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EUROTOX Congress 2023, which took place in September 10-13, was the scenario where Prof. José L. Domingo, Emeritus Professor and co-Founder of TecnATox, received the 2023 EUROTOX Merit Award.
This Award, created by the Federation of European Toxicologists and European Societies of Toxicology, is presented annually to recognize professionals with a distinguished career in European toxicology. In this particular case, it was based on his professional career and his contributions in the field, as well as his extensive list of European and International publications.
Project Title: “DIGULI - Microplastics: dietary intake, impact on gut and promotion on liver damage.
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September is World Alzheimer's Month, and every year World Alzheimer's Day takes place on 21 September. A couple of days before, on 19 September, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Associació d’Alzheimer i Altres Trastorns Neurocognitius de Reus i Baix Camp and Institut Lerín Neurocognitive, will organize a meeting to highlight the impact of Alzheimer's Disease in the society and the importance to conduct research on this field.
Two researchers of TecnAtox have been invited by the organization of the meeting, which will take place at the School of Medicine (Reus). Dr. Mònica Bulló, Professor of Nutrition and Metabolism and ICREA Academia Researcher, will present the conference Nutrition and lifestyle in the onset and progression of deterioration cognitive and dementias. Afterwards, Dr. Margarita Torrente, Professor of Psychobiology will do a conference entitled Research on risk factors in dementia: the role of the microbiota (DEMBIOTA project).
The full program can be uploaded here.
TecnATox will lead one of the 5 technical working groups of experts associated with the Spanish Permanent Interministerial Commission for Human biological health surveillance (CIBMH).
The Technical Working Groups will be multidisciplinary and will address the complexity that human biomonitoring studies require. They will have the participation of scientific experts of recognized prestige from the autonomous communities, the academic field, public research organizations and other institutions.
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In June 16, the annual TecnATox students workshop took place at the School of Chemical Engineering. The event was an opportunity for PhD students to not only share their research but also to find potential collaborations with researchers working in other research areas within TecnATox. The event was in charge of Dr. Joaquim Rovira and the student Ana González was awarded as the winner of the 1st TecnATox PhD Student Championship.
Ana presented a summary of her PhD thesis, supervised by Dr. Montse Marquès and focused on exploring the potential role of the chemical exposome on the development of adverse health outcomes during pregnancy.
