ERC advanced grant for Bernard Thorens

Prof. Bernard Thorens got an ERC Advanced Investigator Grant.

He is the 4th Genopode group leader being funded by the ERC, Richard Benton, Henrik Kaessmann and Sophie Martin having ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grants.

Next deadlines for ERC grants:

Starting Independent Researcher Grants: March 10, 2011

Advanced Investigator Grants: is likely to be announced in winter 2010/2011 with deadlines throughout spring.

Fri-Sun Sept 17-19, 2010 2nd AnEUploidy Workshop Split Croatia; co-organizer: A.Reymond

”AnEUploidy” is the acronym of an Integrated Project (IP) funded by the European Commission within its Sixth Framework Programme under the thematic area “Life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health”. This four years long project aims to contribute to the understanding of the molecular basis and pathogenic mechanisms of aneuploidies (see http://www.aneuploidy.eu). It is coordinated by Stylianos E. Antonarakis from the University of Geneva Medical School, Switzerland and groups the multidisciplinary skills of 18 European and Israeli research groups. With the aim of furthering the primary objectives of this project, the members of this consortium plan to organise twice during its lifetime an international workshop. The second of these AnEUploidy workshops will be held in Split, Croatia, September 17-19, 2010 and organized by Alexandre Reymond & Dean Nižetić. It will also include 13 eminent invited speakers, outside the consortium. It should allow the members of the aneuploidy/CNV community to share views, progress, and ideas. It will also include a half day lay language presentations to Down syndrome associations, health specialists and parents. See also : http://www.studiohrg.hr/aneuploidy2010/

FP7 Health 2011

two-stage call, link on CORDIS : deadline: Oct. 13, 2010

Table 2: Topics called:

ACTIVITY/AREA

1. BIOTECHNOLOGY, GENERIC TOOLS AND MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR HUMAN HEALTH

1.1 HIGH-THROUGHPUT RESEARCH

1.4 INNOVATIVE THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES AND INTERVENTIONS

2. TRANSLATING RESEARCH FOR HUMAN HEALTH

2.1. INTEGRATING BIOLOGICAL DATA AND PROCESSES: LARGE-SCALE DATA GATHERING, SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

2.2. RESEARCH ON THE BRAIN AND RELATED DISEASES, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND AGEING

2.2.1 BRAIN AND RELATED DISEASES

2.2.2 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND AGEING

2.3. TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN MAJOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES: TO CONFRONT MAJOR THREATS TO PUBLIC HEALTH

2.3.1 ANTIMICROBIAL DRUG RESISTANCE

2.3.3 EMERGING EPIDEMICS

2.4. TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN OTHER MAJOR DISEASES

2.4.1 CANCER

2.4.2 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

2.4.3 DIABETES AND OBESITY

3. OPTIMISING THE DELIVERY OF HEALTHCARE TO EUROPEAN CITIZENS

3.3 HEALTH PROMOTION

Sept 9, 2010, Lausanne: ERC applicants workshop

Event: Lausanne – ERC Applicants Workshop

Date: 09.09.2010

Time: 14:00–17:30

Place: UNIL

Room: Amphimax 412

Regular price: 0 CHF

Registration: Register for this event following this link: quick registration (or login if you have an account with Euresearch)

Organized by Euresearch Lausanne, this workshop is aimed at individual researchers who would like to know how to make the most of their proposal for the next ERC Starting Grant call. It will tackle the main challenges of such a proposal, such as corresponding to the evaluation criteria, with interactive exercises. Please note that you should already be in the process of writing your proposal.