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The EMBRACE EQUALITY conference brings together a wide range of stakeholders to highlight the importance of, and current work within education in Ireland to promote gender equality and prevent gender-based violence. The voice of students, educators, researchers, advocacy groups and policy-makers will be featured. The conference will be held on
Using neurons grown from stem cells, EU-funded researchers are revealing more about mutations that lead to autism, schizophrenia and intellectual disability which researchers hope will lead to new drug targets for personalised medicine. Powered by WPeMatico
Making climate services a reality in Europe is a two-day conference that will bring together 100+ climate researchers, policy-makers and industry experts as well as city and regional actors to showcase how climate data can serve both cities, regions, and businesses. The conference will focus on climate services for: • Energy,
Professor Harald zur Hausen, Nobel Laureate in Medicine, has informed the European Commission that due to personal reasons he will step down with immediate effect as Chair of the Horizon Europe Mission Board for Cancer. Powered by WPeMatico
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2019 has been awarded jointly to William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability. Powered by WPeMatico
ERTRAC – EGVIA – European Commission EUROPEAN CONFERENCE Results from Road Transport Research in Horizon 2020 projects When: 4 & 5 December 2019Where: Albert Borschette Conference Center (CCAB)Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels The 3d edition of our H2020RTR conference is now open for registration. Over 2 full days, the Horizon
The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, with support from the European Commission through Horizon 2020, is organising a conference on gender equality in research and innovation on 23–24 October 2019. This event marks 20 years since the first European Commission Communication on Women in Science and the follow-up founding
This international information-day event will highlight research topics covered within the final 2020 calls for proposals in Societal Challenge 6 Europe in a changing world – inclusive, innovative and reflective Societies of Horizon 2020. Participants will have the possibility to join in a matchmaking event dedicated to the topics of
WHO reports show that more than 3 million people died from alcohol-related illness in 2016, yet low-cost interventions to measure how much people drink can lead to major reductions in heavy consumption. The EU-funded SCALA project promises significant results by introducing some of these techniques in Latin America. Powered by
An EU-funded project involving collaboration between top intelligent transport researchers has resulted in new developments in smart urban transport, support for emergency response vehicles and apps for smoother passenger transport across cities. Powered by WPeMatico