A spin-off company, named Biomimetic, was newly created, implementing a technology invented within the FET /Pathfinder open project LiNabioFluid that was further developed thanks to the Innovation Launchpad funding given to the LaBionicS project. The initial idea, born with the LiNaBioFluid project, was inspired by the integuments or behinds of certain animals such as bark…
The final year of Horizon 2020 sees the largest total award for collaborative research for health. The 75 projects short-listed after evaluation will involve 1158 participants from 58 countries. Following signatures of grant agreements in the coming weeks, they should receive a total of €508 million in grants to address a wide range of crucial…
November 20th 2020 is the application deadline to apply for the position of the next President of the European Research Council (ERC) Commissioner Mariya Gabriel has appointed seven experts as members of the Search Committee for the next President of the ERC. The independent Search Committee will make recommendations to the Commission on the best…
The new EIC Pathfinder project wants to develop laser-induced hierarchical micro-/nano-structures for controlled cell adhesion at implants. The LaserImplant project addresses wide-spread patient’s needs in the fields of dental prostheses and screws and plates for bone regeneration. The research team explains the current challenges as following: “A large application area of medical implants are currently…
The EIC Innovation LaunchPad call receives 118 submitted applications – the largest ever response since the beginning of the programme A very high number of applications received for the last EIC Innovation LaunchPad call under Horizon 2020.The results about the funded proposals will be released by the end of January 2021. 14 October 2020 was…
BoneFix aims to provide a novel class of bone adhesives that will allow for personalized surgical treatment of bone fractures via minimal invasive surgery under local anaesthesia. The BoneFix project aims to deal with the socioeconomics cost of fractures. While this medical condition occurs relatively commonly, as it is caused by accidents such as falls,…
Less than a year ago, in November 2019, the first EIC Transition to Innovation Activities Call closed the submissions and now, the very first of the selected projects are on their way to genuine technological and societal innovations. The EIC Transition to Innovation Activities is a new funding program under Horizon 2020 scheme. Its objective…
SWATCH – Savanna WATer and Carbon fluxes modelling integrating EartH Observation data Savannas (grasslands with scattered trees and shrubs) are among the most complex, variable and extensive biomes on Earth (~20%), covering more than 3 million ha in Europe and half of Africa. One fifth of the world’s population depend upon them, as an agrosilvopastoral…
DiverseNile The multidisciplinary ERC Consolidator Grant project DiverseNile will explore a crucial part of northern Sudan as a case study to reconstruct Bronze Age biographies (c. 1650–1200 BCE) beyond the present categories ‘Egyptian’ and ‘Nubian’. The main hypothesis is that degrees of cultural diversity become archaeologically more visible in the peripheral zones of the central…
A postcard showing a canopy bed: An ex-user of mental health services shares his story In an interview, Franz-Josef Wagner tells Elena Posth from Pfalzklinikum AdöR about his experiences as an ex-user of mental health services in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany Franz-Josef Wagner is the chairman of the state association of (ex-)users of mental…