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Last EU Council's Horizon Europe budget proposal results in a much less ambitious program than expected and endangers the capability of the EU to tackle future global challenges and safety for Europe.

The Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology (IMBB FORTH - Greece), a leading research institute in Greece, has officially joined EU-LIFE as Associated Partner of EU-LIFE for a period of two years as of July 1, 2020.

The EU Open Science Policy Platform (OSPP) with Michela Bertero (CRG) representing EU-LIFE released its final report providing an overview of its four-year mandate from 2016 to 2020 and suggesting future directions on implementation of open science.

EU-LIFE announces its vision based on the lessons learned by COVID-19 pandemics on how Europe can prepare for future health crisis.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, many research institutes and universities have responded in full force and acted promptly to serve the society and help finding solutions to mitigate the pandemic. EU-LIFE alliance is proud of all its community efforts. Here’s an overview of the EU-LIFE institute’s current actions and plans.

The European Commission on 14 April launched a call for participation in #EUvsVirus - a pan-European Hackathon to connect civil society, innovators, partners and investors across Europe in order to develop innovative solutions for coronavirus-related challenges.

On the resignation of Mauro Ferrari as President of the European Research Council (ERC), EU-LIFE would like to express its public support to the ERC Scientific Council in its decision and declaration.

The EU-LIFE community is deeply sad by the passing away of one of its Board of Directors’ member: Michael Wakelam, Director of The Babraham Institute, who died on 1st of April from respiratory complications arising from a suspected Covid-19 infection.