News & Events
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions, meetings and trainings planned for 2020 had to be postponed and were or will be held virtually.
The Warsaw meeting and training on material science and research will again be combined with ESR days, a little workshop like event fully organised by the ESRs.
The ESRs will hold the first MgSafe ESR days in Gothenburg and receive training on histology, methods and “ESR Days” are used to practice communication skills, exchange information, network and practice project management. It also includes the invitation of visiting scientists selected by the ESRs.
The training in Hannover is a workshop on writing skills and good scientific practice, in addition, enhancing and supplementing the workshop in Graz.
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Preliminary agenda
This training event on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Photoacoustics (PA) & Ultrasound Imaging (US) including a media training especially for the ESRs has been rescheduled and is now planned for 1 to 3 March 2021 in Amsterdam.
This meeting and training on PET (Positron Emission Tomography) and project management will be fully virtually.
The first periodic report covering the first two years of MgSafe was submitted to the EU and will be evaluated with the help of an external expert.
An informal regular meeting of ESRs and the coordinator has been initiated in order to intensify direct communication despite all Covid-19 restrictions. The next meeting is scheduled for the end January 2021
MgSafe teamed up with the ETN “BioImplant” and started a workshop series for characterisation methods especially based on simulation and modelling. The first workshop was planned as a Symposium during the “Biodegradable Metals Conference” (Alicante, Spain, August 2020). Due to Covid-19, a virtual workshop on 03.09.2020 was organised, the next one is scheduled for March/ April 2021. It is still planned to organise such a symposium for the next “Biodegradable Metals Conference” in August 2021.
Together with the MSCA ETN BioImplantITN we are planning to organise a mini symposium at the 12th BIOMETAL on Friday 28 August.
The training in Hannover is a workshop on writing skills and good scientific practice, in addition, enhancing and supplementing the workshop in Graz.
- cancelled due to travel restrictions. The corona virus has caught up with us -
This training event is on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Photoacoustics & Ultrasound Imaging including a media training especially for the ESRs.
The mid term meeting is basically a meeting between the ESRs and the REA representative. This meeting is intended to allow the researchers to discuss with the project officer (PO) about their experiences within the network in terms of training foreseen, supervision arrangements, progress and impact on their future careers.
The training in Graz was on in vivo experiments with extensive hands on sessions and good scientific writing followed by a workshop on personal learning environment.
MgSafe is happy to have successfully recruited 15 highly skilled ESRs on a 36-month full-time contract - all working to develop the next generation of safe imaging facilities for biodegradable metal implants. 10 of the 15 early stage research positions are filled by women.
The training event in Brüttisellen was hosted by SCANCO and planned by WUT with contributions of the partners HZG, MUG, SYN, OsloMet and BRI.T. There were lectures and live demos as well as hands on sessions.
Parallel to the supervisory and scientific advisory boards meeting, the ESRs received an introduction to financial and administrative matters of the MgSafe training network. At the General Assembly (GA), PIs, representatives of the beneficiaries and ESRs presented their contribution to the network. The scientific level was high and strong focus on the students led to a very good outcome.
The training sessions in Oslo consisted of the two sections ‘Introduction into the network and techniques’ and a team building workshop for ESRs only.
The coordinator HZG attended the Coordinators Information day in Brussels, Belgium, in November 2018 and reported to the consortium
The MgSafe kick off meeting took place from 6.-7. November 2018 in Hamburg.
All 13 project partners were represented by at least one PI. Some were accompanied by their EU projects and public relations officers to get into the project right away.