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French focus on digital health provides a positive sign for the upcoming French Presidency!
France will take over the EU presidency of the Council in January of 2022, opening the door for new and adapted priorities. While an official agenda for the French presidency is not yet public, it is always interesting to consider the current national politics to identify points of interest for the government.
EU research ministers call for a global approach to research & innovation!
On the morning of Tuesday 28 September, the EU ministers responsible for research gathered for a Competitiveness Council (COMPET) meeting regarding the European Research Area (ERA). The Competitiveness Council is committed to enhancing competitiveness and increasing growth in the EU, through policy areas such as industry, research and innovation. The meeting was chaired by the Slovenian Minister of Education, Science and Sport, Simona Kustec, which supports the focus on international cooperation in research by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the EU.
In Silico in Innovation – again!
The European Innovation Council (EIC) has released its second wave of “start-up champions” to receive funding for innovations through the EIC Accelerator. The EIC Accelerator is an initiative to fund and invest in start-ups and small companies to both develop and up scale innovations.
Avicenna Alliance meets with MEPs to discuss in silico medicine
On 7 October, Dr. Liesbet Geris (Research Professor in Biomechanics and Computational Tissue Engineering at the Universities of Liège & Leuven (Belgium) and executive director of the Virtual Physiological Human Institute), on behalf of the Avicenna Alliance, gave a brief informational presentation to MEPs about computer modelling and simulation (CM&S).
The Joint Research Centre advocates for a “paradigm change” to in silico research methods!
For the second week in a row, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) – part of the European Commission’s EU Science Hub – has published an article about in silico medicine, this time calling for a paradigm change to in vitro and in silico research methods.
The European Commission Joint Research Centre publishes a public knowledge base of non-animal models used in immuno-oncology
The Joint Research Centre (JRC), which is part of the European Commission’s EU Science Hub, has published a systematic review of immuno-oncology publications using advanced non-animal models. The JRC has also published an accompanying free, publicly available database of the models they studied.
