Latest Meeting Summary and Updates

Dear alumni,

Please, find below some news regarding issues discussed in our latest Meeting, held at CNIC, Madrid, on June 8th, 2012. Also María gives us some update about the Action Points decided there.

EMBL alumni in Spain met at the CNIC in Madrid on 8th June 2012 for their 7th Annual Meeting.

[from an e-mail written by María del Mar Vivanco, March 14th, 2013]
 
Dear colleagues in Spain,

I hope you have all had a good start to 2013.

As you remember last June we had our 7th Alumni Meeting in Spain at the CNIC in Madrid. A summary of the meeting and the action points is available on the EMBL alumni web pages:

http://www.embl.de/aboutus/alumni/news_2012/20120608_spain_alumni_meeting/index.html 

One of the action points was to explore how alumni in Spain can influence science policy at the European level. To this end, Iain put me in contact with the International Relations Officer at EMBL who I met in November 2012. It appears that this is a long process of working together with the Spanish Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and has to begin long before the end date of the Framework Program. In the case of Horizon 2020 this should have started at the end of 2011 - start of 2012. In fact, the text is now being finalized, and it was already too late for the EMBL alumni to have any influence when this issue was raised. The time to make a difference for the 9th Framework program for the period 2021-2027 is in 2018.

Another key point referred to the request at the meeting to collect individual research interests and keywords for alumni. While this information has always been collected by the EMBL Alumni Office through our alumni records, it has now been made searchable via the enhanced features of the Alumni Members Directory. This will be explained in an e-mail that will be sent by the Alumni Relations office later today. This will be of great help to all of us in finding relevant potential collaborators and we should help make it effective by updating our own research interests in the record, while taking full advantage of the information available.

I am happy to inform you that the EMBL Alumni Association board has agreed to support our next alumni meeting, as it did last year. Hopefully, we can schedule this for Autumn 2013. I will keep you posted.

Best wishes,

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María dM Vivanco, PhD
CIC bioGUNE
Cell Biology and Stem Cells Unit
Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Ed 801A
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
Spain
Tel: +34 94 406 1322
email: mdmvivanco@cicbiogune.es
web: www.cicbiogune.es
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7th EAA Iberian Chapter Meeting - Last Minute Recommendations

Dear alumni,

Please, find below the last minute recommendations and Updated Programme for our Next Meeting, to be held at CNIC, Madrid, on June 8th, 2012.

[from an e-mail written by María del Mar Vivanco, June 4th, 2012]
 
Dear all,

The next EMBL Alumni meeting in Madrid is quickly approaching and there are a few things that I would like you to know before we meet in Madrid this Friday 8th:

- I am enclosing the final programme (please see attached [NB: updated version follows]). This includes a visit to the CNIC facilities at the end of the day. They would like me to tell them how many people will be interested in this visit (for organisation purposes). Please let me know if you plan to attend.

- From the CNIC they also tell me that it is necessary for you to have your DNI or passport with you, otherwise you will not be allowed to get in. They suggest to prepare a list in advance to make the entrance faster and more efficient in the morning. If you want, you can send me your DNI or passport number so that they will have the access cards ready in advance.

- They also inform me that there is no parking available for private cars and in the street the parking is not free.

- Those of you giving a presentation, please bring it ready in a pen-drive (or DVD or CD, if easier for you).

I think that this is all for now. Those of you travelling from outside Madrid have a safe journey. I look forward to meeting you in Madrid.

Best wishes,

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María dM Vivanco, PhD
CIC bioGUNE
Cell Biology and Stem Cells Unit
Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Ed 801A
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
Spain
Tel: +34 94 406 1322
email: mdmvivanco@cicbiogune.es
web: www.cicbiogune.es
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Iberian Chapter - EAA Meeting Programme

Friday June 8th 2012, CNIC, Madrid

10:00 – 10.15h: Welcome (Maria Vivanco and Daniel Bachiller).

