Scientific Communication Program ConCiencia from Canal Sur. «Sleep Well, Eat Well»

Members of our research group have been interviewed by the television channel Canal Sur for the science communication program ConCiencia. There, they have spoken about their latest advances in their research on melatonin and its benefits for the prevention of obesity and diabetes focusing on thermogenic tissues (adipose and skeletal muscle) as a promising therapeutic target to combat this pandemic.

You can see the complete program at the following link.

https://www.canalsur.es/television/programas/conciencia/noticia/2046872.html

IV Symposium on Advanced Therapies and Biomedical Technologies

Last November 28th, José Juan Ángel-Morillo participated in the VI Symposium on Advanced Therapies and Biomedical Technologies with a poster entitled: “Melatonin Ameliorates Heart Failure by Improving Ventricular Remodeling and Ejection Fraction in Male ZDF Rats”.

IV Levant Endocrinology and Diabetes Congress

From November 11th to 14th, 2025, Dr. Ahmad Agil attended as a guest speaker at the 4th Levant Endocrinology and Diabetes Congress in Jordan with an oral presentation entitled «Targeting Mitochondria (Thermogenesis) to Improve Obesity & its Metabolic Complications: The role of lifestyle and Melatonin».

VI Symposium on Precision Medicine, IBsGranada

On Thursday, October 30, 2025, two members of our research group attended the VI Symposium on Precision Medicine organized by IBS Granada at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Granada. At this conference, José Juan and Diego presented a poster entitled “Melatonin protects from heart failure by improving cellular stress and mitochondrial function in obese diabetic ZDF rats.”

ALECSO Project Meeting in Support of Development

Dr. Ahmad Agil attended as a guest speaker at the ALECSO Project Meeting in Support of Development 2025, held from October 28 to 30, 2025, at the University of Nouakchott, Mauritania, with an oral presentation entitled «Targeting Mitochondria (Thermogenesis) to Improve Obesity & its Metabolic Complications: The role of lifestyle and Melatonin.»

1st Seminar of the Neuroscientific Club of the Federico Oloriz Institute of Neurosciences 2025

On Thursday, October 23, 2025, our PhD student Diego Salagre Simón presented part of his research work in a talk entitled “Interorganellar signaling and communication in the circadian syndrome. Role of melatonin.”
The presentation was held in the Salón de Grados of the Biomedical Research Center (CIBM) at the University of Granada (UGR) as part of the 1st Seminar of the Neuroscientific Club of the Federico Oloriz Institute of Neurosciences. The talk was attended by professors, researchers, and students from the UGR’s Master’s Degree in Basic, Applied, and Pain Neurosciences.

3rd GRANAMET Meeting

On September 12th 2025, our research group attended and participated in the 3rd GranaMet meeting in Granada. The Granada Network of Translational Research in Metabolism (GRANAMET) is based on a translational approach that spans from the investigation of molecules and the cellular environment to clinical research, thus allowing to face great challenges in metabolic research. In the meeting, our PhD student Diego Salagre introduced the lines of research from our team and presented some of the results of his thesis. The title of his communication was: «Skeletal muscle non-shivering thermogenesis as a promising therapeutic target against diabesity. Role of Melatonin».

Here are some pictures of this scientific meeting:

XV Reunión de Jóvenes Farmacólogos de Andalucía

• On June 27th 2025, our research group attended and participated in the XV Reunión de Jóvenes Farmacólogos de Andalucía (RJFA) in Seville. In it, the group presented 2 oral communications one by our PhD student Diego Salagre, and another by our Master student Clara Rubio. The title of both communication were: 1.-«Melatonin promotes mitochondria-ER contacts and restores organellar membrane phospholipid composition in the skeletal muscle from both sex Zücker diabetic fatty rats», and 2.-«Effect of melatonin on adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AT-MSCs) chondrogenic differentiation».

  Here are some pictures of this scientific meeting:

  

I CarMeN Laboratory Young Researchers Conference

Melatonin protects against muscle damage and restores the proportion of fibers altered by obesity and diabetes, according to an University of
Granada study.

Members of our research group have published in media the latest results of the research project we are carrying out on the beneficial effects of melatonin in muscle damage prevention and fiber composition restoration in «Diabesity». To increase the global reach of this news and to be able top disseminate our results to the entire world society, we have translated the press release into several languages and you can access them by clicking on each of the versions indexed below:

• Spanish: La melatonina protege contra el daño muscular y restablece la proporción de fibras alteradas por la obesidad y la diabetes, según un estudio de la UGR
• English: Melatonin protects against muscle damage and restores the proportion of fibers altered by obesity and diabetes

•  الميلاتونين يحمي من التلف العضلات ويستعيد توازن ألياف المتأثر بالسمنة والسكري، وفقًا لدراسة من جامعة غرناطة : Arab

V Symposium on Advanced Therapies and Biomedical Technologies (ibs.GRANADA)

«Thermogenic tissues as therapeutic target for obesity and its complications: style of life and melatonin role» – Dr. Ahmad Agil

Researchers from the University of Granada shows the positive effects of melatonin on the obesity prevention

Members of our research group have published in several Spanish newspapers and other media the latest results of the research project we are carrying out on the beneficial effects of melatonin in the prevention of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes.

• Spanish_ Investigadores de la UGR demuestran el efecto positivo de la melatonina en la prevención de la obesidad
• English_ Researchers from UGR shows the positive effect of melatonin en the obesity prevention
• أثبت باحثو جامعة غرناطة Arab

Diego Salagre, member of our Research group, winner of the 3 Minutes Thesis competition at the University of Granada

Our Research Group Mr. Diego Salagre has participated in the 3 minutes thesis (3MT) competition with his talk entitle: «I have a dream» and been awarded with the first prize. The final was celebrated in Granada March 18th.