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                                Jan Bruse (University College London) and Francesc Levrero Florencio (University of Edinburgh) have been both selected for the prize.  | 
                             
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                                For the first time the VPHi assigned a €500 prize for the best work submitted for the VPH2018 conference by a VPHi PhD Student.  | 
                             
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                                Andreas Husch from University of Luxembourg was awarded with the Best VPHi Thesis Award in In Silico Medicine with application in industrial R&D sponsored by InSilicoTrials, an industry partner of the Avicenna Alliance.   | 
                             
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                                The next VPH Summer School will be on 10 - 14 June 2019. Save the date!!  | 
                             
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On 4 September Commissioner Moedas announced the launch of the plan.
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Estonia is the 21st European country to sign the European declaration on high-performance computing (HPC), which aims to pool European and national resources to build a world-class HPC infrastructure.
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On 30 August, the Members of the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) held a debate on their draft opinion on the Commission’s proposal for Horizon Europe.
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The Netherlands and Brazil will be developing a joint innovation programme in 2019 in order to conduct more joint research and development in areas such as high-tech systems and materials, aerospace, medical technologies and natural disaster prevention.
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A new contract agreement has been signed between the BELLA consortium (Building Europe Link to Latin America) and EllaLink (private consortium) on the launch of a digital highway between Europe and Latin America.
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The Commission has recently launched a call for applications for the selection of members of the expert group “Business-to-Government (B2G) data sharing”.
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                                7 - 9 Nov 2018 - Utrecht - Netherlands  | 
                             
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                                3 - 7 Dec 2018 - Pavia - Italy - Early registration until 30 Sept 2018  | 
                             
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"The Virtual Physiological Human will revolutionise the way health knowledge is produced"stored and managed as well as the way in which healthcare is currently delivered."  European Commission  |  
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