David Oliveira, DigiMedia researcher, integrates the multidisciplinary team of the EPIBOOST project, along with CESAM, iBiMED and CIDTFF researchers.
The European project EPIBOOST – BOOSING excellence in environmental EPIgenetics funded by the Horizon Europe Program, under the transversal pillar Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence – Twinning action, formally started on October 1st and, on the next 25th and 26th, the project kick-off meeting will take place online. This is a capacity building project of the University of Aveiro (widening partner).
The EPIBOOST project envisages a solid capacitation strategy towards tackling the challenges to the recently proposed uptake of epigenomics by Environmental Assessment frameworks. Capacitation activities cover for 5 specific objectives that regard the enhancement of the research skills and research profile in the field of environmental epigenetics of the widening partner; the support to raising talent in the field among young EU researchers; the leveraging of science management and administrative support, as well as the Consortium network, to strengthen its capacity for new research and innovation ventures.
As a Horizon Europe CSA – Twinning, EPIBOOST has the overarching aim of stimulating EU research excellence through capacity building of the widening coordinator for the strengthening of a Consortium in efficiently tackling the challenges to the proposed incorporation of epigenomics into regulatory Environmental Risk Assessment frameworks. The European project EPIBOOST has as its object the area of environmental epigenetics through a strategic partnership of UAveiro with the University of Ghent, Belgium, and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), from Spain (advanced partners). The project is coordinated by researcher Joana Pereira from the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) and has a funding of about 1.5 M€.
More information on the project available HERE