Save the Date: iFUNcultures Project Info Day!

On January 26, 2024, at 18:00 EET, join us for an exciting 2-hour session at Alexander Beach Hotel & Spa, Alexandroupolis, Greece, as we unveil the results of the iFUNcultures project!

Project Overview: Τhe goal of the iFUNcultures project was to exploit agro-industrial and food wastes as substrates for the cultivation of beneficial microorganisms, aiming at the production of immobilized cultures to be used as functional ingredients for the development of novel foods with potential health effects, targeting regulation of the intestinal microbiome in Type 1 Diabetes mellitus (T1D).

Speakers: Dr. Y. Kourkoutas (Professor of Applied Biotechnology), Dr. I. Prapa (Postdoctoral Researcher), Dr. G. Mitropoulou (Postdoctoral Researcher), Mr. G. Nelios (PhD candidate Researcher) and Dr. A. Nikolaou (Postdoctoral Researcher).

Language: Greek

We look forward to your presence at this Info Day, where knowledge meets discovery! 

Our new publication is now available online!

Special thanks to the whole iFUNcultures team for this collaborative work and especially to Grigoria Mitropoulou, Vasiliki Kompoura, Grigorios Nelios, and Yiannis Kourkoutas.

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/12/1449/pdf

Project iFUNcultures: Publication-"Novel Functional Grape Juices Fortified with Free or Immobilized Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus OLXAL-1".

New publication available here

Presentation of results of the iFUNcultures project at the 16th International Scientific Conference on Probiotics, Prebiotics, Gut Microbiota and Health – IPC2023

Results of the iFUNcultures project were presented at the iFUNcultures project at the 16th International Scientific Conference on Probiotics, Prebiotics, Gut Microbiota, and Health – IPC2023 held last week (20-22 Ιουνίου 2023) in Bratislava, Slovakia as poster presentation entitled "Oat Flakes (Avena Sativa) Restore Gut Microbiota Balance in an Experimental Type 1 Diabetes Animal Model", delivered by Grigorios Nelios (with Ioanna Prapa, Vasiliki Kompoura, Gregoria Mitropoulou, Amalia E. Yanni, Nikolaos Kostomitsopoulos and Yiannis Kourkoutas).
Many congratulations to the whole team for this great collaborative work and special thanks to Grigorios Nelios for representing the iFUNcultures project at the 16th International Scientific Conference on Probiotics, Prebiotics, Gut Microbiota, and Health – IPC2023.

Project iFUNcultures: Publication-"Novel Functional Grape Juices Fortified with Free or Immobilized Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus OLXAL-1"

New publication available here

iFUNcultures project participated in the 30th International Conference of FFC - 18th International Symposium of ASFFBC

The iFUNcultures project participated in the 30th International Conference of FFC - 18th International Symposium of ASFFBC that was held last week (23-25/9/2022) in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of the Aegean, Myrina, Lemnos, Greece with the poster presentation entitled "Pathogenic biofilm removal potential of wild type Lacticaseibacillus rhamnsosus strains" delivered by Gregoria Mitropoulou (with Grigorios Nelios and Yiannis Kourkoutas Scientific Director).
Many congratulations to the whole team for this great collaborative work and special thanks to Gregoria Mitropoulou for representing the iFUNcultures project in the 30th International Conference of FFC - 18th International Symposium of ASFFBC this year.

iFUNcultures project participated in the FoodMicro2022 conference

The iFUNcultures project participated in the FoodMicro2022 conference that was held this week (28-31/8/2022) in Megaron Athens International Conference Centre in Athens-Greece with the poster presentation entitled "Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus as potential preservative agent in functional grape juices" delivered by Gregoria Mitropoulou (with Anastasios Nikolaou, Grigoris Nelios, Dimitra Dimitrellou, and Yiannis Kourkoutas).
Many congratulations to the whole team for this great collaborative work and special thanks to Gregoria Mitropoulou for representing the iFUNcultures project in FoodMicro2022 this year.

Poster presentation at the 9th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation – WasteEng22- Copenhagen, Denmark

Happy to announce that iFUNcultures was part of the 9th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation- WasteEng22, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, 27-30 June 2022. A poster presentation on the "Assessment of Agro-industrial Residues and Food Wastes Potential for Production of High-Added Value Functional Food and Animal Feed Ingredients" was delivered by our team member and Ph.D. candidate Grigorios Nelios.

 iFUNcultures: First Paper Publication

Οur first paper has been just published and is available at https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/10/2/272/pdf

iFUNcultures project: Promising results presented at the 35th EFFoST Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland

The first promising results of the iFUNcultures project were presented at the 35th EFFoST (European Federation of Food Science & Technology) International Conference, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, 1-4 November 2021.

Stay tuned!

iFUNcultures project: Presentation of 2 e-posters at the 9^th Conference of Mikrobiokosmos, Athens, Greece

Two e-posters entitled «Immobilized probiotics as effective delivery vehicles ensuring cell survival under simulated gastrointestinal transit» and «Biofilm removal activity of wild type lactic acid bacteria» were presented at the 9^th Conference of Mikrobiokosmos, held in Athens, Greece, 16-18 December 2021.
Stay tuned!