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MEDACORNET Project Mid-Term Consortium Meeting Held in Italy

The MEDACORNET project’s mid-term consortium meeting and awareness event was held in a hybrid format on 3–4 April 2025 in Bari, Italy, hosted by project partner Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro. The first day was reserved exclusively for project partners, while the second day featured sessions open to the public.

1st International Multidisciplinary Acorns as Food Workshop Proceedings Book Published

The proceedings book of the “1st International Multidisciplinary Workshop on Acorns as Food” organized within the scope of MEDACORNET project was published by ITU Publishing House. We would like to thank the members of the Workshop Organizing and Scientific Committee, all participants and everyone who supported the workshop for their valuable contributions 📖 You can access the proceedings book from the link below:Proceedings for the 1st International Multidisciplinary Acorn as Food Workshop

1st International Multidisciplinary Workshop on Acorns as Food

“ACORN 2024: 1st International Multidisciplinary Acorn as Food Workshop,” the first event of its kind organised by the ITU MEDACORNET consortium together with other members of its research network, was successfully held on 17–18 December 2024 in the Senate Hall of the Süleyman Demirel Cultural Center, ITU Ayazağa Campus.
Featuring a series of presentations, the workshop brought experts together to discuss acorn-based food research. For programme details, presentation files, and the forthcoming proceedings book to be published by ITU Press, please visit the workshop website: Acorn Food Workshop

First Year Consortium Meeting

The MEDACORNET project’s first-year consortium meeting and awareness event was held in a hybrid format on 6–7 June 2024 in Tunis, Tunisia, hosted by project partner Université de Tunis El Manar.

Our Field Studies

The first phase of fieldwork for the project’s acorn stakeholder analysis and the study of acorns’ traditional gastronomic value was carried out in Eldeniz village (Sivaslı district, Uşak) and Gökçeler village (Tavas district, Denizli) during March–April 2024. Further details are available on our social media channels.

Acorn Harvest at ITU

In ITU Ayazaga campus, 4 trees of Quercus Rubra, Quercus Frainetto and Quercus Cerris species were identified and acorn fruits were collected for nutritional analysis with crates placed under each tree between October and January without interfering with the natural harvest process. In addition, the coordinates of each tree and other information about the trees were recorded to be transmitted to the project partner (GEOAI), which focuses on machine learning related to harvest prediction in the coming years. ITU Environmental Engineering student Elif Gülin Pakel took part in these field studies.

Medacornet Kickoff Meeting

MEDACORNET kick-off meeting was held in Guimarães, Portugal on July 3-4, 2023 with the participation of ITU.

Consortium Partners

Canan Urhan

curhan@itu.edu.tr