second call GEN-AU launched
29-11-2004
In November 2004 the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture has launched the second call for proposals within the Austrian Genome Reseach Programme GEN-AU. The call is organised in a two-stage process. The first short-proposals will be expected in January 2005. All information about the Austrian Research Programme GEN-AU and the second call can be found on the GEN-AU homepage: http://www.gen-au.at
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SEB Plant Frontier Meeting 2005, 21-23 March, Sheffield, UK
12-11-2004
The Society for Experimental Biology of the UK organises The Plant Frontier Meeting. It will be held at the University of Sheffield (21 - 23 March 2005) in association with the Genomic Arabidopsis Resource Network (GARNet) and the Interdisciplinary Programme for Cellular Regulation (IPCR). For information about the program and how to submit a paper and register go to http://www.sebiolgy.org/ and click on SEB meetings - Plant Frontier Meeting 2005. Deadline for paper submission is Tuesday 30th November 2004
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MASC report
13-10-2004
The Multinational Coordinated Arabidopsis thaliana Functional Genomics Project published its Annual Report 2004. For information about MASC see http://www.arabidopsis.org/info/2010_projects/MASC_Info.jsp ?
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Round Table about ERA-PG in Plant GEMs 3
19-11-2004
Round Table about ERANET Plant Genomics
In the program of Plant GEM 2004, a round table was held on 22 September 2004 entiteled 'Reaching the ERA in Plant Genomics. First Marc Zabeau, chair EPSO, gave a presentation about The European Plant Technology Platforms on plant biotechnology research. Then Laurent Bocherau, EC, DG Research, Unit Safety of Food Production Systems, gave a presentation entitled 'Community research programs in plant genomics - FP6 and beyond". Next Jens Freitag, GABI managing office, gave a presentation about the current trilateral programme in which Germany, Spain and France cooperate. Finally, Willem Stiekema, chair of CBSG, presented the aims and outlines of ERA-PG: European Research Area Plant Genomics. The session was concluded with a lively general discussion. To see the presentations follow this link: Round Table about ERA Plant Genomics _______________________________________________________________________________
PlantGEMs 3, Lyon, 22-25 September 2004
19-11-2004
Plant Genomics European Meeting 3
Plant GEMs is an annual meeting series focusing on plant genomics that is held in various European countries.
The first meeting took place in Germany (Berlin, October 2002), and the second was held in the United Kingdom (York, September 2003).This years Plant-GEMs was organized in France (Lyon) 22-25 September 2004.
Source: http://plant-gems.org
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Technology Platform 'Plants for the Future'
19-11-2004
'Plants for the future': A European vision for plant biotechnology towards 2025
On 24 June 2004, the "Plants for the Future" European Technology Platform on plant genomics and biotechnology, launched a vision document for plant biotechnology in Europe. This long term vision for 2025 has been created by leading representatives from research (such as EPSO, the European Plant Science Organisation), the food and biotech industry (such as EuropaBio, CIAA, ESA), the farming community (such as COPA/COGECA) and consumer organisations (BEUC). The vision document has been presented to European Commissioner Busquin.
To download the pdf document click on the attachement link at the bottom of this page.
More information: http://www.epsoweb.org/catalog/TP/index.htm
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ERA-PG Project Synopsis
10-11-2004
ERA-NET Plant Genomics Project Synopsis from EU Publication January 2004
To download the 2-page pdf document click on the attachement link at the bottom of this page.
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Press release of EC, January 2004
30-01-2004
Plant genomics fertile ground for collaboration with ERA-NET
The European Union has announced the support of an ERA-NET aimed at coordinating the national research programmes in the area of plant genomics of ten EU member states and Norway (see annex). In yet another step to create a true European Research Area (ERA), the four year project, "European Research Area Plant Genomics (ERA-PG)", will be supported by €2.2 million from the Sixth Research Framework Programme (FP6, 2002-2006). It focuses on sharing best practices, developing common programme management procedures and joint activities, such as the pooling of resources and joint calls for proposals.
To download the pdf document click on the attachement link at the bottom of this page.
Source: http://europa.eu.int/comm/research
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New ERA-PG Website
10-11-2004
The new ERA-PG website was launched at November 10, 2004. This website consists of public pages and has a login to the project Intranet. This intranet is a digital archive and online meeting place for the projectpartners.
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