The Almeria multinational Vellsam Materias Bioactivas has launched, together with the University of Granada, the company classroom ‘Vellsam-UGR for Innovation in Nutrition and Health’, which will promote research, dissemination or the organization of outreach conferences.
The CEO of Vellsam Materias Bioactivas, María Zamora, and the rector of the University of Granada, Pilar Aranda, held a meeting at the Hospital Real, headquarters of the Rectorate of the University of Granada, which was also attended by the CEO from Vellsam, Francisco Castillo, and the marketing director, María Castillo; as well as the director of the classroom and professor of Human Anatomy and Embryology at the University of Granada, Juan Antonio Marchal; the professor of the department of Nutrition and Bromatology, Vito Verardo; and the director of Social Projection, Sponsorship and Patronage of the University of Granada, Antonio Marín.
The company classroom for innovation in nutrition and health is oriented to the investigation of the effects of fruit and vegetable products and bioactive substances against cancer and in favor of cardiovascular health. To do this, it promotes research activities and transfer of research results, dissemination activities such as the organization of technical and technological dissemination conferences, and publications on topics of interest in the classroom and its activities.
This is not the first collaboration between Vellsam Materias Bioactivas and the University of Granada. During 2020, Vellsam already collaborated with a contribution to a research chair against cancer stem cells at the University of Granada, through a batch of copies of the book 'Cooking with science against cancer', in which the proceeds were allocated in full to the financing of these studies.
“At Vellsam we are fully aware of the fight against cancer, we are what we eat and we are aware of how important it is to eat well, and for this it is essential that the cultivated fruits are also well nourished; all of this will be beneficial for fighting cancer and preventing cardiovascular diseases ”, stated the CEOs of the company, María Zamora and Francisco Castillo.
Vellsam Materias Bioactivas has worked for decades as a pioneer in the research, design and production of biotechnological solutions (biostimulants and plant nutrients) with the aim of improving the way food is grown around the world.