News & Events

30 June-1 July 2016 – Dundee, Scotland
EUROCleftNet Research Conference: Genetics, Environment & Prevention
Conference Programme
Summary Report

22 March 2016Workshop at the European Parliament (13:00-15:00), room number A5F385. All delegates/speakers and guests/stakeholders/observers must bring their passports. Queries to Bill Slater (w.j.slater@dundee.ac.uk).
–We may arrange an informal debriefing after the Parliament workshop. Details will be communicated to delegates in Brussels.
The possibility of arranging transport to the European Parliament from Hotel ibis Brussels Centre St Catherine has been discussed and delegates will be advised in Brussels.

22 March 2016 – Europe + Schuman Meeting Rooms, Hotel ibis Brussels Centre St Catherine, rue Joseph Plateau no.2, 1000 Brussels, Belgium (Hotel website)
Workshop (08:00-12:00). Themes include:
• Translational research – leading to evidence based guidelines
• Historical context of European cleft collaboration
• European research in context of global cleft research – inspiring a new generation of researchers
• Psychology research projects overview

21 March 2016 – CEN-CENELEC Management Centre, 4th floor: CEN-CENELEC Meeting Centre, Avenue Marnix 17, B – 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Workshop (09:15-17:00). Impact of new guidelines on the early care of babies born with clefts of the lip and palate.
— Directions to CEN-CENELEC, with map, are available here.
— Directions from Hotel ibis Brussels Centre St Catherine (where most delegates are staying) are available here.

24 February 2016 – Niš, Serbia
A Psychosocial Workshop to Design the Next Innovative Research Agenda

1 January – 30 June 2016
Exchange Visit: Mohammad Faisal Jamal Khan

1 January – 30 June 2016
Exchange Visit: Paola Franceschelli

15-16 October 2015 – Bucharest, Romania
Workshop on the early care of babies born with clefts

28 September 2015 – 5 October 2015 – Dundee, Scotland
Short Visit: Rita Bassi Andreasi
“Strengthening research outcomes sharing between EUROCleftNet laboratories”

1 September 2015 – 29 February 2016 – Dundee, Scotland
Exchange Visit: Karen Pisani
“Lip tissue Biomarking and Epigenetics of Cleft Lip/Palate”

1-16 September 2015
Short Visit: Tereza Petrová
“Comparison of the Orthodontic Approach to the Cleft Lip and Palate in Prague, Czech. Rep. and Caen, France”

24-27 June 2015 – Gothenburg, Sweden
10th European Craniofacial Congress

23-24 June 2015 – Gothenburg, Sweden
Workshop and Steering Group Meeting

1 April – 30 September 2015 – Ferrara, Italy/Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Exchange Visit: Mohammad Faisal Jamal Khan

22-25 February 2015 – Aachen, Bremerhaven and Frankfurt, Germany
Short Visit: Ashraf Ayoub

1 November 2014 for 24 weeks – Ferrara, Italy/Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Exchange Visit: Federica Conte

22-24 September 2014 – Bucharest, Romania
Short Visit: Julija Radojicić

22-24 September 2014 – Bucharest, Romania
Short Visit: Radost Velikova

22-24 September 2014 – Bucharest, Romania
Short Visit: Maria Kazakova

22-24 September 2014 – Bucharest, Romania
Short Visit: Kostadinka Georgieva Momneva

11-13 September 2014 – Ferrara, Italy
Workshop (Translational research in the field of OFC: exploring grant funding opportunities) and Steering Group Meeting

23-25 June 2014 – Lille, France
Short Visit: Xiangyang Ju

23-25 June 2014 – Lille, France
Short Visit: Anas Almukhtar

23-25 June 2014 – Lille, France
Short Visit: Ashraf Ayoub

1 May – 31 October 2014 – Ferrara, Italy/Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Exchange Visit: Federica Conte

27 March – 2 April 2014 – Bologna, Italy
Short Visit: Xiangyang Ju

17-19 March 2014 – Oslo, Norway
Short Visit: Radost Velikova

16-21 March 2014 – Oslo, Norway
Short Visit: Julija Radojicić

31 January 2014 – Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Workshop (Opportunities for Funding in the Horizon 2020 Programme)

1 January – 30 May 2014 – University of Dundee / European Cleft Organisation
Expanding the Gateway: EUROCleftNet Directory of Resources

25-26 November 2013 – Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Short Visit: Kerstin Ludwig and Elisabeth Mangold (Bonn) to Nijmegen cooperation partners Carine Carels, Jo Zhou, Hans van Bokhoven

25- 27 September 2013 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
EUROCleftNet Research Conference – agenda
Completing the circle: shared opportunities to address the challenge of orofacial clefts
Steering Group Agenda — Steering Group Meeting Report

23-24 April 2013 – Plovdiv, Bulgaria
EUROCleftNet Research Conference 2013 Organising Committee Meeting

9 October 2012 – European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
Workshop for MEPs and NGOs: “The challenges of health inequalities in the treatment and prevention of birth defects in Europe
Photographs from the meeting

21-22 September 2012 – Glasgow, Scotland
Steering Group Meeting and Workshop

3-4 July 2012 – Bonn, Germany
Liaison meeting with industrial partners & Workshop & Steering Group Meeting

20 December 2011 – Manchester, England
Steering Group Meeting and Workshop

14 September 2011 – Salzburg, Austria
Steering Group Meeting and Workshop     (workshop summary)

9 June 2011 – Strasbourg, France
1st Steering Group Meeting