The EU is discussing the new framework programme for research funding until 2020. The programme is called Horizon 2020. A link to the website of the programme can be found under “Links “as well as Websites of other organisations of interest for LABIP. Find herewith also the links to 3 documents of interest:The Green PaperPresentation Horizon 2020Programme Horizon 2020
From 12 to 16 September 2011 the third Network Meeting of the ITN Cross-Talk has been held in Wageningen, The Netherlands. The first 2 days consisted of scientific presentations on the interaction of the gut microbiota and the host with among others short presentations of all fellows on their research and chaired by one of the other fellows.
Read MoreDuring the Tenth Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria, held from August 28 till September 1 2011 in Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands, LABIP has offered for the third time an award of 2000 € for the Mid-Career Senior Scientist and 3 awards of 500 € for the best posters. The awards were presented by the LABIP Chairman Esben Laulund and all are based on outstanding excellence in LAB research with industrial relevance.
Read MoreLABIP has given 2 prizes of 300 € each for the best oral presentation and best poster at the Cross-Talk workshop “Lessons from Host-Pathogens Interactions” held in Milan, Italy April 28-29, 2011. The poster prize was given to the Cross-Talk fellow Krzysztof Regulski on “The influence of peptidoglycan metabolism in L. casei on its immunomodulatory properties”.
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