Research projects

Decoding ileal metabolic responses to complex dietary structures for precision nutrition (PREILEAL)

Reference
CORDIS ID: 101282060

Principal investigators
Ivan M. Lopez-Rodulfo & Mario M. Martínez

Financing Agent
HORIZON-MSCA-2025-PF-01-01

Date
2026-2028

Budget
209.914 €

Biotechnological upcycling of fruit pomace into prebiotic food ingredients (BIOPOM)

Reference
First Joint Transnational Co-Funded Call of the FutureFoodS Partnership

Principal Investigator
Mario M. Martinez

Financing Agent
European partnership for a sustainable Future of Food Systems (FutureFoodS)

Date
2026-2029

Budget
1.291.990 €

Building knowledge and tools for the sustainable microbial fighting through sensing and responsive polysaccharide-based materials (NET4MAT)

Reference
CORDIS ID: 101131205

Principal Investigator
Mario M. Martinez

Financing Agent
HORIZON-MSCA-2022-SE-01

Date
2024-2028

Budget
32.200 €

Cross-border Collaborative Laboratory for the green transition of the Agri-Food and Agro-Industrial Sector (Transcolab Plus)

Reference
0112_TRANSCOLAB_PLUS_2_P

Principal Investigator
Laura Román Rivas

Financing Agent
Cooperation Program Interreg Spain-Portugal. Call: POCTEP 2021-2027

Date
2023-2026

Budget
168.920 €

Green crosslinking of bread waste particles for food integration and precision gut microbiome modulation (BREBIOTICS)

Reference
PID2024-158967OA-I00

Principal Investigator
Mario M. Martinez

Financing Agent
MICINN / UE - Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento 2024

Date
2025-2029

Budget
351.700 €

Bio-inspired food packaging: harnessing plant cell wall waste infused with vacuolar polyphenols (WASTEtoPACK)

Reference
CNS2023-143926

Principal Investigator
Mario M. Martinez

Financing Agent
MICINN / UE - Proyectos Consolidación Investigadora 2023

Date
2024-2026

Budget
200.000 €

Unraveling the underlying mechanisms of plant protein-starch interactions during relevant food processing conditions

Reference
PID2022-139425OA-I00

Principal Investigator
Laura Román Rivas

Financing Agent
MICINN / UE - Proyectos de Generación de Conocimiento 2022

Date
2023-2027

Budget
87.500 €

Understanding structure-function-digestion relationships of plant food biopolymers

Reference
RYC2021-032926-I

Principal Investigator
Laura Román Rivas

Financing Agent
MICINN / UE - Contratos Ramón y Cajal 2021

Date
2023-2027

Budget
236.350 €

Analysis of protein–starch interactions and protein characteristics for the design of high-protein, plant-based foods with improved health and quality

Reference
VA157P24

Principal Investigator
Laura Román Rivas

Financing Agent
Junta de Castilla y León - Consejería de Educación / Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional

Date
2024-2028

Budget
180.000 €