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EPAA Prize: Deadline extended
Friday, 08 September 2017 12:16The deadline of the this years`Refinement Prize of the European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) has just been extended. Applicants now have until end of September 22nd to submit their application for this €6000 award.
JCR eTendering: Reviews on non-animal methods in use for biomedical research
Wednesday, 06 September 2017 13:36A collection of non-animal methods shall be provided in use for basic and applied research concerning the following four human disease areas: neurodegenerative diseases, respiratory tract diseases, cardiovascular diseases and breast cancer.
PISC Award for a Hands-on in vitro workshop hosted by the Institute for In Vitro Sciences
Wednesday, 06 September 2017 12:51The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. (PISC) is proud to announce an early-career scientist award to participate in the Institute for In Vitro Sciences’ (IIVS) 2018 Practical Methods for In Vitro Toxicology Workshop. The award will fund workshop registration ($1,950 USD), as well as airfare and hotel accommodations (up to $1,000 USD).
BMBF: New Guideline for Promotion of Expenses for Open Access Charges
Monday, 04 September 2017 21:44The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) wants to make open access in Germany as a standard of scientific publishing. To reach the goal, the Ministry has developed an open access strategy.
“…It’s about better science …”
Monday, 04 September 2017 08:43In August 2017 the 10th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, probably this year’s most significant international scientific event in the field, took place in Seattle.
Malaria research with placenta on the chip
Sunday, 03 September 2017 08:35With the help of a microfluidic chip, researchers from the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the Florida Atlantic University are developing a 3d model that will be used to simulate placental diseases, such as the complicated sequence of a malaria-infected placenta.
EFSA is searching for Members of Scientific Bodies
Wednesday, 30 August 2017 10:12Call for Expressions of Interest for Membership of the Scientific Panels and the Scientific Committee of EFSA 2017
Lab of the Future: 48 experiments can be carried out simultaneously
Thursday, 10 August 2017 17:22Researchers, led by Prof. Dr. Peter Neubauer from the Department of Bioprocess Engineering at the Technical University of Berlin are working on the "Lab of the Future". With their fully automated solution, they want to drastically reduce the time from development to the manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
Charité: New therapeutic approach to treat lung inflammation
Wednesday, 19 July 2017 13:53On the basis of a specially developed lung inflammation model with human lung tissue, scientists from the University Hospital Charité Berlin, Department infectology and pneumology headed by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hocke succeeded in positively influence an immune reaction on a double infection - a severe influenza virus infection and concomitant pneumococcal infection.
EU: Finance ministers demand for a reduction in the research budget of almost half a billion
Wednesday, 19 July 2017 09:24The finance ministers of the EU member states are demanding to reduce the EU budget for investment in research and innovation next year by 491.47 million euros. This decision would be most unfortunate, since two-thirds of EU prosperity has been achieved by research and development in the EU over the past 20 years. This should not be ignored during discussions about competitiveness of the region.
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