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A SPECIAL Kick-Off!

A SPECIAL Kick-Off!!!

Launching the project in Guimaraes, Portugal

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Press release: SPECIAL in the Azores

Press release: SPECIAL in the Azores

On Acoriano Oriental

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SPECIAL goes to Turkey

SPECIAL goes to Turkey

6M progress meeting - Bodrum 26th-27th May 2011

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1st SPECIAL Open day

1st SPECIAL Open day - Marine Biotechnology

Genoa 28th October 2011

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BIOMARINE Business Convention

BIOMARINE Business Convention

Nantes Saint-Nazaire, 7-9 September 2011

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9th World Biomaterials Congress

9th World Biomaterials Congress

Chengdu 1-5 June 2012 Readmore...

Euroscience Open Forum 2012

Euroscience Open Forum 

Dublin, 11-15 July 2012x

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12th International Coral Reef Symposium

12th International Coral Reef Symposium

9-13 July 2012, Cairns, Queensland Readmore...

George Winter Award 2011

George Winter Award 2011 to Rui Reis

at the European Conference on Biomaterials 2011 Readmore...

EC blueprint for IPR

EC blueprint for IPR

Brussels, 24 May 2011 Readmore...

Spektrale

Deep seas at Spektrale

Mainz city of science 2011

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Genoa SciFes programme

Genoa SciFes programme

The 2011 preliminary programme of the Genoa Science Festival is online

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China's Friendship Award

Friendship Award to Werner Müller

The People's Republic of China Friendship Award 2011

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ESAO-IFAO Congress 2011

ESAO-IFAO Congress 2011

Porto, Portugal, 9-12 October 2011 Readmore...

Colloids-Nanomedicine 2012

Colloids and Nanomedicine 2012

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 15-17 July 2012

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SPECIAL Open day in Israel

SPECIAL Open day in Israel

October 17th at the President's Residence

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SPECIAL Open day in Genoa

SPECIAL Open day in Genoa

An audience of 200 for Blue Biotechnology Readmore...

SPECIAL YouTube channel

SPECIAL on YouTube!

The SPECIAL YouTube channel is "on air"

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New Perspectives SciEdu

New Perspectives in Sci-Edu

Florence, 8-9 March 2012

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Factsheet patent information

How to search for patent information

New factsheet by the IPR helpdesk of the EC

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IPR Webinars

IPR Helpdesk Webinars

Online training tools supported by the EC

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SPECIAL goes visual

SPECIAL goes visual!

Check it out in the SPECIAL website

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Sponge taxonomy workshop

Deep-sea sponge taxonomy workshop

São Miguel Island (Azores), 16-21 April 2012

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Microorganisms symbiosis workshop

Lower invertebrate symbiosis with microorganisms

Eilat, February 26 - March 2, 2012

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EU lung cancer conference

3rd European Lung Cancer Conference

Geneva (Switzerland) 18-21 April 2012

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Science-2-Business

Science-2-Business at ESOF 2012

Dublin 11-15 July 2012

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EACR-22

EACR-22

Barcelona 7-10 July 2012

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World Cancer Congress

World Cancer Congress

Montreal, August 27-30 2012

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3rd TERMIS World Congress

3rd TERMIS World Congress 2012

Vienna, 5-8 September 2012

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BioMarine Business Convention 2012

BioMarine Business Convention 2012

London, 24-25 October 2012

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YOUMARES 2012

YOUMARES 2012

12-14 September 2012, Lübeck

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Summer School Biomaterials

Summer School on Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine

9-13 July 2012, Riva del Garda - Trento

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3rd Marine Board Forum

3rd Marine Board Forum

Brussels 18 April 2012

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International Aquarium Congress

8th International Aquarium Congress

9-14 September 2012, Cape Town Readmore...

MarineTT Knowledge Gate

MarineTT Knowledge Gate launched

Access to information from FP6 and FP7

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IC-ANMBES 2012

Analytical and Nanoanalytical Methods for Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

May 24-27 2012, Brasov

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New Participant Portal

New Release of the FP7 Participant Portal

Info from the EC

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Science in Dialogue

Science in Dialogue - Towards a European Model for

Responsible Research and Innovation

23-25 April 2012, Odense

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Public Consultation Blue Growth

Blue Growth - sustainable growth from the oceans, seas and coasts

Public consultation 16 March - 11 May 2012

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European Maritime Day 2012

European Maritime Day 2012

21-22 May 2012, Gothenburg

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EU Congress Biotechnology

15th European Congress on Biotechnology

23-26 September 2012, Istambul

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Gordon Conference Marine Microbes

