May 23, 2013

Progress from base pairs to bedside

On 13 and 14 May 2013, PathoNGen-Trace project partners, advisory board members and associated partners came together at the Møller Centre in Cambridge. The project funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme aims to develop new applications of Next-Generation-Sequencing (NGS) in order to meet the needs of public health. The first progress meeting featured presentations on...
May 17, 2013

Have a safe flight with ARISTOTEL

Sitting in an airplane and experiencing turbulences on the flight to the meeting makes one think about the safety of rotorcraft. Knowing about the ARISTOTEL project makes you already feel safer. ARISTOTEL develops enhanced simulation models, design guidelines and criteria for improved flight safety. It is now approaching its final term, with September 2013 marking the end of the project. The...
May 14, 2013

Getting ready for “Horizon 2020”

The EU’s new framework programme for research and innovation is already on the horizon. Therefore, Prime Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer used her recent visit to Brussels not only to promote the German-French friendship on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty, but also to engage in dialogues regarding “Horizon 2020” with the European Commission and the German EU...
Apr 23, 2013

Regenerating bone

It sounds like science fiction: regenerating bone. But OSTEOGROW is science, not fiction. The 54-month research project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme aims to develop a new therapeutic regenerating system by harnessing a novel bone device to accelerate and enhance bone repair. To monitor the progress of this challenging task, the project coordinator, Prof....
Apr 16, 2013

Sweet Success

The Technological Institute of Construction, AIDICO, invited the SAM.SSA consortium to Valencia for the project’s second progress meeting from 26 to 27 March 2013. SAM.SSA is a European research project funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme. Its overall aim is to use microencapsulated sugar alcohol as a heating device, which may lead to environmentally sound,...