Month: July 2017

Events – Modern Biotechnologies in Agriculture – Paving the way for responsible innovation – 28 September 2017, Brussels

The European Commission is organising a high-level conference on “Modern Biotechnologies in Agriculture – Paving the way for responsible innovation”. This one-day conference will take place in the Charlemagne Building, Rue de la Loi 170, Brussels, Belgium, on Thursday 28 September 2017 from 9.30 to 18.00. HLG member Janusz Bujnicki

Research Headlines – Sun, sea and sustainability: improving RES uptake in the Med

ETRERA_2020 addresses future energy needs by creating a renewable energy research alliance to foster the uptake of renewable energy technologies and improve cooperation between research and industry in the Mediterranean. Powered by WPeMatico

FEAD: Adopting a ‘Whole Person Approach’ in support activities

The latest FEAD Network meeting in Brussels on 19th June featured a panel discussion and several case studies that best displayed the use of adopting a ‘whole person approach’ in FEAD supporting activities. Powered by WPeMatico

Research Headlines – To freeze or not to freeze – it’s in the proteins

EU-funded scientists delved into a special class of proteins to solve the mystery of how creatures such as winter flounder and ocean pout don’t freeze along with the waters they live in. The results could lead to new bio-based anti-freeze alternatives for industry, medicine and food-production. Powered by WPeMatico

LIFE project welcomes condemnation of poacher by Italian Supreme Court

The LIFE project Waldrappteam (LIFE12 BIO/AT/000143) has welcomed the recent condemnation of a hunter for the killing of one of the most endangered bird species worldwide, the northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita). In October 2012, two the northern bald ibises, named Goja and Jedi, were shot by an Italian bird