25. September 2007
ESF announces Science Advisory Board’s line-up for European research
In a further push to secure its position to be Europe’s leading science policy organisation, the newly established Science Advisory Board (SAB) of the European Science Foundation (ESF) has scheduled its first meeting on 26 September in Copenhagen. The Board is designed to cope with the demands of... [more]
21. September 2007
2007 EURYI: 20 researchers to receive Nobel Prize-sized awards in Helsinki
Twenty young researchers, who have been selected by high-level scientific peer review, will gather in Helsinki on 27 September 2007 to receive awards of as much as €1.2 million from the fourth and final Call of the European Young Investigator Awards (EURYI) scheme. These awards will allow the... [more]
21. September 2007
EURYI project to understand how the brain wires during embryogenesis
One of the great questions of neurobiology, how the brain is built up during embryonic development, could be resolved by a young French scientist in an award winning project organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF) and the European Heads of Research Councils (EuroHORCS). Sonia Garel... [more]
20. September 2007
Education on research conduct could yield negative result, Integrity conference told
Education or mentoring on responsible conduct of research does not always guarantee positive results on students and young researchers. Instead the talks of instructions and the effort of mentoring could, in many instances, have the opposite effect, according to a study conducted by Professor... [more]
18. September 2007
Scientist recalls how stem cell case exemplifies research integrity
Research misconduct could be monitored on many levels - besides focusing on individual researchers’ behaviour the right mix of regulation or guidelines could also help combat misconduct as this has been proven effective in countries such as the U.S, Japan and Germany. But good research... [more]
18. September 2007
Potočnik, 52 countries’ representatives ponder research integrity in Lisbon
EU Commissioner for Research Janez Potočnik, Angel Gurria, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and Jose-Mariano Gago, the Portuguese Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education along with more than 300 participants from 52... [more]
18. September 2007
Experts deconstruct research misconduct from global and Institutional perspectives
“Honesty is a synonym for integrity while dishonesty is a component of misconduct.” This is how Howard Alper defines the two poles of research integrity regarding global and institutional perspectives on the issue during the First World Conference on Research Integrity in Lisbon, Portugal. In his... [more]
14. September 2007
World Conference on Research Integrity to Foster Responsible Research
Addressing the urgent need for fighting fraud, forgery and plagiarism in science world-wide, the very first World Conference on Research Integrity is set to facilitate an unprecedented global effort to foster responsible research in Lisbon, Portugal from 16 to 19 September 2007.The controversies... [more]
13. September 2007
Space scientists, humanist scholars to explore outer space from new perspective
Space agencies and scientists are tirelessly working to make manned missions back to the Moon and then onwards to Mars a reality. The technologies involved are awe-inspiring, but what challenges do historians, philosophers or sociologists expect us to face in an era of interplanetary exploration... [more]
12. September 2007
Podcast: The Chair of the EuroDYNA Scientific Committee speaks about his achievements and his involvement
Coling Logie, Chair of the EuroDYNA Scientific Committee, speaks about scientific achievements through the EUROCORES Programme EuroDYNA (Dynamic Nuclear Architecture and Chromatin Function) and his personal experiences, at the ELSO Conference, Dresden, Germany in September. [more]
