Personalised medicine uses data generated by new technologies to better understand the individual characteristics in order to deliver the right care to the right person at the right time. Challenge This approach has substantial potential for tackling major health challenges, such as cancer and rare diseases, helping to deliver better and more effective health outcomes. […]
Chief, Laboratory of Allergic Diseases
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Division of Intramural Research (DIR) is seeking an outstanding clinician scientist to lead the Laboratory of Allergic Diseases. Organisation Three research divisions at NIAID direct and manage grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements that support research at external academic and research institutions (known as extramural research): Division […]
EMA’s work on new veterinary regulation advances
EMA has launched a new webpage that shows the progress made by the Agency in the implementation of the new Veterinary Medicines Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/6), which becomes applicable on 28 January 2022. On this webpage, stakeholders can find all relevant information regarding EMA’s scientific and technical recommendations to the European Commission that will feed into delegated and […]
EIOPA issues opinion on sustainability within Solvency II
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published on 30 September 2019 an Opinion on Sustainability and Solvency II. The Opinion addresses the integration of climate-related risks in Solvency II Pillar I requirements. While Solvency II – as a risk-based, forward-looking and market-consistent framework – is well equipped to accommodate sustainability risks and factors, […]
Big data for small farms enhance resource use and profitability
Feeding the world’s growing population under increasingly extreme environmental conditions is challenging farmers globally. The hand that feeds us needs a helping hand, so EU-funded researchers developed an affordable farm-management platform. Copernicus and Apollo, came together under the auspices of the EU-funded APOLLO project to expand the implementation of precision agriculture. With a focus on […]
Visual identities: vintage newspaper mastheads from across Europe
Mastheads are one of the most striking features of newspapers. Often the first thing we see, they are designed to catch our attention and communicate the newspaper’s identity and attract readers. Within the thousands of digitised historic newspaper titles in Europeana Newspapers, there’s a lot of variety in their mastheads – from simple text to more […]
Statement by the European Commission following President Jean-Claude Juncker’s phone call with Prime Minister Boris Johnson
President Jean-Claude Juncker spoke to Prime Minister Johnson on the phone on thursday. The Prime Minister informed the President about the contents of the UK’s latest proposal – which includes a legal text, explanatory note and letter from Prime Minister Johnson. President Juncker welcomed Prime Minister Johnson’s determination to advance the talks ahead of the October European Council and […]
Traditional beer brewing: hop’s horticultural heritage
With today’s craft beer movement, the origins of beer culture come more and more to the fore. As interest in traditional recipes and forgotten brewing practices rises, ingredients such as hops gain new attention. Hops are one of Europe’s traditional crops, and are responsible for a beer’s distinctive bitterness and aroma. Background Beer was one […]
Find out the winner of the European Day of Languages 2019
On Wednesday, 26 September we celebrated the European Day of Languages 2019, and the European Documentation Center organized a fun and informative activity in which information about its services and activities was offered, in addition to celebrating the linguistic richness of Europe. During this activity, we celebrated a raffle of a complete kit of […]