Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Welcome to the Department of Animal and Food Science at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, a team made up of 70 professors, researches and administratuon and service stff and more than 67 postgraduate students. Our departments aims and is committed to research and generate knowledge that allows us to provide an outstanding education for our students in the areas of Animal Science, Food Safety, and Food Technology. We try to contribute with this to solving problems of social and economic importance, such as the need to produce food in a sustainable, safe and responsible way.
If you are curious about our applied research or if you are a student with an interest in our degrees, masters or PhD programmes please let us know. Our graduates and postgraduates are developing their professional careers in different areas of the livestock and food industry, in official institutions or in differents universities and research centers.
Directed by:
Maria Dels Dolors Izquierdo Tugas
Research lines
- Research lines:
- Genetics and Genomics
- Food and Animal Nutrition
- Animal Handling and Welfare
- Reproduction and Lactation
- Food Safety
- Food Processing and Control
- Food Quality and Innovation
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Alimenta¿t amb ciència¿: Fomentant el pensament crític davant les notícies falses i la desinformació en ciències de l¿alimentació
Ripollés Àvila, C. (Principal Investigator)
17/09/25 → 16/03/27
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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Electrospray dehydration for high-value liquid foods (Food-ElectroDry)
Castillo Zambudio, M. (Principal Investigator), Abad-Muñoz, L. (Collaborator), Esteve, J. (Collaborator), Gomez Palma, A. (Collaborator), Hosny Mohamed Ali, F. (Collaborator), Lacaita, S. (Collaborator), Martin Pinardi, L. (Collaborator), Perez Playa, B. (Collaborator), Salleras Freixas, M. (Collaborator) & Verdugo Gonzalez, L. (Collaborator)
16/09/25 → 15/03/27
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
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Sustainable Wildlife Feed from Scrubland (WILDFEED)
Serrano Ferron, E. A. (Principal Investigator), Clauss, M. (Collaborator), Gutiérrez Mellado, B. (Collaborator), Ramos Illan, S. (Collaborator), Torres i Blas, I. (Collaborator), Albanell Trullas, E. (Investigator), Bartolome Filella, J. (Investigator) & Lavin Gonzalez, S. (Investigator)
16/09/25 → 15/03/26
Project: Research Projects and Other Grants
Research output
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Decontamination of black peppercorns using UV-LED technology and its effect on cell viability
Arcos-Limiñana, V., Polet, M., Verhaegen, B., Soro, A. B., Tiwari, B. K., Prats-Moya, S., Maestre-Pérez, S. & Van Hoorde, K., 16 Feb 2026, In: International Journal of Food Microbiology. 447, 111567.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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2025 photonics for agrifood roadmap: towards a sustainable and healthier planet
Mizaikoff, B., Konstantaki, M., Pissadakis, S., Michelucci, U., Pasko, S., Pakula, A., Crocombe, R. A., Miseo, E. V., Liapis, A. C., Ahmed, S. F., Sun, Z., Chandrinou, C., Chatzipetrou, M., Zergioti, I., Trog, U., Haase, A., Smolka, M., Oosterveld, L., Van Hoof, C. & Müller, A. & 9 others, , 31 Jul 2025, In: JPhys Photonics. 7, 3, 131 p., 032501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Acceptability and tolerability of a Hibiscus sabdariffa L. beverage and effect on biomarkers of pregnant women: Phase I pilot trial
Alcantar Rodríguez, V., Osorio Díaz, P., González vargas, E., Puga Díaz, R., Gutierrez Trujillo, J. & Saldo, J., Nov 2025, In: Functional Foods in Health and Disease. 15, 11, p. 841-853 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Rapid and real-time identification of fungi up to the species level with long amplicon Nanopore sequencing from clinical samples
D’Andreano, S. (Creator), Cusco Marti, A. M. (Contributor) & Francino Martí, O. (Contributor), Zenodo, 11 Feb 2020
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3662300, https://zenodo.org/record/3662300
Dataset
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Additional file 4 of A gene co-association network regulating gut microbial communities in a Duroc pig population
Reverter, A. (Creator), Ballester, M. (Creator), Alexandre, P. A. (Creator), Mármol-Sánchez, E. (Creator), Dalmau, A. (Creator), Quintanilla, R. (Creator) & Ramayo-Caldas, Y. (Creator), figshare, 22 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14072266.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Additional_file_4_of_A_gene_co-association_network_regulating_gut_microbial_communities_in_a_Duroc_pig_population/14072266/1
Dataset
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A gene co-association network regulating gut microbial communities in a Duroc pig population
Reverter, A. (Creator), Ballester, M. (Creator), Alexandre, P. A. (Creator), Mármol-Sánchez, E. (Creator), Dalmau, A. (Creator), Quintanilla, R. (Creator) & Ramayo-Caldas, Y. (Creator), figshare, 22 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5313244.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/A_gene_co-association_network_regulating_gut_microbial_communities_in_a_Duroc_pig_population/5313244/1
Dataset
Student theses
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INFLUÈNCIA DE DIFERENTS INGREDIENTS I TECNOLOGIES EN LA QUALITAT DEL PA SENSE GLUTEN
Aguilar Puig, N. (Author), Albanell Trullas, E. (Director) & Capellas Puig, M. (Director), 30 Jan 2015Student thesis: Doctoral thesis
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Caracterización de emulsiones o/w formuladas con mazada y aceites vegetales obtenidas por homogenización convencional a alta presión
Hernandez Maya, C. F. (Author), Trujillo Mesa, A. J. (Director), 2019Student thesis: Dissertation (TFM)
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Leche A2 como posible alternativa de consumo para personas con problemas de digestión de la proteína de la leche A1
Pinoargote Tapia, C. (Author), Manuelian Fuste, C. L. (Director), Jun 2024Student thesis: Dissertation (TFM)