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ELIXIR-NL will coordinate data approaches of Dutch life sciences facilities

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On 13 December 2016, NWO officially presented its ‘Roadmap for Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure’. The Roadmap contains 33 research facilities and clusters that are eligible for NWO funding in the next four years. One of these 33 is ELIXIR-NL. “We have been asked to coordinate the data approach of the life science facilities,” says Jaap Heringa, Head of ELIXIR’s Dutch node.… Continue reading →

Health-RI conference: setting our course

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On 1 December 2016, more than 250 professionals joined in Amersfoort to determine the compass course for the Health-RI initiative. This national initiative aims to establish an interconnected data infrastructure for Dutch personalised medicine and health research. The conference featured inspiring examples of personalised medicine in action and lively discussions about the ethical, technical and political hurdles on the road.… Continue reading →

Hans van Duijn’s view on the NWO Roadmap

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On 13 December 2016, NWO officially presented its ‘Roadmap for Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure’. The Roadmap contains 33 research facilities and clusters that will be given a top priority in Dutch science in the next four years. A total of 160 million euros is available to be distributed among the facilities. Professor Hans van Duijn is the Chair of the Permanent Committee that selected… Continue reading →

NWO announces priority research facilities and clusters

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This afternoon, NWO announced which research facilities and clusters will be given a top priority in Dutch science in the next four years. Sander Dekker (the Dutch Secretary of Education, Culture and Science) officially received the ‘Roadmap for Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure’ with 33 selected facilities and clusters during a presentation in The Hague. The 33 facilities and clusters are eligible for funding by NWO. Eighty million… Continue reading →

Health-RI Conference: 22 November deadline for poster abstracts

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On 1 December 2016, the Health-RI Conference will take place at Theater De Flint in Amersfoort. After last year’s successful event under the name ‘Empowering Personalized Medicine and Health Research Conference’, BBMRI-NL, ELIXIR-NL, EATRIS-NL, DTL, NFU, Health~HollandFHI and FMS will jointly host this second edition. The conference will include a poster session; the deadline for submitting poster abstracts is 22 November… Continue reading →

Watch the Health-RI video

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Worldwide, personalised medicine and health is recognised as the next big dot on the horizon for health care. In the Netherlands, BBMRI-NL, ELIXIR-NL, and EATRIS-NL (all strongly anchored in European ESFRIs), UMCs/NFU, DTL, and Health~Holland are closely working together towards a single National Infrastructure for Personalised Medicine & Health Research. The more data you have, and the better it’s organised… Continue reading →

KNAW Agenda 2025 for Large-scale Research Facilities

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On 31 October 2016, the KNAW published its ‘Agenda for Large-scale Research Facilities’. The Agenda describes a selection of visions on which large-scale research facilities will be necessary in the future- operational around 2025 – to undertake innovative research at the forefront of knowledge, thereby contributing to the positioning of high-powered Dutch research groups in international science. The agenda includes three… Continue reading →

Join the Health-RI Conference on 1 December 2016

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On 1 December 2016, the Health-RI Conference will take place at Theater De Flint in Amersfoort. After last year’s successful event under the name ‘Empowering Personalized Medicine and Health Research Conference’, BBMRI-NL, ELIXIR-NL, EATRIS-NL, DTL, NFU, Health~HollandFHI and FMS will jointly host this second edition. The conference highlights developments towards a unique nation-wide Research Infrastructure for Personalised Medicine and Health… Continue reading →

Registration Open: Health-RI meeting on Thursday 1 December

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On Thursday 1 December DTL, ELIXIR-NL, BBMRI-NL, EATRIS-NL, FHI and FMS host a joint conference entitled ‘Health-RI, Empowering Personalized Medicine and Health Research’. After a very successful first conference in 2015 we are now preparing the second edition, in which developments towards one nation-wide Research Infrastructure for Personalised Medicine and Health (Health-RI) will be central in the programme. We will take you from… Continue reading →

Health-RI partner in first Dutch Health Deal

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Dutch Ministers Schippers (Health) and Kamp (Economic Affairs) and many other parties signed a ‘Health Deal’ on June 8, 2016. This Health Deal aims to bridge the innovation gap that exists in personalised medicine and health, focusing on decision support systems in oncology as a use case. Currently, a structured and controlled embedding of newly developed medical treatments and technologies… Continue reading →