The founding goals of the Network are to strengthen and develop cooperation in the areas of research, academic education and service to society among a cluster of highly-ranked, young research universities in Europe on an equal basis and for their common benefit.
The University of Rijeka (UNIRI), Faculty of Medicine, will host Dr. Špela Konjar, one of the successful applicants in the last Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowships call. Dr. Špela Konjar will work on the 'Virus RePro IEL' project, in the group of Prof. Dr. Stipan Jonjić at the Center for Proteomics.
Developing a new generation of artificial muscles and soft nanorobots for drug delivery are some of the long-term goals of 4D-BIOMAP, an ERC research project being undertaken by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M). This project develops cross-cutting bio-magneto-mechanical methodologies to stimulate and control biological processes such as cell migration and proliferation, the organism’s electrophysiological response, and the origin and development of soft tissue pathologies.
Konstanz chemist Professor Andreas Marx has been awarded the prestigious Advanced Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) for the second time. His new project examines what are known as alarmones and their function in the post-translational modification of proteins in response to cellular stress. The work will help to better understand the role of this process in diseases such as cancer or degenerative disorders of the nervous system.
Dr. Robert Cernansky is the future Marie Skłodowska-Curie-fellow at Ulm University. The physicist from Slovakia decided to apply for a global Marie Skłodowska-Curie-Action (MSCA) to work with “great scientific minds“ in highly diverse research groups. The 30-year-old scientist chose Ulm University as his European guest institution because he admires the work of Professor Fedor Jelezko. The director of Ulm University’s Institute of Quantum optics was among the first scientists to develop quantum magnetic sensors based on point defects in artificial diamonds. “Thus, Ulm University is the best place in the world for me to learn about quantum sensing“, explains Robert Cernansky.
A two-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship has brought Eng Kuan Moo from Canada to the Biophysics of Bone and Cartilage research group at UEF.
Several University of Antwerp researchers have received ERC grants in recent years. Prof. Stefaan Walgrave(UAntwerp) has now received an ERC Advanced Grant for the second time. In addition, seven international researchers have been awarded MSCA Individual Fellowships for research stays at the University of Antwerp.
Dublin City University will host two MSCA Individual Fellowships: Dr Payam Ansari will be joining the DCU Business School under the mentorship of Dr Gary Sinclair. The title of his project is: Developing Fan Engagement For Increasing Participation, Attendance and Commercial Value in Women's Football. Dr Jelena Gligorijevic will be joining the School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music under the mentorship of Dr John O'Flynn. The title of her project is: Sounds of Dissent: Popular Music and Politics in Brexit Britain.
Hello and welcome to the YERUN April newsletter! At the beginning of the month, the University of Southern Denmark hosted the YERUN Staff Days, which this year focused on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The virtual event brought together more than 150 colleagues from across the YERUN network, who exchanged views and practices on the SDGs and how they engage with them in their everyday life. Do you want to know more about it? Here is a nice playlist summarising the inspiring discussions! On 22 April, we also celebrated the World Earth Day, which provides a moment of reflection across the globe on what we can and must do to protect our planet. To wrap-up this exciting month, we dedicate this newsletter to projects and initiatives carried out by YERUN universities with regard to sustainability. Enjoy your read!
Brunel University London is committed to using sources and disposing of materials in a responsible way. Many are, in fact, the initiatives taken by Brunel to ensure a sustainable approach to the university’s life: food and supplies are sourced ethically, through a responsible procurement strategy; the use of plastic is minimised through an updated environment policy, and through the research of the Partnership for Sustainable Food Future. The university has put in place policies on reducing the waste sent to landfill, through elimination, reduction, reuse and recycling – and it has increased the proportion of waste they recycle. Moreover, a tracking system of the way in which handle hazardous and toxic materials is handled is put in place.
The YERUN President, and Rector of the University of Bremen, Professor Bernd Scholz-Reiter, was recently interviewed by the Croatian magazine 'Vox Academiae', which is a special supplement to regional newspaper Novi list Daily, dedicated to higher education, science, and arts. The 39th issue of the magazine featuring the interview was published on Friday 23 April.
The UC3M-CBA Summer Courses are a cultural and artistic project of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and the Círculo de Bellas Artes and a point of reference for summer courses in Spain. Organized by the UC3M Office of the Vice-President for Communication and Culture and the CBA, these courses focus on interdisciplinarity and dialogue about the present, encompassing themes that range from the audiovisual media and cultural management to artistic reflection, fashion and photography, among others. The courses will take place from 21 June to 7 July 2021.
Registration for the Institute for Analytics and Data Science’s online summer school is now open!
The summer school will take place from 26 July to 6 August 2021. Attend state-of-the-art
“Management Consulting in the Digital Age” is a two-week summer school designed for master level students who want to be better prepared for a future career in digital management consulting. The programme will provide them information and practical business cases about the way leading consulting companies are developing digital transformation processes. This year, it will will be held in a virtual format, on Open edX and Blackboard online platforms. It will involve 8 different consulting companies.
Registration for the Institute for Analytics and Data Science’s online summer school is now open!
The summer school will take place from 26 July to 6 August 2021. Attend state-of-the-art
