The European Commission has granted funding for an Innovative Training Network within the  Marie Sklodowska-Curie – Horizon 2020 programme, whose goal is to train scientists in biomedical Glycoscience, which focuses on the study of the structural and functional roles of carbohydrates in their biological context. Glycoscience has an increasing impact on many areas of our economy but particularly in biotechnology, health, food and energy, key focus areas also of the Horizon 2020 program. Illustrative examples for the importance of Glycoscience are the effects of…

The European Commission has granted funding for an Innovative Training Network within the  Marie Sklodowska-Curie – Horizon 2020 programme, whose goal is to form the next generation of scientists that will contribute to the control of leishmaniasis. The EUROLEISH-NET project, which will be coordinated by CRESIB/ISGlobal, is multi- and inter-disciplinary since it includes basic, clinical and translational research to propose integrated solutions in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of leishmaniasis worldwide. Nine public and private European excellence centres will host 15 young researchers from different backgrounds, including molecular biology, epidemiology, medicine,…

The growth of cities, impacts of climate change and the massive cost of providing new infrastructure provide the impetus for TRUSS (2015-2018, ) which aims to maximize the potential of infrastructure that already exists. If flaws in a structure can be identified early, the cost of repair will be vastly reduced, and here an effective monitoring system would allow identifying the optimum time to repair as well as improving structural safety. But safety is difficult to quantify and requires a…