2012 Gordon Research Conference on Marine Microbes

24-29 June 2012, Lucca

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Natural Anticancer Drugs

Natural Anticancer Drugs

June 30 - July 4 2012, Olomouc

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Nanotech 2012

Nanotech 2012

June 18-21 2012, Santa Clara

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Nobel Conference Breast Cancer

Nobel Conference on Breast Cancer

14-17 June 2012, Stockholm

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Rendez-vous de Concarneau 2012

4th Rendez-vous de Concarneau 2012

28-29 August 2012, Concarneau

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Invertebrate Cell Culture

Marine Invertebrate Cell Culture Symposium

August 30-31 2012, Concarneau

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BIOPROSP 13

BIOPROSP 13

February 20-22 2013, Tromsø

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7FP Info days

7FP Info Days and Brokerage Events

June - July 2012, Brussels

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13 Tetrahedron Symposium

13th Tetrahedron Symposium

26-29 June 2012, Amsterdam

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Naturejobs 2012

Naturejobs Career Expo

20 September 2012, London

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Gordon Conference: Biomineralization

Gordon Research Conference: Biomineralization

August 12-17, New London

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2012 IEEE-NANO

12th International Conference on Nanotechnology

20-23 August 2012, Birmingham

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9 World Sponge Conference

9th World Sponge Conference

4-8 November 2013, Fremantle

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FP7 Marine-related proposals

Marine-related proposals 2007-2010

An Analysis and Inventory across FP7

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SpongeBob and SPECIAL

SpongeBob and SPECIAL work together!

Thanks to Nickelodeon and Aquario di Genova

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Genomics Research EU

Genomics Research Europe

4-5 September 2012, Frankfurt

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Drug Delivery Conference

Drug Delivery Technologies & Formulation

5-6 September 2012, Zurich

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Lab skills course

Training in Molecular Biology and Protein Expression

3-14 September 2012, Coventry

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Biomarkers in DDD

Biomarkers in Drug Discovery and Development

10-11 September 2012, Berlin

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EU Microscopy Congress

15th European Microscopy Congress

16-21 September 2012, Manchester

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Marine Microbiology & Biotechnology

Marine Microbiology & Biotechnology: Biodiscovery, Biodiversity and Bioremediation 2012

14-16 November 2012, Cork

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BioPartnering Future Europe

BioPartnering Future Europe

7-9 October 2012, Brussels

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BIO International Convention

BIO International Convention

22-25 April 2013, Chicago

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BIO-Europe 2012

BIO-Europe 2012

12-14 November 2012, Hamburg

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Consultation Enterpreneurship 2020

Consultation on Enterpreneurship 2020 Action Plan

Open until 1 October 2012

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Consultation Horizon2020

Consultation on life sciences under Horizon2020

11 July 2012 until 4 October 2012

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Consultation Research Infrastructures

Consultation on Research Infrastructures - Topics for Integrating Activities

15 July - 22 October 2012

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Integrative + Comparative Biology 2013

2013 Meeting, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

3-7 January 2013, San Francisco

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Marine NanoEcotox Workshop

First Marine NanoEcotox Workshop

29 November 2012, Palermo

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Consultation BioBased Industries

EC Consultation on BioBased Industries

21 September 2012 - 14 December 2012

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BioNanoMed 2013

4th Int. Congress Nanotechnology, Medicine & Biology

13-15 March 2013, Krems

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New Skills EU Bioeconomy

New Skills for an EU Bioeconomy

20-21 November 2012, Brussels

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new SPECIAL leaflet

Download the new SPECIAL leaflet!

also available as HQ file upon request

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Sponges and NanoBiotech

Sponges and NanoBiotechnology

new SPECIAL video!

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ERC to Rui Reis

Rui L. Reis gets ERC-Advanced Grant

ComplexiTE, 2.35 M€ over 5 years

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BlueBiotech and Cancer

BlueBiotech and Cancer

new SPECIAL video!

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SPECIAL to CSA MarineBiotech

SPECIAL to CSA MarineBiotech Conference

11-12 March 2013, Brussels

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SPECIAL to CSA MarineBiotech

SPECIAL to CSA MarineBiotech Conference

11-12 March 2013, Brussels

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SPECIAL via LinkedIn!

SPECIAL boost thanks to LinkedIn

Martina Milanese ranks top for 2012 Italian visits

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CSA MarineBiotech

CSA MarineBiotech Final Conference

Paving the way for the European Blue Economy

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SPECIAL poster

SPECIAL poster at CSA MarineBiotech

HQ available on demand

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Aquaculture Europe

Aquaculture Europe 2013

Trondheim August 9-12, 2013

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SPECIAL to EMBS

SPECIAL to the European Marine Biology Symposium

19-23 August 2013, Galway

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Sponge farming in the news

Sponge farming in the news

La Stampa, 7 April 2013

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