Researcher networks

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Researcher networks science museum
networkstowards a European partnership ?
European Commission DG Research - Health Dr
Pascale Perrin Communication officer Pascale.Perr
in_at_cec.eu.int
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European Union funded projects
on HIV/AIDS vaccines
36 research teams
in Europe and Africa
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European Union funded projects
on microbicides
40 research teams
in Europe and Africa
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Sixth Framework Programme
Thematic priorities 11,285 M
M 1 Life sciences, genomics and
biotechnology for health 2,255 2
Information society technologies 3,625 3
Nanotechnologies and nano-sciences,
knowledge- based multifunctional materials
processes 1,300 4 Aeronautics and
space 1,075 5 Food quality and safety
685 6 Sustainable development, global change
and ecosystems 2,120 7 Citizens and
governance in a knowledge-based society
225
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Health ResearchProgramme scientific areas
Life sciences tools and knowledge
1,100 M

• fundamental genomics

• applied genomics

Life sciences for combating major diseases
1,155 M
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Fundamental knowledge and basic toolsfor
functional genomics in all organisms
Gene expression and proteomics Structural
genomics Comparative genomics and population
genetics Bioinformatics Multidisciplinary
functional genomics approaches to basic
biological processes
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Application of knowledge and technologies for
genomics and biotechnology for health
Rational and accelerated development of new,
safer and more effective drugs including
pharmacogenomics approaches Development of new
diagnostics Development of new in-vitro tests to
replace animal experimentation Development and
testing of new preventive and therapeutic tools,
such as somatic gene and cell therapies, and
immunotherapies Innovative research in
post-genomics, which has high potential for
application
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Combating major diseases

• Genomic approaches to medical knowledge
  technologies
• cardio-vascular diseases and diabetes
• rare diseases
• resistance to antibiotics and other drugs
• the brain and diseases of the nervous system
• human development and ageing

Combating cancer from the bench to the bed side
Confronting the major communicable diseases
linked to poverty HIV/AIDS, malaria,
tuberculosis
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Why not having for partners the European best
researchers ?
Top-level scientists 6 Nobel Prize winners
involved in fundamental genomics projects
More and more scientists working together to
achieve common objectives

• average number of participants per project 5
  (FP2) - 14 (FP6)
• average EU funding per project 1.2 million
  (FP2) - 4.6 million (FP6)

Researchers worldwide are rejoining EU research
consortia Participating countries from across
the world 30 (FP2) - 140 (FP5)
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Have a look into the microscopical
universe Investigating the 3D structures of
biological macromolecules using cellular
tomography, electron crystallography and single
particle analysis
A field of crop, the big pharma of tomorrow ?
Using plants as expression systems to produce
recombinant antibodies for use in medicine
World league againt the XXIth century
plague Joined effort of European and African
research groups to develop an effective vaccine
against HIV/AIDS
When you are eaten by your own cells Treating
autoimmune disease such as type 1 diabetes by
targeting the restoration of central
self-tolerance in the thymus
A fish to decipher human development and diseases
? Using zebrafish to harvest large data sets on
gene functions underlying development and disease
Big physics for tiny molecules Determining
high-throughput protein structure using X-ray
crystallography with synchrotron radiation
Tracking cancer cells Network of European
molecular imaging laboratories for early stage
diagnosis as well as therapeutic and prognosis
assessment of cancer
What going on in your cells today? Engineers,
physicists and biologists working together on
high resolution methods of in vivo molecular
imaging to solve biological questions on the
sub-cellular, cellular and whole small animal
level
Why is your brain cluttering ? Studying protein
aggregation in neurodegenerative disorders such
as Alzheimers disease, Huntingtons Chorea,
dementia, mad cow disease, Parkinsons disease,
and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Might genes trigger bad mood ? Studying the
biological factors underlying depression
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Being a partner...
To work with the best scientists in Europe
To access cutting-edge scientific communication
material
How to be involved ?

• ask the European Commission for high level
  scientists for your projects
• be the  communication partner  in a
  collaborative project

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More information...
http//europa.eu.int/comm/research http//www.cor
dis.lu/lifescihealth
Pascale.Perrin_at_cec.eu.int
Also attend my next presentation about funding
opportunities - Sunday 12, 0900