Digital Public Lecture “Opuntia: Bioactivity, Chemistry and Industrial Applications”
The DAAD Regional Office Cairo invites you to attend the digital Public Lecture “Opuntia: Bioactivity, Chemistry and Industrial Applications” in the framework of its project “Clusters for Scientific Innovation in the Middle East and North Africa” (COSIMENA).
Key information about the event
Date: Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
Time: 5 p.m. till 6.30 p.m. (Cairo Local Time)
Location: Virtual event conducted in English via MS Teams
Content:
The event aims to discuss the following questions:
- Opuntia fruits and their nutritive value and health-promoting benefits, including antioxidant, antiulcerogenic and antiatherogenic traits
- creating a multidisciplinary forum of discussion on Opuntia cactus with special emphasis on its horticulture, postharvest, marketability, chemistry, functionality, health-promoting properties, technology and processing.
Target Group:
Researchers and Scientists working in the field of biochemistry, agriculture, food science, nutrition and higher education from Germany, Egypt and the MENA region.
Registration:
To participate in the event, please register here: https://www.daad.de/surveys/521632?lang=en
After your registration you will receive a confirmation email with all necessary information a few days before the event.
For further information about the COSIMENA project, please click here: https://www.daad.eg/en/about-us/cosimena/
If you have any questions or would like to subscribe to our network-list and receive news about our events, please do not hesitate to contact us at: COSIMENA@daadcairo.org
