in infants
Dr. Collado underlines that there are more than 800 species of bacteria that the mother transfers to her child through breast milk, bacteria which become vital for the child’s gut colonisation and the maturation of the immune system.
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Winners of the 3rd edition of the Fundación Occident Research Awards
Researchers Dr. Borja Ibáñez, Dr. Maria Carmen Collado and Dr. Rubén Nogueiras win the 3rd edition of the Fundación Jesús Serra Research Awards in the fields of nutrition and food.
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Interview with Guadalupe Sabio, winner of the 1st Research Awards edition
Guadalupe Sabio tells us in the interview she gave on Canal Extremadura on 21 April about the importance of a good diet in the face of Covid-19 and other diseases.
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Fundación Occident creates the Research Awards for nutrition, diet and health projects
The Fundación Occident creates the Fundación Occident Research Award aimed at Spanish or foreign scientists up to 45 years of age who carry out their research in Spain, specialized in the fields of nutrition, diet and health, specifically in the fields of basic,...
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Fundación Occident announces the 2nd edition of the Research Awards in the fields of nutrition, diet and health
The second edition of the Fundación Jesús Serra Research Awards is launched, aimed at Spanish or foreign scientists, up to 45 years old, who carry out their research in Spain and who are specialized in the fields of nutrition, diet and health.
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Doctors Guadalupe Sabio and Pablo Pérez presented with the Fundación Occident Research Award in an event attended by Carmen Vela, the State Secretariat for Research, Development and Innovation
The Chairman of the Fundación Jesús Serra, Federico Halpern, presented this afternoon the 1st Fundación Jesús Serra Research Award ex aequo to Dr Guadalupe Sabio Buzo and Dr Pablo Pérez.
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