Knowledge-transfer activities by the”train-the-trainer” program participants of the ECAMPUZ (ERASMUS-EDU-2022-CBHE) project, co-funded by the European Union.

– From 5–17 August 2024, Sharofiddin Nuriddinov from the Center for Advanced Technologies contributed as a Mentor in the Intensive Summer School on Biotechnology held at the Center for Advanced Technologies, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

– On 7–8 October 2024, program participant Samandar Sodikov from Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology conducted a training seminar titled “Applied Chromatography” for 26 BSc, MSc, and PhD students, laboratory assistants, academic staff from various HEIs, and specialists from local testing laboratories.

– From 21 July to 9 August, 2025, train-the-trainer program participants from the Center for Advanced Technologies contributed as mentors during the Summer School in Biotechnology 2025 at the Center for Advanced Technologies. It includes lectures titled “Diving into microbiology world: types of microorganisms” by Kh .Sohibnazarova,  “What is the microbiome and its importance?” by Abdunabiev A., and “Application of LC–MS, NMR and IR for Food Quality Assessment” by Sh.Nuriddinov.

“Train-the-trainer” program participants from Urgench State University held series of trainings at the Department of Food Technologies.

Dr. Mansur Radjabov and Dr.Sherzod Kuramboev held practical trainings on “Boiled sausage production technology” and “Smoked sausage production technology”, respectively, at the TechnoPark located at the territory of Urgench State University in November and December 2025. The equipment for pilot-scale production of meat products was purchased by the university through international grant funding. Within the framework of the ECAMPUZ project, two university teachers were sent for advanced training on improving the expertise in meat production technology. As the University of Extremadura is recognized as an expert institution in this field, it provided an intensive training under the train-the-Trainer program. This training enabled the university staff to gain practical experience in sausage production technologies and subsequently transfer this knowledge to students through practical instruction. Number of participants: 8.

Dr.Dildora Ruzmetova organized an additional training at the laboratory of Food Technologies Department on the topic “Chromatographic methods for food analysis” for undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Urgench State University. Number of participants: 7.

Assistant teacher Sardorbek Atajanov held laboratory trainings on “Obtaining results in IR spectroscopy through data analysis” for undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Urgench State University in November 2024. Number of participants: 5.

PhD student Bekhzod Kuramboev organized a lab-training for fellow PhD students working on the research of animal-plant oil processing at the Department of Food Technologies in 2025.

In December 2025, a cluster training was delivered to 14 specialists – laboratory assistants and chemist-analysts – of the Farmatsiya-Innovatsiya Markazi Testing Center.

The training was conducted by two train-the-trainer program participants of the project, Sarvar Khodjaev and Shakhnozakhon Salijonova from the Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology. The sessions covered modules from the “Cluster of Advanced Topics in Food Science and Technology,” including “Food Analysis Methods” and “Emulsified Products”. Considering that the accreditation scope of the Testing Center includes more than 1,800 test methods, approximately 45% of which are related to food testing, this activity ensured the direct transfer of modern analytical knowledge and strengthened the professional competencies of specialists engaged in routine food quality control and laboratory analysis.

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