Tecnatox - News

New projects funded by the Spanish Ministry

The Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation has just published the Provisional Resolution Proposal of the 2019 call for "R + D + i Projects", within the framework of the Programs States of Knowledge Generation and Scientific and Technological Strengthening of the R + D + i System and R + D + i Oriented to the Challenges of Society, of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2017-2020.

The following proposals presented by TecnATox have been proposed for funding:

"Dementia and composition of the microbiota: The microbiota in demencies. Is it possible to revert the sympotoms of dementia by reverting the composition of the microbiota?" PI: Dr. Margarita Torrente.

"Early exposure to chemical substances through textile materials: health risk assessment" PI: Dr. Martí Nadal.

Posted on 11-06-2020

One more article of EuroMIX project has been published

Sprong C, Crépet A, Metruccio F, Blaznik U, Anagnostopoulos C, Louca Christodoulou D, Hamborg Jensen B, Kennedy M, González N, Rehurkova I, Ruprich J, Dirk te Biesebeek J, Vanacker M, Moretto A, van Klaveren J. Cumulative dietary risk assessment overarching different regulatory silos using a margin of exposure approach: A case study with three chemical silos. (2020) Food Chem. Tox. 142; 111416

Scientific Articles 01-08-2020

Posted on 09-06-2020

TECNIO and "Pacte del Coneixement"

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Recently, the role of TECNIO centres - as TecnATox - has been recognized in the "Pacte del Coneixement" (Knowledge Pact).

You can read the full press release here.

Posted on 05-06-2020

New publication: Global risks of meat consumption

González N, Marquès M, Nadal M, Domingo JL. Meat consumption: Which are the current global risks? A review of recent (2010–2020) evidences. Food Res. Int. 137, 109341.

Scientific Articles 01-11-2020

Posted on 05-06-2020

Prof. Domingo: "masks are crucial"

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Prof. Domingo, director of TecnATox, has been interviewed by La República. You can read the full interview by clicking on this news.

Posted on 29-05-2020

EASIMS: newsletter

Coinciding with the midpoint of the EASIMS project, the seven European entities that make up the consortium meet to discuss the objectives and activities to be carried out during the year 2020.

You can read the EASIMS Newsletter of the third meeting by clicking on this news.

Posted on 29-05-2020

Thesis defense

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María Ángeles Martínez, PhD candidate of the Environmental Risks area, defended successfully her doctoral thesis the last 25th May.

Title: "Endocrine disruption assessment: exposure, biomonitoring and potential activity of widespread endocrine disruptors during pregnancy and early stages of life".

Supervisors: Prof. Marta Schuhmacher, Dr. Joaquim Rovira, Dr. Vikas Kumar.

Posted on 25-05-2020

Our last review article about the potential adverse health effects of living near a HWI is already online

Domingo JL, Marquès M, Mari M, Schuhmacher M. Adverse health effects for populations living near waste incinerators with special attention to hazardous waste incinerators. A review of the scientific literature. Environ. Res. 187, 109631.

Scientific Articles 01-08-2020

Posted on 24-05-2020

RESCOP: COVID-19 and environmental pollution

Named RESCOP, scientists from Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas are assessing the potential relationship between the influence of pandemic progression and the presence of material particles in the air. Prof. Domingo, director of TecnATox, is part of the Advisory Board.

You will find more information about RESCOP in the following links:

La Vanguardia

Diari Digital URV

EFE VERDE

Posted on 23-05-2020

Seminar - Big data in human health risk assessment: a curse or cure?

Dr. Vikas Kumar, director of Systems Toxicology area of TecnATox, has been invited by ISGlobal to do a virtual seminar.

Title: Big data in human health risk assessment: a curse or cure?

Big Data is a broad term for large data sets arriving from multiple sources with typological and structural complexities that presents integrational, analytical, and visualization challenges to extract meaningful information. In the human health risk assessment, the amount of data is exploding from HTS to biosensors, large scale biomonitoring to multigenerational individual and population-based studies. Scientists can use it to develop targeted treatments for old and emerging medical conditions. Governments are asset rich with massive data fields with the opportunity to design better policies and governance. However, Big data often touted as the new oil, can face the same fate as the oil curse? The scattered and massive “Big Data” captures the opportunities as well as challenges in accessing, integrating, managing, analyzing, and finally, finding meaningful information. In this talk, I will present the current perspective and challenges of Big Data research in the transdisciplinary field of human health risk assessment with some examples of the current pandemic of COVID-19 as well.

When? May 29 at 9:30am

Where? https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/814958517

Posted on 21-05-2020