WHO warning prompts fast EU action
The swift development of a vaccine against the Zika virus has become an urgent priority for, among others, EU Commissioner for Research and Innovation Carlos Moedas, who has pledged an initial €10m into its research. “I have instructed my services to mobilise €10m for urgently needed research on the Zika virus in response to the upsurge in cases of severe congenital brain malformations across Latin Am...
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NUI Galway launches robotic stem cell project
NUI Galway’s Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI) has launched AUTOSTEM, a new �...
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Infectious diseases treatments get €20m boost
The InnovFin Infectious Diseases (ID) facility has provided a €20m loan to French bi...
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Graphene brain implants to treat NDGs
Researchers from the University of Trieste, Italy, and the Cambridge Graphene Centre, ...
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Horizon 2020 making cities sustainable
Engineers from Trinity College Dublin have been awarded a €6m research grant from Ho...
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Bulc opens smart cities conference
The ‘Transport for smart cities 2016: scaling innovation in Europe’ conference has...
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Animal health research consortium to launch
An international research consortium on animal health is to launch tomorrow at the con...
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Improved treatment could halve HIV cases
Over half of all HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) could be prevent...
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Ebola-Tx trial delivers results
Treatment with convalescent plasma during an Ebola virus disease outbreak is feasible,...
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H2020 funds pioneering cell therapy project
A Welsh company has been awarded €420,000 by Horizon 2020 to participate in a ground...
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JPND in imaging call
An EU research scheme has announced a brain imaging call in order to create working gr...
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IMI holding webinars on latest call topics
From 11 to 29 January 2016, the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) will hold a seri...
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Commission adopts trans fats report
The European Commission has adopted a report on trans fats (TFA) in food and in the ov...
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JPIAMR: antibacterial resistance underfunded
National and European research funding in the field of antibacterial resistance is unb...
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IMI in Ebola and big data calls
The IMI has launched two new research calls....