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The UCAM has presented the Chair of Nutrition and Health UCAM-Gallina Blanca, an innovative initiative that aims to transfer the main foods in our daily diet progress that both institutions get generated through joint research projects.

The director of the Chair, Alicia Gonzalez, said the strategic nature of this partnership "between industry and university."

The ceremony involved the rector of the UCAM, Josefina Garcia, the director of the Department of Nutrition and Health UCAM-Gallina Blanca, Alicia Gonzalez, director of the Food Innovation Institute of UCAM, Javier Moran, and Deputy Director Development Institute Region of Murcia (INFO), Antonio Martinez.

According to the director of the Department of Nutrition and Health UCAM-Gallina Blanca, Alicia Gonzalez "one of the main purposes of the Chair is to" ensure the effective transfer of research findings in nutrition that we make to benefit society through food products that contribute to optimal nutrition. "

It also has detailed that "unlike other chairs, the chair UCAM-Gallina Blanca is an area of ​​innovation and research in all areas of food and is a strategic alliance between business and academia."

He also stressed that "always work in food transfer these results to society through our food, in the interest of public health."

According to the rector of the UCAM, Josefina Garcia, the main novelty of the Chair, in addition to teaching and research collaboration is the goal and commitment to transfer to society developments as they occur.

Thus, the UCAM demonstrates its commitment to university-industry collaboration, and plays a second major goal: to unite knowledge and technological advancement.

These are grains of sand that provides the UCAM to provide impetus to economic fabric of the state of deep crisis we are experiencing. "

The director of the Food Innovation Institute of UCAM, Javier Moran, has highlighted the "excellent relationship we have with the company Gallina Blanca Star, and is a great time this union as chair."

In this regard, the Deputy Director of INFO Murcia, Antonio Martinez, stressed that "real examples of collaboration such as the UCAM and Gallina Blanca Star are those that can regenerate the economic and business fabric."

Source: UCAM