The MycoSynVac project is a 5 year research programme funded through Horizon 2020 and co-ordinated at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Spain. Now entering its 4th year it has been looking at Mycoplasmas and the infections caused by them in the livestock industry. Their inherent resistance to common antibiotics, due to the lack…
With just under 2 years left of a 5 year project, META-STRESS, which is co-ordinated at the University of Helsinki, has been studying the large metapopulation of the Glanville fritillary Butterfly in order to test how organisms cope with environmental stress and the eco-evolutionary consequences. The potential results of the project could prove ground-breaking in…
Are marine living microorganisms influencing clouds? Earth, as a whole, can be considered as a living organism emitting gases and particles in its atmosphere, in order to regulate its own temperature (Lovelock, 1988). In particular oceans, which cover 70% of the Earth, may respond to climate change by emitting different species under different environmental conditions.…
Micro Heterogeneity and Macroeconomic Policy How does the economy respond to a change in monetary policy? How does an increase in government spending affect output, consumption and employment? How should the government design transfer programmes to stabilize the economy in recessions? The recent global financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession have renewed interest in these…
The HEARTOFSTROKE project, funded under H2020 and co-ordinated at UMC Utrecht, has an aim to understand the cause of stroke in every single patient. Looking at the “3Ps” (Pipes, Perfusion, Parenchyma). New research fields have been created based on innovative non-invasive arterial spin labelling perfusion MRI, perfusion reserve, perfusion territory and vessel wall MRI methods.…
The H2020 project Feed-a-Gene has been researching and developing new alternative feed resources and feed technologies for the past 3 years to better adapt different components of monogastric livestock production systems. Co-ordinated at INRA and with funding lasting until 2020 it will develop, amongst other things, biological models of livestock functioning to better understand and…
Now just past the half way point of the research the RETHRIM project, funded through H2020, has been further developing an academic infrastructure for the harmonized production of MSC (Mesenchymal stromal cells). The aim of the project was to conduct the first Europe-wide placebo controlled randomised phase III trial using MSC regenerative therapy for the…
Having completed nearly 3 years research and its final year on the horizon the H2020 project EUCLID has been looking at more sustainable pest management methods in order to reduce the negative effects of pesticides on human health and the environment. Its main goal is developing sustainable production approaches used in European and Chinese agriculture…
The UB-RASDisease project is being carried out at The Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB). Having been awarded an ERC consolidator grant, lasting approximately 5 years, it will look to find ways to defeat RAS-driven disease. By creating genetically modified mouse models and CRISPR-engineered human cell models they can assess the functional impact of the alterations…
The University of Antwerp has been awarded a 5 year ERC consolidator grant to further look into TAAD (Thoracic aortic aneurysm dissection). The GENOMIA project will use next generation sequencing technologies to establish additional genetic TAAD causes and observe that in many syndromic and non-syndromic families there is both significant non-penetrance and inter- and intra-familial…