An ERDF-funded project is helping to tackle the COVID-19 crisis in Italy. New sensors created by the project allow healthcare staff to monitor patients suffering from the disease at a distance. MEDIWARN Project The biosensors, created by the MEDIWARN project, can monitor a patient’s vital signs such as heartbeat, respiratory rate, blood pressure and body […]
EU DATATHON 2020
The fourth edition of EU Datathon, the open data competition, was launched on 19 February. To take part, you should propose the development of an application that links and uses open datasets, of which at least one from the thousands made available by the EU institutions, agencies and bodies. For more detailed information, see the rules […]
La Caixa express call: Research Projects in COVID-19
Boost your bio-health innovation to bring it closer to society. Submit your biomedical innovation to the CaixaImpulse Express Call and get the impulse you need to address this global challenge. Requirements Is your project a potential candidate? Please review the following requirements: For the Projects: Projects must include clearly targeted technologies to prevent, treat, monitor, […]
Financiación europea para la investigación del COVID-19
Título: Financiación europea para la investigación del COVID-19 Autor: Parlamento Europeo Duración: 02:09 Resumen: Frenar la pandemia del COVID-19 es la máxima prioridad de Europa. Mientras los europeos cumplen con su parte quedándose en casa, laboratorios e investigadores trabajan día y noche para desarrollar una vacuna, mejores diagnósticos y tratamientos eficaces. Expertos del Centro Europeo para la Prevención y el Control de las Enfermedades trabajan […]
Covid-19: How unprecedented data sharing has led to faster-than-ever outbreak research
Advances in gene sequencing have allowed scientists to trace and monitor the COVID-19 pandemic faster than any previous outbreak. When the new coronavirus (formally known as SARS-CoV-2) was identified in China in January, scientists around the world were ready to respond. The virus’s entire genetic makeup, or genome, was published online within days. By comparison, during the […]
EFSA grant opportunity: microbiomes and plant pests
EFSA has launched its latest thematic grant call for proposals in the following areas: Evaluating the impact on/by gastrointestinal tract microbiomes (human and domestic animals) in assessments. Capacity building for evaluating the impact on/by environmental microbiomes (plants, wildlife, soil) in assessments. Hotspots for introduction of plant pests: an integrated analysis to better prepare for pest invasions. EFSA […]
The University of Almeria supports the manufacture of 3D protective equipment to combat COVID-19
Diego Luis Valera, Vice-rector of Research and Innovation at the University of Almeria, informs us that since last Friday a group of “makers” are working intensively in Almeria on the 3D printing of screens for facial protection against COVID-19. The group has been joined by volunteers with their own printers and there are currently 72 […]
COVID-19: research package to be better equipped in future
Crisis-response measures should be combined with a long-term commitment to EU research programmes, says Research MEP. Working on new meassures EC proposes significant budget package to fight pandemic EP Research MEP welcomes emergency measures We have to invest more in research and be ready for the next crisis Horizon Europe rapporteur Christian Ehler (EPP, DE) applaud […]
European projects: The prostheses that could alleviate amputees’ phantom limb pain
New prosthetic technologies that stimulate the nerves could pave the way for prostheses that feel like a natural part of the body and reduce the phantom limb pain commonly endured by amputees. Silvestro Micera, a professor of translational neuroengineering at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, has spent the past 20 years figuring out […]