Creating a Center of Excellence: an interview with Electra Gizeli
19/11/2024
Electra Gizeli, Group Leader at IMBB-FORTH, talks to EU-LIFE about the creation of DxHub, a Center of Excellence to promote innovative solutions for the detection of infectious diseases.
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Main Representatives from EU-LIFE institutes met to align views and strategies on the alliance
26/2/2020
The first main representatives meeting took place in Amsterdam at NKI, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, on 21st of February. This work session gave the opportunity to consolidate common ground for the main representatives and to launch strategic steps for the future.
Science without borders: EU-LIFE statement on BREXIT
04/2/2020
The EU-LIFE community, which spans over 7500 researchers in 14 European countries including our UK partner The Babraham Institute, will continue to join forces with researchers, innovators, policy makers and all relevant actors across the European continent to enable the best science and ensure the transformation of scientific achievements into improvements in peoples’ lives.
Act now to ensure science is on the agenda in Brexit talks: join #DealforScience campaign
04/2/2020
With the post-BREXIT situation, the time to re-shape the relationship between the EU and UK has arrived. This doesn’t mean that international collaboration in science and research is any less essential. EU-LIFE, EuroScience and Wellcome have launched the #dealforscience petition to help the research community show how much they want a good deal for science.
EU-LIFE welcomes the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw (IIMCB) as a new member
23/1/2020
The International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw (IIMCB) has officially joined EU-LIFE as part of the process of expansion of the alliance. The decision was ratified by the EU-LIFE Board of Directors and the IIMCB Director and is effective as of January 1, 2020.
We are hiring! EU-LIFE Project and Policy Officer
23/1/2020
We are looking for a Project and Policy Officer to join EU-LIFE team. This is a great opportunity to work on an international alliance dedicated to the improvement of life sciences research through science policy and sharing practices in research governance.
Building networking opportunities to strengthen young scientist careers
19/12/2019
Young scientists and researchers at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência and Institut Curie organized a joint Young Scientists Retreat on the 22nd and 23 of September 2019. A great initiative between young scientists from our Portuguese and French members to share their work and foster networking & collaboration!
Make research count: EU-LIFE researchers act
19/12/2019
In our Open Letter we urged the European Parliament and the EU Council to provide Horizon Europe with key assets and to prioritise R&I by committing an appropriate budget for Horizon Europe. Now we keep advocating for R&I through a media campaign to urge politicians to increase the budget for scientific funding.
René Medema appointed new chair of EU-LIFE
02/12/2019
René Medema, Director of Research of the Netherlands Cancer Institute, has been appointed the new chair of EU-LIFE, an alliance of thirteen leading life science institutes in Europe, as of 1 January 2020.
