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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · 9h

🧐 Read more about why #FundamentalResearch is key to Europe’s competitiveness in our latest booklet, featuring insights from #biotech and #innovation leaders across Europe: eu-life.eu/newsroom/pub...

Fundamental research for European competitiveness. Biotech innovation experts express their views on the essential role of discovery-driven research for European competitiveness.

EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · 9h

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

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · 1d

🎙️“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 ⬇️

Science|Business @sciencebusiness.net · 1d

EU Council backs exploring a new #LifeSciences investment fund to boost private #R&D, bridge the gap from discovery to deployment, and strengthen Europe’s #healthinnovation.

🔎Read here:

EU Council calls for life sciences investment fund

EU governments want to launch a European Life Sciences Investment Fund, as part of a coordinated strategy to make Europe an attractive place for private investment in research and innovation.

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · 4d

✨ 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! 🥳

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · 15d

📣 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...

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Sep 3

👏 Many congratulations! We look forward to working with Edith Heard in the EU-LIFE Board of Directors!!

The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · Sep 1

Today, Edith Heard begins her tenure as our new Chief Executive Officer. Edith joins us from @embl.org, and will head up the new Developmental Epigenetics Laboratory alongside her executive role.

www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

Welcome Edith Heard

Today, Edith Heard begins her tenure as Chief Executive Officer of the Francis Crick Institute

www.crick.ac.uk

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Sep 3

🎨🎭🔬 From poetry to illustration, Inter_Acting brought science & art together on stage at the EU-LIFE #ScienceVision Talk Contest 2025

@tatyanatys.bsky.social is one of its authors and shared the experience with us ➡️ eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...

Watch the full performance ➡️ youtu.be/r-L2XKMpGOs?...

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CeMM @cemm.oeaw.ac.at · Sep 1

📣 The #EULIFE 2024 Report is out!

2024 was a year of bold vision, deep collaboration, and strong influence for @eu-life.bsky.social

🔎 From the UTOPIA Conference on #AI to the publication of the EU-LIFE Charter of Independent Institutes, discover the full report here ➡️ https://bit.ly/4mdLlP3

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Aug 27

🧐 This year, @ec.europa.eu created a catalogue of success stories in #ResearchManagement, which included 4 accomplishments of the EU-LIFE community. Today we highlight our work to help scientists to connect with investors.

Full catalogue ➡️ data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/...

Research managers bring researchers on the road to market

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Success stories from the research management community – A catalog of best practices and achievements, Publications Office of the European Union, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/7482920

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Aug 20

🧐 This year, @ec.europa.eu created a catalogue of success stories in #ResearchManagement, which included 4 accomplishments of the EU-LIFE community. Today we highlight our work towards the recognition of staff members of #ResearchInfrastructures

Full catalogue ➡️ data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/...

Joining forces to recognise staff of reserach infrastructures

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Success stories from the research management community – A catalog of best practices and achievements, Publications Office of the European Union, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/7482920

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Aug 13

🧐 This year, @ec.europa.eu created a catalogue of success stories in #ResearchManagement, which included 4 accomplishments of the EU-LIFE community. Today we highlight the EU-LIFE #ERC Masterclass to support ERC starting & consolidator applicants.

Full catalogue ➡️ data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/...

EU-LIFE ERC Masterclass: sharing experiences to boost successful starting and consolidator applicants

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Success stories from the research management community – A catalog of best practices and achievements, Publications Office of the European Union, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/7482920

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Max Delbrück Center @mdc-berlin.bsky.social · Aug 4

Lead your independent research project as a #postdoc in our 3-year #fellowship.

The program includes full-time employment with competitive salary, budget, structured co-supervision, mentoring and advanced training

Apply from August 4 to August 28
👉 www.mdc-berlin.de/postdocs#t-g...

Please share!

three scientists discuss. Text: "MDC Global Fellow postdoctoral program"

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Aug 11

🧐 This year, the @ec.europa.eu created a catalogue of success stories in #ResearchManagement, which included 4 accomplishments of the EU-LIFE community. Today we highlight the creation and development of the EU-LIFE alliance.

Full catalogue ➡️ data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/...

EU-LIFE: a decade of uniting Europe's life sciences for global excellence

European Commission: Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, Success stories from the research management community – A catalog of best practices and achievements, Publications Office of the European Union, 2025, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/7482920

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 30

🧐 Curious to know how the EU-LIFE #TechTransfer WG helps scientists leading projects with potential for maturing into spin-offs to connect with investors?

Then watch this video produced by @ec.europa.eu with Prudence Donovan & Tim Van Acker ➡️ youtu.be/cV1ztjeJxhw?...

#EUcompetitiveness

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 24

💡Welcome to #EULIFEspotlight!

This month we celebrate Laura Ward, Senior Project Manager at @gimmfoundation.bsky.social who attended the EU-LIFE Community Meeting for the first time this year and agreed to share her experience in our latest blog post! ➡️ eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...

"On a personal level, the meeting was also a key internal community building moment with the GIMM colleagues present – on both nights we stayed up in the hotel lobby digesting all that we had learned that day and planning how to apply it back in Portugal. The enthusiasm was infectious, and we headed home with bags full of benchmarks, best practices and new contacts," said Laura Ward, Senior Project Manager at GIMM.

