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EU-LIFE is the alliance of independent research institutes in the life sciences across Europe, aiming to promote and strengthen European research excellence.
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💡Welcome to #EULIFEspotlight!

This month we celebrate Henri van Luenen, Director of Operations at @nkinl.bsky.social, who moderated the session “Research security in practice: making space for an honest conversation”, organised by EU-LIFE at the EU Conference on #ResearchSecurity

🔗 bit.ly/4hPXbhw
🧐 Is Europe underestimating the power of #FundamentalResearch?

@meagostinho.bsky.social, EU-LIFE Executive Director, will be a panellist in a session about why EU must keep backing curiosity-driven science at the #Zagreb Science Communication Forum 2025, hosted by @institutrb.bsky.social

#ZSCF2025
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
💡Welcome to #EULIFEspotlight!

This month we celebrate Henri van Luenen, Director of Operations at @nkinl.bsky.social, who moderated the session “Research security in practice: making space for an honest conversation”, organised by EU-LIFE at the EU Conference on #ResearchSecurity

🔗 bit.ly/4hPXbhw
November 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
EU-LIFE Strategy Meeting 2025 wrapped up in #Basel with strong support, constructive exchanges and a very positive atmosphere.

A big thanks to the @fmiscience.bsky.social team for fostering a welcoming environment for productive, forward-looking discussions!

Read more 🔗 eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
November 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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CeMM Directors Giulio Superti-Furga and Anita Ender served as #EULIFE co-chair (2022–2023) and chair (2024–2025), being supported by EU-LIFE Executive Director Marta Agostinho and her team. The EU-LIFE partnership is stronger than ever. https://cemm.at/news/detail/an-exciting-journey-comes-to-an-end
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Last week, we hosted the @eu-life.bsky.social Strategy Meeting, bringing together Directors and key representatives of the 17 member institutes to discuss 2026 priorities. Participants also met leaders from the Basel Life Science cluster, heard from FMI group leaders & toured the Novartis Pavillon.
November 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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🚀 Yesterday, CeMM joined the #EULIFE Pitching Event 2025!
#CELLFIE, cell engineering for immunotherapy enhancement, by Christoph Bock, Eugenia Pankevich & Cosmas Arnold (@bocklab.bsky.social), represented CeMM among 8 innovative pitches from @eu-life.bsky.social institutes 👏
👉 The EU-LIFE Pitching Event 2025 brought together 8 projects from 8 institutes, pitching to 17 VCs & biotech innovators from across Europe.

The event offered the researchers a valuable opportunity to discuss ideas with investors and gain insights into the translational and entrepreneurial pathway.
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
👉 The EU-LIFE Pitching Event 2025 brought together 8 projects from 8 institutes, pitching to 17 VCs & biotech innovators from across Europe.

The event offered the researchers a valuable opportunity to discuss ideas with investors and gain insights into the translational and entrepreneurial pathway.
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Excellent news for research in Switzerland — and for institutes like ours that depend on international grants, collaborations and networks. #HorizonEurope
🇨🇭 🇪🇺 Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and EU Research Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva signed the Swiss-EU Programme Agreement (#EUPA) in Bern. This means that Switzerland is once again definitively associated with #HorizonEurope, the world's largest research programme.

➡️ sohub.io/4tjw

📷 WBF/DEFR
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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It was our pleasure to host @james-bryson.bsky.social (BRIC, Copenhagen) at @crg.eu through the EU-LIFE Postdoctoral Exchange Program!
Big thanks to James for presenting his work on advanced CRISPR tools for epitranscriptomic research, and to @eu-life.bsky.social for this opportunity!🧬✈️
#EULIFE #CRG
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We are delighted to welcome Maria Rescigno, the new Director of CeMM, to the EU-LIFE Board of Directors. Looking forward to working together to strengthen collaboration and excellence in European research!
CeMM & ÖAW warmly welcome Maria Rescigno as the new CeMM Director. Maria is a highly accomplished researcher specialized in the understanding of the gut–liver–brain axis.

Press info: https://cemm.at/news
Photo Gallery: https://cemm.at/about-cemm/picture-galleries/2025

#CeMMLife #Director #ÖAW
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
💜 It’s the @europarl.europa.eu's #GenderEqualityWeek! A time to reflect on progress & push for new actions to advance women’s rights

To mark it, we release a factsheet highlighting inspiring stories from EU-LIFE Pathfinder Mentorship Programme for #Postdoc Women ➡️ bit.ly/47JcqEn

#WomenInScience
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🔒 Strengthening research security through collaboration

Last week, EU-LIFE joined the European Commission @ec.europa.eu and 11 major research & innovation organisations to co-organise the 1st European Flagship Conference on #ResearchSecurity

Find out more ➡️ eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
💡Welcome to #EULIFEspotlight!

