Our current digital data storage technologies are reaching 🌍sustainability limits due to high energy consumption and reliance on scarce and toxic materials, as well as having limited data integrity over time. To address these challenges, the European Commission launched the “DNA-based digital data storage” Pathfinder Challenge, funding nine projects dedicated to developing scalable and reliable approaches for using DNA as a general-purpose data storage medium. These projects form the #DigNA portfolio.
As part of our work the #DigNA portfolio is running a series of free public webinars, and recordings of the first two are now available!
Each webinar is around 1 hour, the perfect way to learn something new over a 🥗 lunchbreak or morning 🚂 commute. Check out the recordings below 👇 👇 👇
The event was held on Monday 21st Oct 2024, in the Hamilton Institute at Maynooth University, with a short introduction to the project from PI Prof Damien Woods introduced by Maynooth University’s Vice President for Research and Innovation Prof. Rachel Msetfi. It was attended by over 60 people and generated media coverage in a range of Irish media outlets.
As part of Maynooth University Research Week 2024 the DISCO team are delighted to formally launch the DISCO project. The event will take place at 1.30pm on Monday 21st October in the Hamilton Institute at Maynooth University. It will include a short presentation of the DISCO project by Prof Damien Woods, with a short introduction by Maynooth’s Vice President Research and Innovation Prof Rachel Msetfi, and will include time to chat over lunch and tea/coffee.
The next edition of the EIC Summit will be 18th to 19th March 2024 in Brussels.
The EIC Summit 2024 will kick off with a joint opening of the EU Research & Innovation Week, on 18 March 2024.
Day 2, 19 March, will be fully dedicated to EIC beneficiaries with workshops covering diverse issues for researchers and entrepreneurs, such as intellectual property rights, investments, or scaling up your company.
After that, it’s the start of the Research and Innovation Days providing a full R&I related programme, closing at the end of the 21st of March.
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