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 23

📣 EU-LIFE calls on European Commission, EU Council and EU Parliament to leverage Research & Innovation as a key driving force to #EUcompetitiveness through a transformative #FP10

Read EU-LIFE's open letter following @ec.europa.eu's proposal for EU’s long-term budget #MFF 2028-2034 ➡️ bit.ly/3TUfLdd

Read-out of the weekly meeting of the von der Leyen Commission by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on the next long-term EU budget © European Union, 2025

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 18

👏 A big thanks to #NKI for hosting this year's #EMERALD Summer School, and to the organisers for inviting EU-LIFE Policy Officer Iris Uribesalgo to provide physician-scientists with a session about #SciencePolicy

🌍 EU-LIFE is very proud to be part of the EMERALD PhD Programme for Medical Doctors ⬇️

Netherlands Cancer Institute @nkinl.bsky.social · Jul 16

Last week we proudly hosted the annual meeting and summer school of EMERALD PhD Programme for MDs. This international EU-life program aims to help bridge the gap between laboratory research and clinical practice.

#PhD4MDs #PhysicianScientists #BridgeTheGap #research #clinicalpractice

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨 European research organisations including EU-LIFE call the European Commission, European Parliament and Member States for enhanced and transformed early-stage collaborative research in #FP10.

🔎 Find out more ➡️ eu-life.eu/newsroom/new...

@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu #EUcompetitiveness

"If Europe is to stay competitive and sovereign, we need a sound foundation of early-stage, cross-border collaboration at lower to mid- TRL level that fosters open-ended exploration and strong scientific communities. FP10 is the only programme where such collaborations can thrive," said Marta Agostinho, EU-LIFE Executive Director.

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 9

📣 This month, we invite 5 #KnowledgeValorisation experts to voice the value of #FundamentalResearch for #EUcompetitiveness

5️⃣ Jérémie Weber, from @institutcurie.bsky.social in France ⬇️

"Fundamental research is crucial for innovation. As a Tech Transfer Officer, I observe that most major innovations originate from basic research. Marie Curie's pioneering work on radioactivity, for instance, paved the way for medical advancements. Investing in fundamental research fuels future innovations," said Jérémie Weber, Deputy Director of Technology Transfer Office, Institut Curie (France)

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CEITEC @ceitec.eu · Jul 4

What happens when researchers from Europe’s top scientific institutes come together, mix in a dash of courage, a sprinkle of creativity, and a touch of music? 🎤
CEITEC hosted a competition unlike anything the Czech science scene has seen before.
🔗 www.ceitec.eu/when-science...
@eu-life.bsky.social

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 4

"While the strategy rightly covers development & deployment [of innovations] -areas of great importance- it falls short on enabling excellent research in the life sciences, where EU is no longer the global leader, for example in fields like biomedicine" said EU-LIFE Exec Dir @meagostinho.bsky.social

Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · Jul 4

An EU life sciences strategy has been welcomed by industry bodies, but a sector leader has said it lacks sufficient support for basic research

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

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imbb-forth.bsky.social @imbb-forth.bsky.social · Jul 4

✨ 🎤 🎉 On May 22, Tasos Pavlopoulos (Head of the Developmental Morphogenesis Lab) and Theodoros Kosteas (Head of the Animal Facility) gave an amazing performance at the @eu-life.bsky.social #ScienceVision Talk Contest in Brno.

Watch their performance!

🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uml6...

'From Genome to Form: Investigating the Origins of Biological Shape', by T. Pavlopoulos (IMBB-FORTH)

YouTube video by EU-LIFE

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 3

📺 For even more inspiration, find Mafalda’s full performance, "The Hidden Hand of KDM5C: A Tale of Blood and Fate", on our YouTube channel! ➡️ youtu.be/TK-TSyDQmqM?... 🪶🐁

#SciComms #ScienceCommunication #LifeSciences #ResearchCareers #WomenInSTEM #EuropeanResearch

'The Hidden Hand of KDM5C: A Tale of Blood and Fate', by Mafalda Araújo Pereira (BRIC, Denmark)

YouTube video by EU-LIFE

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 3

🎭🔬 Ever wondered what it feels like to go on stage & share your science through performance?

In our latest #EULIFEblog post, Mafalda Araújo Pereira, Postdoc at @bric-ucph.bsky.social, shares her journey through EU-LIFE #ScienceVision with a Shakespearean take on the KDM5C protein! ➡️ bit.ly/4kjz5v2

Mafalda performing on the stage of the EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest 2025

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 2

📣 This month, we invite 5 #KnowledgeValorisation experts to voice the value of #FundamentalResearch for #EUcompetitiveness

4️⃣ Kornelia Mikula, from @iimcb.bsky.social in Poland ⬇️

"Discovery-driven research lays the foundation for breakthroughs by pursuing knowledge without immediate commercial goals — just as decades of fundamental work in structural biology and machine learning made AlphaFold possible. Our future competitiveness depends on daring to explore the unknown
and transform bold curiosity of human minds into innovation that changes the world," said Kornelia Mikula, Head of the Technology Transfer Office IIMCB - International Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology in Warsaw (Poland)

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