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ICT 2018 Imagine Digital – Connect Europe is taking place this week in Vienna on 4-6 December 2018 at the Austrian Centre Vienna (AVC) Bruno-Kreisky-Platz 1, 1220, Wien, Austria. This research and innovation event focus on the European Union’s priorities in the digital transformation of society and industry. It is organised by the European Commission…

Discoveries by a COST Action linking genetic make-up with the risk of colorectal cancer have been published in the British Journal of Cancer – reaching some 9 million scientists and resulting in the creation of a new COST network.

COST Action Mye-EUNITER establish a common yet robust protocol for the comparative analysis of myeloid cells (MDSC) in various diseases.  Immunologists around the world have been focusing their endeavours increasingly on better understanding how a specialised cellular subset, known as myeloid regulatory cells (MRCs), contribute towards disease progression and pathogenesis. However, a lack of consensus…

COST Action,  Aedes Invasive Mosquitoes are featured in a news article from Italian news outlet, askanews.it for their research into alien species settling in Europe. Date of publication 29 October 2018. Language of publication – Italian Salute, parte progetto Ue per contrasto emergenza zanzare invasive Ha preso il via il primo progetto europeo focalizzato sull’emergenza…

On 7 October 2020, the Nobel Prize for chemistry was awarded to Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier from the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin and to Dr Jennifer A. Doudna from the University of California, Berkeley “for the development of a method for genome editing”. Above: Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier, credit – Hallbauer…

The lighting speed of technological evolution has an impact on a wide range of activities while unlocking new possibilities for critical thinking and creativity. Education and literacy are significant fields as part of this fast-forward setting, it is therefore key to adapt learning practices to new environments. In this context, the COST Association organised a…

The EU-CardioRNA (“Catalyzing transcriptomics research in cardiovascular disease”) COST Action has been awarded the COVIRNA project to improve surveillance and care of COVID-19 patients. The Action which is halfway through its four years, submitted a proposal with a consortium of 15 partners from healthcare, academia and industry from 12 European countries. With a total budget…

Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. For decades, it has been among the top 10 reasons of death globally, and the number one infectious killer. Furthermore, it is still associated with significant stigma in the eyes of the public. TB generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other organs. Most infections do…

As one of the two most important research funding programmes of the European Union, COST and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), have been subject to a scientific study entitled “Does reviewing experience reduce disagreement in proposals evaluation? Insights from Marie Skłodowska-Curie and COST Actions”.