{"id":669,"date":"2016-05-01T16:13:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T23:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quintanalab.org\/?p=669"},"modified":"2016-05-01T16:13:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T23:13:23","slug":"destination-europe-the-state-of-research-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/2016\/05\/01\/destination-europe-the-state-of-research-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Destination Europe: The state of research in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently (this past February, sorry, we are running a little bit late!) we were invited by the <strong>Spanish Research Agency<\/strong> in the USA to attend the <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/research\/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=23FC560B-09B3-48D6-DFEF06E6B6593450\" target=\"_blank\">D<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quintanalab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/EU-commission.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-672\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-672 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quintanalab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/EU-commission.png\" alt=\"EU commission\" width=\"318\" height=\"110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/05\/EU-commission.png 381w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/05\/EU-commission-300x104.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/research\/index.cfm?pg=events&amp;eventcode=23FC560B-09B3-48D6-DFEF06E6B6593450\" target=\"_blank\">estination Europe<\/a>\u00a0conference held in Boston, MA, organized by the\u00a0<strong>European Commission<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The event was designed to showcase the research opportunities in Europe to any scientist interested in working in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Over 11 european countries and associations \u00a0were present in the 2-day conference, including a meeting in Boston and a job-fair at MIT.\u00a0The role of the<strong> Quintana lab<\/strong> (Albert in this case) testimonial was two-fold:\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u00a01) describe the\u00a0opportunities for researchers in Spain and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">2) present the advantages of applying (and obtaining) an ERC grant,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">which were also showcased in this \u00a0interview in the <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/euraxess\/data\/newsletters\/north_america\/1_2016_EURAXESS_QNL_ELNA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">EURAXESS NA newsletter.<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quintanalab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WP_20160206_14_52_14_Rich_LI.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-674\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-674 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quintanalab.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/WP_20160206_14_52_14_Rich_LI-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"WP_20160206_14_52_14_Rich_LI\" width=\"373\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/05\/WP_20160206_14_52_14_Rich_LI-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/05\/WP_20160206_14_52_14_Rich_LI-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/05\/WP_20160206_14_52_14_Rich_LI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/mitochondrial-neuropatology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/617\/2016\/05\/WP_20160206_14_52_14_Rich_LI.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, it was great to hear to the different experts explain the many (and diverse) opportunities to do research in Europe (you can find the presentations in this <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/research\/iscp\/index.cfm?pg=boston-event-2016\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Plus&#8230; it is not every day that one can give a lecture at the <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">MIT<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently (this past February, sorry, we are running a little bit late!) we were invited by the Spanish Research Agency in the USA to attend the Destination Europe\u00a0conference held in Boston, MA, organized by the\u00a0European Commission. 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