10:15 – 10:30h: Welcome and introduction to CNIC (Jose Luis de la Pompa).

10:30 – 11:15h: Marta Gómez Quintanilla: IMI and Health Spanish Representative EU's R+D Framework Programme Department.

11:15 – 12:00h: Pilar Santisteban: CSIC, Inst Investig Biomédicas Alberto Sols, Madrid and CONSOLIDER Programme Coordinator.

12:00 – 13:15h: Lunch.

13:15 – 14:00h: Iain Mattaj: EMBL Director General.

14:00 – 14:30h: Round Table.

14:30 – 15:00h: Daniel Bachiller – "Pluripotent Stem Cell–Based Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis". Fundación Caubet-Cimera Islas Baleares/CSIC.

15:00 – 15:30h: Filip Lim: "Gene- and cell therapy of the spinal cord". Dept Molecular Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

15:30 – 16:00h: Coffee break.

16:00 - 16:30h: Ramon Serrano: "The origins and mechanisms of cellular quimiosmotic circuits". Dept Biotechnology, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.

16:30 – 17:00h: Francisco Blanco: "ING proteins, chromatin structure, and cancer". CIC bioGUNE, Bilbao.

17:00 – 17:30h: DISCUSSION: action, future plans.

17:30 – 18:15h: Visit to the CNIC Facilities (ZF, animal house and imaging)

7th EAA Iberian Chapter Meeting - Programme

Dear alumni,

Please, find below the Programme for our Next Meeting, to be held at CNIC, Madrid, on June 8th, 2012.

[from an e-mail written by María del Mar Vivanco, May 11th, 2012]
 

Iberian Chapter - EAA Meeting Programme

Friday June 8th 2012, CNIC, Madrid

10:00 – 10.15h: Welcome (Maria Vivanco and Daniel Bachiller).

10:15 – 10:30h: Welcome and introduction to CNIC (Jose Luis de la Pompa).

10:30 – 11:15h: Marta Gómez Quintanilla: IMI and Health Spanish Representative EU's R+D Framework Programme Department.

11:15 – 11:45h: Coffee break.

11:45 – 12:30h: Pilar Santisteban: CSIC, Inst Investig Biomédicas Alberto Sols, Madrid and CONSOLIDER Programme Coordinator.

12:30 – 13:15h: Iain Mattaj: EMBL Director General.

13:15 – 13:45h: ROUND TABLE.

13:45 – 15:00h: Lunch.

15:00 – 15:30h: Daniel Bachiller – "Pluripotent Stem Cell–Based Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis". Fundación Caubet-Cimera Islas Baleares/CSIC.

15:30 – 16:00h: Filip Lim: "Gene- and cell therapy of the spinal cord". Dept Molecular Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

16:00 - 16:30h: Ramon Serrano: "The origins and mechanisms of cellular quimiosmotic circuits". Dept Biotechnology, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.

16:30 – 17:00h: Francisco Blanco: "ING proteins, chromatin structure, and cancer". CIC bioGUNE, Bilbao.

17:00 – 18:00h: DISCUSSION: action, future plans.

18:00 – 18:45h: Visit to the CNIC Facilities (ZF, animal house and imaging)

7th EAA Iberian Chapter Meeting - Additional Information

Dear alumni,

As the date for our Next Meeting approaches, Maria has sent to us new info plus the detailed programme. Please, note that the programme will be posted later today in a different entry. You can find the details below.

[from an e-mail written by María del Mar Vivanco, May 11th, 2012]

Dear EMBL Alumni,

Please find attached the programme for our next EAA Meeting in Madrid (CNIC) on June 8th. As you can see, there is an interesting mixture of science and discussion about subjects that were highlighted as important in the recent questionnaire.

I hope you will find the programme interesting and be able to make it to the meeting.

Many of you have already confirmed attendance, if you have not done so yet, but would like to participate, please let me know, I would just like to make sure that there is enough coffee and food for everybody. If you have already said no, please ignore this, and sorry for sending it again.

In addition, the EMBL Alumni Association has been very understanding with our situation and has agreed to help us with 2.500 euros, so we will be able to cover PART of our expenses. If you are going to claim some of your expenses, please remember that you will need to keep receipts and invoices for transport. Where participants require reimbursement for petrol, we would need a hand-written confirmation of payment from them, together with their receipt from the petrol station.

I look forward to seeing you in Madrid.

Best wishes,

Maria

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María dM Vivanco, PhD
CIC bioGUNE
Cell Biology and Stem Cells Unit
Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Ed 801A
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
Spain
Tel: +34 94 406 1322
email: mdmvivanco@cicbiogune.es
web: www.cicbiogune.es
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7th EAA Iberian Chapter Meeting - Madrid, June 8th, 2012

Dear alumni,

Our Next Meeting will be finally held in Madrid, on June 8th, 2012. Please find the details below.

[from an e-mail written by María del Mar Vivanco, February 24th, 2012]

Dear EMBL Alumni,

Thank you to all of you who replied to the questionnaire I sent last December. Based on the answers and plenty of discussions we have decided to celebrate the next meeting in Madrid, Friday June 8th.

As attractive as a meeting in Mallorca sounded (I know some of you are disappointed), getting there for just one day was difficult for some people and many others could not afford to expand the meeting to two days. Therefore, Jose Luis de la Pompa very kindly agreed to host our meeting at the CNIC (gracias Jose Luis!). We hope that everyone will find it easier to make it there.

I am happy to inform you that the EMBL Alumni Association [EAA] has generously agreed to assign some funds to help us support this meeting. In addition, Iain Mattaj has agreed, once again, to find time out of his busy schedule to come to the meeting. I think that this reflects the interest that EMBL has in the Alumni Association and his appreciation for our Chapter meetings being (together with the Greek one) one of the most active and long running.

Many of you showed interest in having a meeting that includes not only great science, but also the possibility to discuss funding opportunities, facilities and services in our institutions and at the EMBL that could be used by our community, science policy, collaborative activities, networking, lobbying, etc.

Please, let me know, as soon as you can, if you are planning to attend. Please feel free to suggest names of potential speakers that you think would fit within our broad interests.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Madrid.

Best regards,

Maria
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María dM Vivanco, PhD
CIC bioGUNE
Cell Biology & Stem Cells Unit
Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Ed 801A
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
Spain
Tel: +34 94 406 1322
email: mdmvivanco@cicbiogune.es
web: www.cicbiogune.es
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Iberian Chapter meeting postponed to March 2012

Dear alumni,

Our Meeting has been postponed to March 2012. Please find the details below.

[from an e-mail written by María del Mar Vivanco, October 14th, 2011]

Dear Alumni,

At the end of September we wrote to you regarding the EMBL Alumni Iberic Chapter meeting in Mallorca.

Many of you wrote back supporting the idea of having and open and deep discussion about a number of important issues that we will be facing in the immediate future. Unfortunately, due to the short notice of the announcement, few could confirm their attendance.

We believe that it is important to engage as many alumni as possible in these initiative, therefore, we have decided to postpone the meeting to March next year.

In the meantime more people will have the opportunity to participate in the preparatory discussions and to suggest different topics for the conference.

Our intention is to get funding to support the meeting, but for our actions to be efficient it would be necessary to have an estimate of the number of potential attendees. We will follow soon with a short questionnaire about content and future plans for the conference.

We apologize to those of you who have made plans to attend at the end of October, but the meeting is simply postponed, not cancelled, and it is going to be even better!

All the best,

Daniel and Maria

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María dM Vivanco, PhD
CIC bioGUNE
Cell Biology & Stem Cells Unit
Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Ed 801A
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
Spain
Tel: +34 94 406 1322
email: mdmvivanco@cicbiogune.es
web: www.cicbiogune.es
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7th EMBL Alumni Iberian Chapter Meeting

Dear alumni,

Arrangements are being made for our 7th Meeting to be held in Palma de Mallorca, from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th of October, 2011. Please find the details below.

[from an e-mail written by María del Mar Vivanco, October 4th, 2011]

Dear Alumni,

This year EMBL Alumni Iberic Chapter meeting will take place in the Hotel Barceló Albatros in Palma de Mallorca during the last weekend of October.

Thanks to funds provided by the Government of the Balearic Islands, we will be able to change the format and content of the meeting.

Accommodation costs and meals are covered by the organization, thus attendees will only have to pay for transportation. Participants would be able to arrive on Friday 28th and leave on Sunday 30th. Hotel rooms are for double occupancy, so you could bring your significant other at no extra cost (*).

Sessions will run from Saturday 29th, morning and afternoon, to Sunday 30th in the morning.

Our intention this year is to talk not just about our results and projects, but also about all other things that make our work possible. We believe that in the present economic environment this is a very important matter. In this context, our intention is to have at least one session dedicated to talks and discussions about funding opportunities, facilities and services in our institutions and at the EMBL that could be used by our community, science policy, collaborative activities, networking, lobbying, etc.

We believe that we, the EMBL alumni, have the potential to influence science and science policy in Spain, or at least, to benefit from sharing and optimizing the use of resources that are presently underused, or even ignored by the majority of us.

We are happy to say that Iain Mattaj has agreed to take time out of his busy schedule to come to the meeting and give us his vision about the current situation.

We have also invited a representative of CDTI who will discuss funding opportunities for the next two years of the 7th Framework Program and prospects for the 8th; and a representative from the MICINN who will talk about the Ley de la Ciencia (we are waiting for confirmation).

At this stage, it would be great if you could let us know if you are planning to attend, and what would be the topic(s) you would like to discuss during the meeting or if you would like to present your work, so we can make more detailed arrangements.

Looking forward to seeing you all in Mallorca.

Best regards,

Daniel Bachiller and Maria Vivanco

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María dM Vivanco, PhD
CIC bioGUNE
Cell Biology & Stem Cells Unit
Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Ed 801A
48160 Derio (Bizkaia)
Spain
Tel: +34 94 406 1322
email: mdmvivanco@cicbiogune.es
web: www.cicbiogune.es
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*[NB: please visit www.barceloilletasalbatros.com for details].

(on behalf of Filip Lim) meeting announcement: 1st International Spinal Cord Repair Meeting, March 25-26, 2011

Hi all, a meeting announcement that might be of interest to you on behalf of Filip Lim.
cheers
Sarah

Dear Sarah,
Would you be able to forward this to the Iberian EMBL list please? This meeting is a real bargain - those working in neuroregeneration may recognise many of the names on the program, and what better place than Barcelona?
Thanks in advance,
Filip Lim


It is our pleasure to invite you on behalf of Step by Step Foundation to the 1^st International Spinal Cord Repair Meeting, to be held in Barcelona on March 25^th and 26^th, 2011.

The 1^st Spinal Cord Repair Meeting is a one and a half day conference dedicated to recent advances in translational research in the field of Spinal Cord Injuries. The speakers are leading experts in areas which have already entered, or are expected to enter shortly, in experimental therapeutic trials in patients.

The 1^st Spinal Cord Repair Meeting is organized by Step by Step Foundation (www.fundacionsbs.org), a non-profit organization dedicated to innovative physical therapy for patients with spinal cord injuries in Barcelona. Step by Step Foundation’s principal objectives are the treatment and research for advancement in the field of spinal cord injuries and its future cure.

Please find attached the programme of our 1^st meeting and you can also find more information in www.spinalcordmeeting.org.

See you in Barcelona!

Contact us at: scrmeeting@reunionsciencia.es