BECONTRA by Belinda Pletzer

Brain effects of contraceptives: How birth control pills affect the female brain Birth control pills have been on the market for 60 years now and are used by 150 million women worldwide. Particularly, the use of birth control pills increases among adolescents. While the major target of birth control pills are hormone axes regulated by…

EU Prize for Women Innovators announced

Mariya Gabriel has announced the winners of the EU Prize for Women Innovators which is funded under Horizon 2020. The announcement was made online this time at the European Research and Innovation Days and included: Madiha Derouazi (Switzerland), founder and CEO of Amal Therapeutics, a company developing therapeutic cancer vaccines. Maria Fátima Lucas (Portugal), co-founder and…

Horizon Impact Award Winners 2020

Commission announces the winners of Horizon Impact Award 2020 On 23rd September 2020 the European Commission announced the winners of the 2nd edition of Horizon Impact Award; a prize dedicated to recognise EU-funded projects which have shown the ability to create societal impact across Europe and further afield. Subject matters covered by the winning projects…