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FODIAC at the 7th Brazilian Biotech Congress and 2nd Biotech Ibero-American Congress

The 7th Brazilian Biotech Congress and 2nd Biotech Ibero-American Congress took place from November 18th to 21st in Brasilia, Brazil. The four-day conference has been an excellent opportunity to gather experts, exchange information and strengthen the collaboration among Researchers, Professionals and Scholars from both academia and industry. Participants took part to plenary sessions, keynote speeches, poster and oral presentations focused on recent advances and new strategies in Plant, Industrial, Environmental, Animal and Human Biotechnology, offering a great overview of the current biotechnological initiatives and networks in Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Among these initiatives, FODIAC, a project led by the INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory together with other 14 partners, was introduced to the audience as an outstanding example of research in the field of nanotechnology and biotechnology. Lorenzo Pastrana explained the overall objective of the project of exploring techniques to extract bioactive molecules from food waste to be applied to develop an integrative dietary solution to tackle diabetes and the associated impairment of the cognitive function among the elderly.

Regional agents discuss the action plan in the context of the NMP-REG project

Norte Regional Coordination and Development Commission (CCDR-N) and the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) organised an NMP-REG regional stakeholder group meeting, on 28th September, at the premises of CCDR-N, in Porto (Portugal). This meeting gathered stakeholders from the regional scientific and technological system, clusters and competitiveness poles and entities from the public sector. The session focused on the actions proposed for the Norte Region action plan, which are aimed at improving an investment priority of the Regional Operational Programme – Norte 2020. Additionally, the main challenges faced by stakeholders in this field and the project state of the art were also discussed. The participants took a very active role in this meeting and provided many interesting insights.

INL integrates Program IACOBUS to foster scientific cooperation

The INL – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory is one of the 26 Scientific and Higher Education organisations located in “Galicia – North of Portugal” that signed an agreement for the development of Cultural, Scientific and Teaching cooperation in this Euroregion. IACOBUS Program will promote the cooperation and exchange of human resources between the member institutions, to facilitate the flow of innovation. The protocol was signed on October 14th by the Director-General Lars Montelius on behalf of INL during a ceremony presided by the Portuguese Secretary of State for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Maria Fernanda Rollo, in the presence of the President of CCDR-N (Regional Coordination Agency for the North of Portugal), Fernando de Sousa, and the Vice-President of Xunta de Galicia (Galicia Regional Government), Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela.

Mission 10.000 Call for abstracts

INL Summit 2018 third day will be dedicated to Mission 10.000 – a nanoGateway International Conference. This main conference topic will be Nanotechnology: an enabler for bioeconomy and subjects as agriculture (including forestry sector), water resources and food industry will be discussed thro papers, oral presentations and many other sessions. This Mission is a collaborative multi-actor sector initiative to increase the impact of research on issues of social relevance, involving all the relevant actors to solve complex challenges. Submit your abstract on this Mission until September 15th and get involved in a unique conference. See you on October 17th, at Forum Braga! For more information, please visit the official website.

EuroNanoLab scales up nanostructuration in Europe

EuroNanoLab is an initiative to establish a large-scale distributed nanofabrication research infrastructure, and INL’s Cleanroom is one of the facilities available. This initiative brings together most of the European academic clean rooms, the place where future technology is already happening. Gabriel Chardin, from CNRS, the consortium coordinating organisation, explains why this is a major step towards a new era, in an opinion article you may read here.

KET4CleanProduction OPEN CALLS for SMEs

>> OPEN CALLS for SMEs << KET4CleanProduction is the new program tailored to support Manufacturing SMEs to tackle clean production challenges. The program’s Micro Grants aim to integrate Key Enabling Technologies in small businesses to promote the efficient use of resources, minimise environmental impact and increase business profitability and competitiveness. Selected SMEs will have access to technology services and facilities for clean production innovation through a premier Network of Technology Centres. About the MicroGrants: Scope: Micro Grants are offered for cross-border cooperation projects between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and minimum 2 KET technology centres (KET TCs), which aim to integrate key enabling technologies (KET) to solve clean production challenges. Call Opening: 1st June 2018 Call Closing: 29th April 2020, 17:00 CET Cut-off dates: 8 cut-off days at 17:00 CET on 31st July 2018, 31st October 2018, 31st January 2019, 30th April 2019, 31st July 2019, 31st October 2019, 31st January 2020, 30th April 2020 Expected Duration of a micro-grant project: up to 6 months Maximum amount of financial support for each third party: EUR 50.000 (provided as lump sum). A micro-grant covers 70% of the total project costs. The remaining 30% have to be provided by the applicant SME […]

INL takes part in the EuroNanoLab’s consortium

Portugal, Spain, Italy and the Czech Republic have created the EuroNanoLab consortium, an initiative to establish a large-scale distributed nanofabrication research infrastructure and expertise to increase the quality, efficiency and relevance of European basic research within nanotechnology. In Europe, there are at least seventy European university nanofabrication centres of large or medium size, which develop their know-how without any real coordination. Conscious of this dispersion, several European countries have already created national networks of academic cleanrooms to foster collaboration at the national level. This consortium currently includes 26 academic clean rooms, representing a total value of 1.5 billion euros and will be distributed on a European scale and will be able to develop a common strategy and support major European programs such as the Graphene, Human Brain or Quantum Flagships, as well as major European programs. which will undoubtedly emerge later. For more information on the project visit the EuroNanoLab website. Latest news regarding the EuroNanoLab project.