Project description
Dietary antioxidants supporting Turkish research and our health
Taking care of your car daily and sticking to its regular service and maintenance enhance its performance and lifetime, and typically at a much lower cost than repairs after years of neglect. The same is true of our health. Dietary polyphenols are non-nutrient secondary metabolites present in almost the totality of plant foods including fruits, vegetables, grains, spices, herbs, wine, tea, coffee, extra virgin olive oil and chocolate. They have important protective effects, largely associated with their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant capabilities. High intake has been associated with lowered risk of common chronic and degenerative diseases. EU funding of the PhenolAcTwin project will help build the capacity of the Turkish TUBITAK MRC Food Institute in the field of dietary polyphenols with benefits for young researchers and citizens alike.
Objective
The main objective of the PhenolAcTwin project is to enhance the scientific and technological capacity of TUBITAK MRC Food Institute (FI) and to raise the research profile of the Institute and its staff in the field of dietary polyphenols and bioavailability/bioefficacy via networking with three leading European institutions such as CSIC, QIB, and INRAE.
FI is a leading research center in the area of functional foods/nutraceuticals in Turkey. Our networking and collaboration with global leaders in this research field will help us in developing an European-wide known center with increasing research and innovation contributions and achievements on dietary polyphenols and bioavailability/bioefficacy. Such achievements will increase the participation of FI in European and international projects and promote higher performance of other research institutions in Turkey.
The partners from research-intensive institutions have high international reputation and expertise in the various aspects of polyphenols, bioavailability, and bioefficacy as well as omics. Additional advantage for the FI is that the leading research partners have complementary competences ranging from various fields: identification of dietary polyphenols, in-vivo, in-vitro analysis, and human clinical trials.
Based on the expertise and achievements of FI, PhenolAcTwin will contribute to “Vision Document” of Joint Programming Initiative (JPI): “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life” and 11th Development Plan of Turkey with relevant thematic priorities. The work program of the project is distributed in six work packages including the main activities, envisaged in the work programme of the Call. PhenolAcTwin project gives specific importance on improving the research profile of human resources especially the young researchers by enhancing the research and innovation capacity and networking, as well as improving proposal preparation and project management/administration skills.
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.4.b. - Twinning of research institutions Main Programme
Topic(s)
Funding Scheme
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinator
06100 Ankara
Türkiye