The NuGO Conference 9-12 September 2019, Bern, Switzerland Maria and Daniela from Food Databanks attended their first NuGO week in Bern, Switzerland 9-12th September. NuGO http://www.nugo.org/ is Association of Universities and Research Institutes with a focus on the joint development of
UK National Node Event for FNH-RI
Paul Finglas and Maria Traka recently attended the Food, Nutrition and Health Research Infrastructure (FNH-RI) UK National Node workshop in London. The event, held on 11th July at the MRC Conference Centre, was organised jointly by QIB and the University of Surrey to inform participating scientists
Vacancy
Research Scientist (Food and Nutrition Data Scientist) We are looking to recruit a food and nutrition data scientist to drive predictive food data analytics in our team, using machine learning on existing and novel food composition, behaviour, biological and microbiome data. Further
Nutrients Journal
Food Composition at Present: New Challenges Food Databanks staff have recently co-authored a Review article in the Nutrients journal as part of the special issue on the NUTRIMAD 2018 event (http://www.nutrimad2018.com/). The conference, held in Madrid from 24-27 October 2018, was a joint
Timeline of Food composition research at Quadram Institute Bioscience
Healthier living through food composition and dietary intake research The Food Databanks National Capability (FDNC) is instrumental in the compilation, interpretation and effective use of food composition data in the United Kingdom that enables the public to make informed decisions about diet and
New: Food Waste Compositional Database
New Food Waste Compositional Database. FoodWasteEXplorer is an online, searchable database of food waste compositional data. It allows users to search for nutrients, bioactives, toxicants and other waste related data in specific side streams FoodWasteEXplorer has been developed during the
Personalised Nutrition Symposium
Personalised Nutrition Symposium Are you interested in exploring issues around delivering scientifically valid personalised nutritional advice? Why not join us at the Quisper Personalised Nutrition Symposium, Brussels, 19th June. At the event, Maria Traka will be presenting on NCD and
Food Databanks in Amman Jordan
Food Databanks in Amman Jordan for Workshop with World Health Organization Food Databanks National Capability, in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO), are leading a workshop this week in Amman, Jordan on the standardisation and update of food composition tables. This is the final