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    The Women’s Brain Project – WBP

    March 1, 2019
    Dear Dr Santuccione-Chadha thank you for very much accepting this interview for EANpages. The EAN, as leading European society in the field of neurology, is very interested in the WBP. Could you summarize the project to the readers of EANpages? The Women’s Brain Project (WBP) is an interdisciplinary, global non-profit organization founded in 2016 in Switzerland. Composed of academic and social scientists, medical doctors, engineers, patients, caregivers, artists and AI experts, WBP works to identify specific needs related to women’s brain and mental health, advocate for change, and position the findings for the benefit of society.
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    Join the 3rd Congress of the European Academy of Neurology

    June 1, 2017
    The European Academy of Neurology is announcing its third congress from June 24th- June 27th at the RAI Congress Center in Amsterdam. We are expecting more than 6000 neurologists from Europe and all over the world for this outstanding annual event. The programme and the education committee of the EAN worked hard to create a program which will present cutting edge science and first class education for the general neurologist. The purpose is to present excellence in neurology and when the participants leave the congress they will know all about the current status and the important news in our field.
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    Interview with Thomas Skordas of the DG for communication networks, content and technology, European Commission

    November 1, 2015
    "Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness", Thomas Skordas. Elena Moro (EM): Can you briefly illustrate to the Neuropenews readers what are the FET – Future and Emerging Technologies – actions and which place do they take within the EC’s H2020 programme? Thomas Skordas (TS): FET – Future and Emerging Technologies – is part of the "Excellent Science" pillar of Horizon 2020. The other components of this pillar are the "European Research Council (ERC)", the "Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions" and the "Research infrastructures" actions. Altogether, these four components aim to reinforce, widen and extend the excellence of the Union's science base and ensure a supply of world-class research and talent pursuing to secure Europe's long term competitiveness and well-being.
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    Interview with Richard Frackowiak

    October 1, 2014
    Richard Frackowiak is head of the department of clinical neurosciences at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and co-director of the Human Brain Project. He is also chairman of the Medical Science Committee of Science Europe.