This month we celebrate Christian Panetzky, Sustainability Coordinator at @mdc-berlin.bsky.social, who was part of the drafting team of the new #MSCA Green Charter, aimed to raise awareness and promote sustainable practices in research.

🔗 bit.ly/4nwip5l
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🔒 How can Europe stay open to collaboration while keeping research secure?

EU-LIFE is proud to co-organise this week the 1st #EUResearchSecurity2025 Conference with the @ec.europa.eu & a group of stakeholder organisations, working together for responsible, open & secure research.

#ResearchSecurity
October 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🧬 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗘𝗨-𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿!

All 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗘𝗨-𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 are invited to the hybrid seminar "𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻", with James Bryson, @bric-ucph.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
🌱 #MSCA launches today an updated #MSCAGreenCharter, an important step towards sustainable research in Europe.

We are proud that EU-LIFE was part of the drafting team, reflecting our commitment to promote greener practices in research institutes across Europe 🌍

bit.ly/42W6uGF

#SustainableResearch
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
💡“Where do we want our institutions to be in 5 years when it comes to #ResearchAssessment?”

EU-LIFE & @idibaps.bsky.social co-organised a workshop in the context of the @coarassessment.bsky.social working group SAGA to explore struggles, enablers & visions for the future.

More info🔗 bit.ly/4ob7Ndq
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
💡 “There is a dangerous complacency in the belief that we will always have access to the next discovery just when we need it."

Nektarios Tavernarakis, Research Director at EU-LIFE member institute @imbb-forth.bsky.social, on why #innovation needs curiosity-driven science to thrive ⬇️
For the love of frontier research, or why Elon’s rockets keep blowing up.

The current Zeitgeist favouring utilitarian research risks undermining basic research—the very foundation on which innovative technological advances depend.

By Nektarios Tavernarakis:

www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🔬🌱What makes science thrive?

At #OpenPRBB, EU-LIFE invited visitors to play, reflect and share ideas on how to move science forward, from gender equality & inclusion to open access, fair working conditions, adequate funding and supportive public policies.

Find out more 🔗 eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...
October 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📣 The @erc.europa.eu is one of Europe’s greatest success stories, driving breakthrough discoveries that fuel innovation.

1️⃣ The #ERC budget must be at least as ambitious as it was proposed by the EU Commission
2️⃣ The governance of ERC must remain independent & scientist-driven

📰 bit.ly/48wVbbA
ERC president says funder’s budget is number one issue - Research Professional News
But governance impacts from competitiveness fund links are also a concern, Maria Leptin tells Parliament
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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In May, Lucas Morales represented the FMI at the @eu-life.bsky.social Science Vision Talk Contest in Brno—Eurovision for science. His live talk had surprises, but he later recorded a new version. Watch it and read his Q&A on science, career and communication: www.fmi.ch/news-events/...
Lucas Morales: When science meets creativity
In May 2025, Lucas Morales — a former postdoc and now a research associate in computational biology with Helge Grosshans — represented the FMI in Brno at the EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest, a sci...
www.fmi.ch
October 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Yesterday EU-LIFE joined the @erc.europa.eu event "Competitiveness through #FrontierResearch"

💡 #ERC drives scientific excellence, paving the way for innovation & #EUcompetitiveness

🔑 To keep EU at the forefront we need a strong ERC budget and a robust, independent & scientist-led governance model
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🎙️“However, we note with concern that 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁, 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, which is the foundation for EU’s future breakthroughs & competitiveness,” said @meagostinho.bsky.social, Executive Director of EU-LIFE ⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
✨ The whole EU-LIFE team is participating today in the #PublicEngagement event #OpenPRBB!

We put together a giant snakes & ladders game with a twist: to move forward, you need to learn about EU-LIFE, European science policy, international collaboration & good practices in science. What a blast! 🥳
October 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📣 EU-LIFE brings together the voices of 16 leading #biotech #innovation experts, including scientists, CEOs, investors & #TechTransfer professionals, who all agree on one thing:

𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵.

➡️ doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
September 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM