The EU economy will experience a deep recession this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, despite the swift and comprehensive policy response at both EU and national levels. Because the lifting of lockdown measures is proceeding at a more gradual pace than assumed in our Spring Forecast, the impact on economic activity in 2020 will […]
Video production and Social Media Assistant at the European External Action Service
The European External Action Service (EEAS) is seeking for a Video production and Social Media Assistant to work at the the Communications Policy and Public Diplomacy Division (SG.AFFGEN.6). The European External Action Service (EEAS) supports the work of the High Representative in defining and implementing an effective and coherent EU foreign policy. The EEAS supports […]
H2020. Shortening the path to Rare Disease diagnosis by using newborn genetic screening and digital technologies
The overall objective of this call topic is to shorten the path to RD diagnosis by using newborn / paediatric (infants during their first weeks of life) genetic screening; and, via application of advanced digital technologies that enable rare disease diagnosis / identification. The latter might require consolidation of existing fragmented efforts. Specific objectives Assessment […]
H2020. A platform for accelerating biomarker discovery and validation to support therapeutics development for neurodegenerative diseases
Scope There are five objectives in the scope of this topic: Create a set of agreed principles to enable sharing and access to data and samples, taking into consideration all the established legal and ethical research standards and principles (e.g. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), legal, intellectual property (IP), ethical, regulatory, societal issues) and their […]
Commission and EIB provide CureVac with a €75 million financing for vaccine development and expansion of manufacturing
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and CureVac, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of transformative medicines based on optimised mRNA, entered into a €75 million loan agreement to support the Company’s ongoing development of vaccines against infectious diseases, including its vaccine candidate CVnCoV aimed at preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections. El préstamo, además, apoyará los […]
PhD in RNA Computational Biology, Neuroscience and Comparative Genomics
PhD position is available for a highly motivated trainee in the field of Computational Biology/ Bioinformatics at Neurotranscriptomics Laboratory within the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney. The research focuses on understanding how phenotypic complexity can arise during evolution, as well as how post-transcriptional regulation control neuronal function. The work focuses on the role […]
German Presidency outlines priorities to EP committees: “Together for Europe’s recovery”.
Ministers are outlining the priorities of the German Presidency of the Council of the EU to parliamentary committees, in a series of meetings. Germany holds the Presidency of the Council until the end of 2020. The first series of hearings is taking place from 3 to 16 July. A second set of hearings will take […]
Funded traineeship at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva
A traineeship of up to 6 months within the Trade Section of the EU Permanent mission to the WTO in Geneva Switzerland , starting in 1 October 2020. Main tasks Research and analysis relating to the legal, economic and political aspects of the WTO Attending internal and external meetings, conferences, etc relating to the work of the Mission […]
A study by the University of Almeria details the important microbiological diversity in the fight against desertification
The members of the soil microbiology laboratory of the University of Almeria – CIAIMBITAL – have published a study in the prestigious journal ‘Science of the Total Environment‘. 00 The Tabernas desert is important not only because of the great movie stars that have stepped on it, but also because of its great ecological and […]