ERC Advanced Grant

📢ERC Advanced Grant Call is open! Are you an established, leading principal investigator who wants long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, high-risk project? We have €492M for Europe-based projects run by researchers of any field/nationality. - Read on -https://erc.europa.eu/funding/advanced-grants More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog

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Protein against X-Ray

Dsup, a unique protein found only in tardigrades, is a nucleosome-binding protein that protects DNA from damage by hydroxyl radicals, such as those generated by ionizing radiation or oxidants. — Read on elifesciences.org/articles/47682 More updates and useful links in our blog at https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog

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Top Science Books 2019

The 2019 Royal Society  Science Book Prize One of the winners of the UK's most prestigious science book prize 2019 is „The Remarkable Life of the Skin: An Intimate Journey Across Our Surface“ by Monty Lyman (Bantam Press) The Royal Society said: "Providing a cover for our delicate and intricate bodies, the skin is our largest and fastest growing organ. We see it, touch it and live in it every day. It's a habitat for a mesmerizingly complex world of micro-organisms and physical functions that are vital to our health and our survival. It’s also one of the…

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Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks/HeLa

Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman. Her cancer cells are the source of one of the most active and known cell lines. These incredible cells— nicknamed "HeLa" cells, from the first two letters of her first and last names — are the first immortalized cell line and still one of the most important cell lines in medical research. They even travelled by Russian Sputnik-1 to space in 1960 and to the Moon orbit by Sonde-5 in 1968. — Read how John Hopkins hospital discovered the HeLa cell line at https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henriettalacks/index.html

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European MSCA 2019 Fellowship

European call for Individual Fellowships of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions is open.  The European Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) provide grants for all stages of researchers' careers - be they doctoral candidates or highly experienced researchers - and encourage transnational, intersectoral and interdisciplinary mobility. The MSCA enable research-focused organisations (universities, research centres, and companies) to host talented foreign researchers and to create strategic partnerships with leading institutions worldwide. — Read on ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/news/2019-msca-call-individual-fellowships-open_en More information about EU Grants at: https://medical-grants.com/useful-information-blog/    

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Where are the clearest skies on Earth?

The best place to stargaze on Earth is Chile's Atacama Desert. The driest desert in the world has crystal-clear skies, 300-plus cloud-free days per year and almost no light pollution. Several top-level observatories have set up home here. But stargazing isn’t just for the experts. The optimal conditions in Chile mean that even regular travellers as well as astro-tourists can easily observe the mysteries of the universe. — Read on: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/discover-chile/where-to-go-stargazing/

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