EU-LIFE blog: My journey through the EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest in 3 acts
03/7/2025
By Mafalda Araújo Pereira, Postdoc in the Porse Group at BRIC (Denmark), who was awarded with the second most voted-for performance of the EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest 2025.
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Willing to know more about EU-LIFE members? Check out #EULIFEDNA campaign on Twitter
14/1/2021
We are launching a Twitter campaign to give an overview of EU-LIFE members’ commitment to research excellence. Find out more on our values, our identity… our #EULIFEDNA!
Dirk Inzé, Director of the Center for Plant Systems Biology of EU-LIFE member VIB, appointed to the ERC Scientific Council
17/12/2020
With Nektarios Tavernarakis, Research Director at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH), Vice-President of the European Research Council, and Geneviève Almouzni, honorary director of the Research Center of the Institut Curie, there are now three leading scientists of EU-LIFE institutes appointed active members of the ERC Scientific Council.
EU-LIFE statement on the final Multi Annual Financial Framework agreement
14/12/2020
EU-LIFE congratulates the European leaders on the agreement reached for the EU 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) Programme, which is crucial for Europe to move forward.
Post-BREXIT: EU-LIFE urges both sides to reach a deal in Research & Innovation
25/11/2020
The EU-LIFE community continues to join forces with researchers, innovators, policy makers and all relevant actors across the European continent to enable the best science and ensure the transformation of scientific achievements into improvements in peoples’ lives. We can only do this well with our partners from the United Kingdom.
Reaction of EU-LIFE alliance on the next framework programme budget agreement
16/11/2020
On 10th November, the European Council, the European Commission (EC) and the European Parliament reached a historic agreement on the budget for the next seven years, the Multiannual Framework Programme (MFF), to be formally approved later this year.
Deal for EU seven-year budget: how to best allocate top up Horizon Europe
11/11/2020
The European Parliament. the European Commission’s and EU Council’s negotiating teams finally agreed yesterday on the Multiannual Financial Framework of 2021-27. This is an important step to ensure that there will be no gap in European funding when the current multiannual financial framework ends in January 2021.
Professor Nektarios Tavernarakis, Research Director at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), elected Vice President of the European Research Council
09/11/2020
Today, Nektarios Tavernarakis, Research Director at the IMBB-FORTH, an Associate Partner of EU-LIFE, was unanimously elected Vice President of the European Research Council (ERC).
EU-LIFE reaction to the European Commission communication on the new ERA
14/10/2020
EU-LIFE welcomes the European Commission communication and expresses its strong support to the strategic objectives and actions for a new and strengthened European Research Area and states below its first reaction.