28. October 2014
SRG-MED visit neuroscientist Professor May-Britt Moser, 2014 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
The SRG-MED and ESF staff members had the privilege to be hosted by Professor May-Britt Moser in Trondheim on 17 October 2014 and to be guided by her in their visit of the animal facilities of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience / Centre for Neural Computation (http://www.ntnu.edu/kavli). [more]
6. November 2013
New report calls for sustained public endorsement and funding for human stem cell research
The European Science Foundation reports on the scientific and policy issues surrounding human stem cell research across Europe [more]
25. September 2013
SCIENCE IN SOCIETY: Caring for our Futures in Turbulent Times
New Science Policy Briefing from the European Science Foundation assesses the future issues of science in society in Europe. [more]
10. December 2012
Leading Experts Urge Europe To Implement Personalised Medicine In Healthcare
New report by the European Science Foundation’s (ESF) membership organisation, the European Medical Research Councils (MED (formerly EMRC)), sets out key recommendations for the introduction and implementation of personalised medicine. [more]
23. November 2012
European Medical Research Councils call on a new strategy for health research in Europe
In an open letter and statement sent to MEPs on 16 November 2012 and published in Science Business on 22 November 2012, Professor Roger Bouillon of the MED (formerly EMRC) Core Group, speaking on behalf of all its members - along with learned societies and patients’ groups - makes the case for changes to the... [more]
23. October 2012
Leading European experts call for more rigorous scientific evidence for healthcare interventions
Leading clinicians and health researchers from across Europe say much greater emphasis must be placed on the scientific evidence for the effectiveness of treatments and other healthcare interventions to ensure patients receive the best care available. The call is contained in a Science Policy... [more]
23. October 2012
Improving Medical Research Education across Europe
Fostering and improving medical research education is crucial to biomedical research and clinical patient treatment, and as such it has been identified as the main challenge in every joint European Science Foundation (ESF) - European Research Medical Councils (MED (formerly EMRC)) strategy report. A new policy... [more]
22. October 2012
New report assesses open access in biomedical research across Europe
Today the European Science Foundation’s (ESF) membership organisation for all medical research councils in Europe, the European Medical Research Councils (MED (formerly EMRC)) released an ESF-MED (formerly EMRC) Science Policy Briefing (SPB) entitled ‘Open Access in Biomedical Research’ highlighting the need to accelerate the... [more]
19. October 2012
The European Science Foundation’s MED (formerly EMRC) calls for the adoption of open access in biomedical sciences
New report assesses open access in biomedical research across Europe. [more]
16. July 2012
The European Science Foundation’s Member Organisation Forum calls for greater development in ‘Science in Society’ initiatives
Dublin – 16 July 2012 At the ESOF 2012 conference The European Science Foundation’s (ESF) dedicated Member Organisation Forum (MO Forum) on ‘Science in Society Relationships’ has released its latest report: “Science in Society: a Challenging Frontier for Science Policy”. The report has called for... [more]
