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ERC Advanced grants: wide success in Spain for SOMMa members
2020-04-21
185 ERC Advanced Grants were awarded on 31 March, for a total investment of 450 Million Euro14 grants went to Spain, of which eleven were to researchers with affiliation to SOMMa membersEach of these grants is funded with up to 2.5 Million Euro for a five-year period The 2019 ERC Advanced Grant Call: In the […]
Asymptomatic malaria and febrile infection: what is the difference?
2020-02-28
Both symptomatic and asymptomatic malaria is transmissible, which presents a problem for disease containment and controlParasites causing asymptomatic and febrile malaria differ in the expression of certain genes: var group B, var group C and DC8The study provides useful information to understand better the situation leading to “hidden reservoir” malaria patients Malaria and its impact […]
Largest Study Ever Finds that Urban Green Space Can Prevent Premature Deaths
2020-02-18
Green spaces can protect against all-cause premature deathThe study provides robust evidence that may help policy makers estimate the impact of increasing green space in cities Residential greenness can protect against premature all-cause mortality, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institution supported by ”la […]
Pedro Duque makes firm commitment to the Severo Ochoa programme of excellence
2020-01-30
The Minister of Science and Innovation Pedro Duque today met with Luis Serrano, president of the Severo Ochoa/Maria de Maeztu alliance (SOMMa) and director of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG). The minister expressed his firm commitment to the continuity of the Severo Ochoa/Maria de Maeztu programme. The program currently benefits 49 research centres of […]
Statement on the unity of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
2020-01-10
The statement reproduced next, regarding the partition of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, reacts upon the information indicating the partition of the the current Ministry of Science Innovation and Universities. Original document released by COSCE and signed by FACME, CRUE and SOMMa, can be found here (in Spanish). English translation of the […]
100xCiencia.4: SOMMa reaching out to society
2020-01-09
SOMMa members met in Donostia/San Sebastián on 22-23 November to appeal to families and citizens as a wholeDozens of talks and interactive activities took place at the Tabakalera Culture Centre18 speakers and 13 stands from SOMMa members gathered during this event for the whole family During the past 22nd and 23rd of November took place […]
SOMMa 1st meeting on gender equality policy
2019-10-31
Directors of SOMMa Centres discussed at the CNIO best practices in gender equality to attain a culture change allowing to integrate gender equality into strategic science decisionsGender equality expert Cheryl Smythe discussed the gender policies implemented at the Babraham Institute to obtain the Athena SWAN Charter: a UK recognition to best practices for gender equality, […]
The first telescope of a Cherenkov Telescope Array
2019-10-16
A multinational effort develops the Cherenkov Telescope Array to study high-energy galactic radiation sourcesThe array will take takes advantage of the Cherenkov effect that takes place when gamma rays hit the atmosphereThe inaugurated telescope was to be the first one to be operated by the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory On Wednesday October the 10th 2018, […]
Unprecedented rains decimate surface microbial communities in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert
2019-10-03
Rains in recent years decimate the species of microorganisms in the driest desert on EarthExtinctions of up to 85% of the species take placeRelated parallels are traced between causes of Atacama and Mars orography Atacama: the setting for a microscopic extinction The Atacama Desert covers a 1000-km long strip of land in northern Chile. Depending […]
New harvest of ERC Starting Grants
2019-09-26
480 ERC Starting Grants have been awarded in the whole of Europe and associated countries20 of the grants went to Spain, with five SOMMa institutions holding a total of 7 of the grantsThe researchers are bestowed with up to 1.5 million Euro to be spent over a five-year period The ERC Starting Grants 480 ERC […]
Severo Ochoa – Maria de Maeztu institutions meet with autonomous communities and the Ministry
2019-09-10
A meeting took place between the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, senior officials of 15 Spanish Autonomous Communities and 42 members of the SOMM allianceSix centres and units of excellence “Severo Ochoa–Maria de Maeztu” showed the potential impact of the programme for Autonomous Communities“The support of autonomous communities is essential for Spain”, declares Luis […]
Young researchers engineer a prospective life-saving bacterium – a possible metastatasis prevention probiotic
2019-07-26
A group of students take their baptism in research: they develop a proof of concept for a probiotic to prevent cancer metastasisThe young researchers engineer a bacteria to take up and consume long-chain fatty acids, a major risk factor for metastasisFurther development could eventually have this idea give the leap into a real application saving […]