EIT Food Capacity Building Event: Healthy Food and Environment

EIT Food Capacity Building Event: Healthy Food and Environment

The AgroBioTech Research Centre of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra invites representatives of the agri-food sector to a full-day capacity-building event dedicated to research, innovation, and collaboration in the field of sustainable food systems. The programme showcases scientific excellence through presentations on plant immunity, functional food development, phytonutrients, environmental contaminants, and consumer behaviour, highlighting the intersection of science, health, and sustainability.

In addition to expert talks, the event features an interactive session on innovative products developed at the SPU Food Incubator and a round-table discussion with stakeholders from the agri-food sector.

This event is in Slovak.

To register, email: eitfoodhub@uniag.sk

Agenda

08:00 – 09:00 Registration of participants

09:00 – 09:10 Opening of the event

Adriana Kolesárová, Director of the AgroBioTech Research Centre, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

09:10 – 09:20 Use of cell models in biotechnology: predicting the role of phytonutrients and medicinal mushrooms in regulating reproductive functions

Adriana Kolesárová, Michal Mihaľ, Denis Bažány

09:20 – 09:40 Research activities in transmission electron microscopy and microencapsulation

Hana Ďúranová, Lenka Kuželová

09:40 – 10:00 The role of TOR signalling in the stress response to food and environmental contaminants

Miroslava Požgajová

10:00 – 10:20 Laboratory of Explant Cultures — the place where ideas grow: research, collaboration, results

Katarína Ražná, Veronika Štefúnová

10:20 – 10:40 Dual action of PR proteins: a key to plant immunity and a threat to allergy sufferers

Lucia Urbanová, Silvia Farkasová

10:40 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:20 Synergy of bee products in creating functional foods with immunomodulatory effects

Vladimíra Bella

11:20 – 11:40 Food Incubator SUA in Nitra and presentation of innovative products

Eva Ivanišová

11:40 – 12:00 Research on consumer behaviour in the food market

Kristína Predanócyová

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break

13:00 – 13:15 Opening of the Innovation Forum on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the AgroBioTech Research Centre of the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Klaudia Halászová, Rector of SUA in Nitra

13:15 – 13:45 AgroBioTech: A centre of research, development and innovation for practice. Best Practices from EIT Food in Relation to Its Missions

Adriana Kolesárová

13:45 – 15:00 Round‑table discussion with representatives of the agri‑food sector

15:00 – 16:00 Networking for research and innovation in cooperation with industrial partners of the agri‑food sector

16:00 – 16:30 Closing of the event