• • “Science Week 2025”

Participation of our PhD student in the informative video for “Science Week 2025” at the Biomedical Research Center of the University of Granada.

Link to Youtube Video (4:47-5:11)

• • VI Symposium on Advanced Therapies and Biomedical Technologies
• Last November 28th, our PhD student José Juan Ángel-Morillo participated in the VI Symposium on Advanced Therapies and Biomedical Technologies organized by ibs.GRANADA at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Granada. At this symposium, he presented the first preliminary results of his thesis project with a poster entitled: “Melatonin Ameliorates Heart Failure by Improving Ventricular Remodeling and Ejection Fraction in Male ZDF Rats”.
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  • 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».
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  • 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.”
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  • 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.»
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  • 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.
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  • 3rd GRANAMET Meeting
• On Thursday, October 23, 2025, our doctoral student Diego Salagre Simón presented part of his research work in a lecture entitled “Signaling and interorganelle communication in the circadian syndrome. Role of melatonin.”
  The presentation was held in the Salón de Grados of the Biomedical Research Center at the University of Granada (UGR) as part of the Seminar of the Neuroscience 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.

  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) arises within the University of Granada, and its main objective is to promote scientific collaboration to advance the knowledge of 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».

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  • I CarMeN Laboratory Young Researchers Conference
• Our PhD Student Diego Salagre, during his international stay at the CarMeN Laboratory – Cardiovascular, Metabolism and Nutrition in Lyon, France, has participated in the I Young Researchers of the CarMeN Laboratory Conference organized by the University of Lyon 1 – Claude Bernard, the French Center for Human Nutrition Research  (CRNH), the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), the French National Institute of Agriculture, Food and Environment Research (INRAE), and the Civil Hospices of Lyon – Lyon South Hospital, in which he presented the results of his thesis and of our research group on May 21th, 2025. The title of both communications were: «Non-Shivering Thermogenesis as a promising therapeutic target against Diabesity. Role of Melatonin», and «I have a dream…».

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  • 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.

https://canal.ugr.es/noticia/la-melatonina-protege-contra-el-dano-muscular-y-restablece-la-proporcion-de-fibras-alteradas-por-la-obesidad-y-la-diabetes-segun-un-estudio-de-la-ugr/

• 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
• French: La mélatonine protège contre les dommages musculaires et rétablit l’équilibre des fibres altéré par l’obésité et le diabète, selon une étude de l’Université de Grenade
• Italian: La melatonina protegge dai danni muscolari e ripristina l’equilibrio delle fibre alterato da obesità e diabete, secondo uno studio dell’Università di Granada
• Greek: Η μελατονίνη προστατεύει από τις μυϊκές βλάβες και αποκαθιστά την ισορροπία των ινών που αλλοιώνονται από την παχυσαρκία και τον διαβήτη, σύμφωνα με μελέτη του Πανεπιστημίου της Γρανάδας
• Portuguese: A melatonina protege contra danos musculares e restaura o equilíbrio das fibras alterado pela obesidade e diabetes, segundo um estudo da Universidade de Granada

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

• • Scientific Communication Program ConCiencia from Canal Sur. «Sleep Weel, 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

• • 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. 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, English, Arabic, Frech).

https://canal.ugr.es/noticia/investigadores-de-la-ugr-demuestran-el-efecto-positivo-de-la-melatonina-en-la-prevencion-de-la-obesidad/

• 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
• Français_Des rechercheurs de l’Université de Grenade démontrent l’effet positif de la mélatonine dans la prévention de l’obésité

• • 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 and Diego will represent the University of Granada in the european final phase with other researchers from the Coimbra Group.

https://www.ideal.es/miugr/investigador-diego-salagre-gana-concurso-three-minutes-20240319123245-nt.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ideal.es%2Fmiugr%2Finvestigador-diego-salagre-gana-concurso-three-minutes-20240319123245-nt.html

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• •  “Control obesity and aging by food ingredients and Life Style. Turn on the heat” – Dr. Ahmad Agil

Our Research Group Director Prof. Dr. Ahmad Agil has participated in the Diabetes Update with Scientific Evidence Workshop celebrated in Jordan 27th December 2023 organized by the Jordaninan Ministry of Health and the European Comission with his talk entitled: “Control obesity and aging by food ingredients and Life Style. Turn on the heat”

• • “Control obesity and aging by food ingredients and Life Style. Turn on the heat” – Dr. Ahmad Agil

Our Research Group Director Prof. Dr. Ahmad Agil has participated in the World Food Security Conference celebrated in Tunisia 19 and 20th December 2023 organized by the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO). He was honored by His Excellency, the General Director of the ALECSO during the events of the World Food Security Conference in the Arab countries during and after the crisis because of his talk entitled: “Control obesity and aging by food ingredients and Life Style. Turn on the heat”

• “Diabetes management beyond HbA1C” – Dr. Amjad Al-Shdaifat

Our Research Group will host a talk entitled “Diabetes management beyond HbA1C” by the visiting Professor Dr. Amjad Al-Shdaifat and it will be hold at the Biomedical Research Center (CIBM – http://cibm.ugr.es/) of the University of Granada (www.ugr.es/en/) the 11h of November 2023 in CIBM-Conference Room.

• European Researchers’ Night

The European Researchers’ Night is a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens’ daily lives in fun, inspiring ways.

This year, the event took place in 26 countries on Friday 29 September 2023, including Granada, Spain where our research group made an interactive informative talk with examples as mini-experiments. We talked about the growing problem of obesity in our society and how thermogenic mechanisms, which physiologically are responsible for thermoregulation, are a promising therapeutic target. The different types of adipocytes that we can find as well as their functions were shown with experiments, being brown fat a thermogenic target (as well as muscle). Subsequently, we talked about how to induce this thermogenesis through healthy lifestyle habits: doing sports, sleeping well (importance of melatonin), balanced nutrition (importance of nutraceuticals), etc.

The European Researchers’ Night aims to

• bring research and researchers closer to the public
• promote excellent research projects across Europe and beyond
• increase the interest of young people in science and research careers
• showcase the impact of researchers’ work on people’s daily lives

This international event attracts each year more than 1.5 million visitors in Europe and beyond.

See attached the link for the activity performed and some photos:

https://lanochedelosinvestigadores.fundaciondescubre.es/actividades/termogenesis-una-diana-prometedora-frente-la-diabesidad/

• Exposición «Las mariposas del alma»

On July 18, 2023, our research group participated in a divulgation video of the neuroscience institute Federico Oloriz commemorating the year of the neuroscientific Santiago Ramón y Cajal. In it, the group presented his research line and his scientific activities. Found attached in the next link the video.

https://we.tl/t-L17rGCIsMN

• Meeting EuroProyectos Erasmus+ (Spain)

On June 6th, our research group received a visit from the students of the School of Nursing of Trnava (Slovakia) within the Europroyectos Erasmus+ Plan (Spain). In this visit, the students acquired experience and competences in biomolecule analysis in the laboratory as well as important techniques for diabesity research.

Here are some pictures of this meeting:

•  XIII Reunión de Jóvenes Farmacólogos de Andalucía (RJOFA)

On June 26, 2023, our research group attended and participated in the XIII Reunión de Jóvenes Farmacólogos de Andalucía (RJOFA). In it, the group presented 3 poster communications and one oral communication, the latter being carried out by our PhD student Diego Salagre and obtaining the award for best oral communication in Metabolism. The title of this communication was «Melatonin improves obesity by inducing SERCA-SLN uncoupling and mitochondrial biogenesis via AMPK/PGC1α in both gender Zucker Diabetic Fatty rats».

Here are some pictures of this scientific meeting: