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@Aveiro (UAVR-CESAM team) & @Barcelona (CSIC-IDAEA team) One of the EPIBOOST objectives is to disseminate and communicate science to the local people through outreach activities. This is why the participation of the project in major events at the EU level such as the European Researchers night are very much considered by our team. This year,…

EPIBOOST is committed to science communication and this is a challenging option considering the difficulties of explaining the concepts behind environmental epigenetics to non-specialized audiences. Education is key for a successful implementation of these concepts in the younger, towards a society better able to interpret the importance of epigenetic changes induced by environmental cues in…

EPIBOOST associated this year to the Blue Science and Technology (BS&T) Summer Training by UGent as part of WP3 plans. The BS&T summer training happened from 3 to 14 July 2023, providing the participants with a remarkable opportunity to bridge between knowledge provided by higher education or research and the competence requirements in the Blue…

Dr. Cecília Guerra, coordinating the team producing educational contents in EPIBOOST project (UAVR-CIDTFF researcher), participated in the EvoKE – Evolutionary Knowledge for Everyone network 2023 meeting, which took place at the University of Bath, UK, from 3-5 July 2023. EvoKE 2023 brought together researchers, educators, science communicators, journalists, policymakers, artists, and any person interested in…

Dr. Ana Santiago, the EPIBOOST project manager, visited UGent to receive training from the UGent EU-team From April 18th to April 20th, 2023, Dr. Ana Sofia Santiago, EPIBOOST project manager and CESAM-UAVR Science and Technology Manager, visited UGent in the framework of Ghent University Staff Exchange week. Dr. Santiago was introduced to the the structure…

The University of Ghent visited UAVR and training within EPIBOOST regarding copepod culturing and testing has been accomplished During the past months, Dr. Ilias Semmouri from UGent has been training the UAVR team concerning the implementation of culturing and testing protocols with the marine copepod Acartia tonsa, one of our model organisms in EPIBOOST. Dr.…

The first meeting of the Focus Group promoted by EPIBOOST on Twinning management HAPPENED IN April 5th 2023 In the past April 5th, the Focus Group on the the management of Twinning projects, promoted by EPIBOOST within the scope of WP5, had its kickoff meeting. Sister projects CutCancer, ENGINEER, FEWL, FONDA, GREENLand, HybridNeuro, NanoCAT, REGENEU,…

First UAVR Soft Transferable Skills training programme happened in 22-24 March 2023 The first UAVR Soft Transferable Skills Workshop was co-organised by the four Twinning projects coordinated by the Institution, EPIBOOST, SUPRALife, FONDA and EpiViral, on March 22nd, 23rd and 24th 2023. The workshop was open for free to the whole UAVR community and was…

Advanced Course on Environmental Epigenetics happened in 20-24 March 2023 The in-person week of the EPIBOOST Advanced Course “Environmental epigenetics and risk assessment: challenges and future perspectives” was held at the University of Aveiro from March 20th to March 24th. We had several theoretical sessions regarding epigenetics concepts, epigenetic mechanisms, sequencing techniques and its principles,…

Short-internship by students FROM IEC within the scope of EPIBOOST @UAVR (19-21/12/2022) Two students from the Institute of Education and Citizenship (IEC, Mamarrosa, Portugal) were with us for an intense 3-day internship. From December 19th to December 21st, they have been learning the daily routines of laboratories involved in EPIBOOST at the Department of Biology…