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Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:57:36 +0100
From: "Fernando Capela e Silva" <f...@uevora.pt>
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Subject: [Users] Fw: What's new on the EC's Research web site: week 13 2009
Research - Research activities of the European Commission
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From: nore...@ec.europa.eu
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Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:21 AM
Subject: What's new on the EC's Research web site: week 13 2009
What's new on the Research web site? Weekly newsletter
Week 13
Friday, 27 March 2009
a.. Infectious diseases
a.. Call for Proposals in TB diagnostics
Every year on 24 March, the world commemorates World
TB Day. The European and Developing Countries Clinical
Trials Partnership (EDCTP) wishes to make a
contribution to mitigating the effect of this disease
by announcing funding opportunities for TB
researchers. A call for proposals in TB diagnostics is
now open for applications.
a.. Marie Curie Actions
a.. European Research Careers: Marie Curie Actions
in Brief - now in 22 languages! The online pocket
guide to European Research Careers through Marie Curie
Actions is now available in 22 languages. Use the
language selector at the top right of the page to
choose yous!
a.. Research Headlines
a.. Teenagers listen to parents on smoking
Contrary to popular belief, teenagers do listen to
their parents' views on smoking, and believe that they
should act to discourage their children from taking up
the habit, Swedish research reveals. The findings,
published in the journal BMC Public Health, suggest
that parents should be encouraged to dissuade their
children from smoking as part of wider efforts to
prevent smoking in the wider population.
Thursday, 26 March 2009
a.. Biotechnology
a.. Past workshop
2008 Joint EC-US / CIESM Workshop on Marine
Genomics: at the Interface of Marine Microbial Ecology
and Biotechnological Applications Hotel Columbus,
Monaco 12-14 October 2008
a.. Research Headlines
a.. Climate change affecting European birds, study
reveals Climate change is already affecting Europe's
birds, according to a new study by Czech, Dutch and
British scientists. The researchers arrived at their
conclusion after developing the first ever indicator
of the impact of climate change on wildlife on the
continental scale. The indicator reveals that while
some species are doing well as a result of climate
change, the ranges of many more species are shrinking.
a.. Research infrastructures
a.. Projects
Thirty-four projects (out of 35) identified in the
2006 ESFRI Roadmap are today supported in their
preparatory phases through FP7. Each Preparatory Phase
benefits from an EC grant averaging €4 million, to
support the construction of new research
infrastructures or major upgrades of existing ones.
a.. Social sciences and humanities
a.. Event
31 March 2009, Brussels: The results of the EU
funded ResIST projects will be presented and discussed
with respect to its implications for policy and
practice. ResIST – Researching Inequality through
Science and Technology) – is a research project,
funded by the European Union under FP6, analysing
relationships between S&T and different forms of
inequality.
a.. Transport
a.. Events
25-26 March 2009: Final FLYSAFE Forum – Improving
safety for the aviation community Developed building
blocks and perspectives, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2-3 June 2009: European Engine Technology Workshop,
Warsaw, Poland
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
a.. Allergies and Asthma
a.. Report
Final report on the workshop Combating Allergy and
Asthma in Europe: Issues and Perspectives, Chronic
Diseases Research in the 7th Framework Programme held
in Brussels on 17th November 2008.
a.. Research Headlines
a.. Gene modifies severity of cystic fibrosis lung
disease Cystic fibrosis, the most common congenital
disease, affects children's lungs, intestines and
pancreas. While it is recognised that it is caused by
a defect in a single gene, clogging the organs with
thick mucus, an international team of scientists have
identified a gene that modifies the severity of lung
disease in people with cystic fibrosis.
a.. Transport
a.. ‘VITAL’ workshop promotes cleaner air transport
The EU-funded VITAL project held its dissemination
workshop in Budapest, Hungary, on 9-10 March 2009. The
event comes at the culmination of four years of
collaborative research among all the major European
aircraft engine manufacturers.
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
a.. Press Centre
a.. World Tuberculosis Day: EU-funded research
announces the discovery of a promising drug against
tuberculosis Today is World Tuberculosis Day. On 19
March 2009, an EU-funded project, 'New Medicines for
Tuberculosis', announced the discovery of a new drug
candidate, showing promising prospects for fighting
not only Tuberculosis (TB), but also for combating the
Extensively Drug Resistant form of the disease.
a.. Research Headlines
a.. How the Internet is affecting teens' worlds
A study by a group of Dutch researchers shows that
the psychological benefits of the Internet may now
outweigh the detrimental effects.
a.. Social sciences and humanities
a.. Final report
Summary report of the PAGANINI project –
Participatory Governance and Institutional Innovation
– The New Politics of Life
Monday, 23 March 2009
a.. Research Headlines
a.. EU and Japan agree to work more closely together
in energy research The European Commission and Japan
are going to deepen their collaboration in energy
research.
Title: Research - Research activities of the European Commission
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