The Virtual Physiological Human Network of Excellence (VPH NoE) constitutes a leading group of universities, institutes and organisations, which represent centres of excellence in physiological modelling; data processing and analysis; high performance computing; genomics; bioinformatics and medical informatics.
The member organisations aim to support and contribute to European research in biomedical modelling and simulation of the human body by improving the ability to predict, diagnose and treat diseases.
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The project is mostly focused on improving the quality of beef, but part of the work considers safety. The use of biocontrol is of interest to both ESR and AUA and so the incorporation of biocontrol into the project was an obvious avenue to follow. While the project has only just started, linkages supporting the project are already being set up and further international collaborations likely to follow.
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Dr. Alain Girault holds a senior research fellow position at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA). His research interests include the design of reactive systems, with a special concern for distributed implementation, fault-tolerance, reliability, formal verification, and discrete controller synthesis. He heads the POP ART team at INRIA Grenoble Rhône-Alpes, which focuses on formal methods for embedded systems.
Ms. Sandra Barns is an environmental economist currently employed by the Waikato Regional Council. In 2008, Ms. Barns won a 12 month Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship to join the Rural Economic and Land Use programme (Relu) Modelling Impacts of the Water Framework Directive team, under the leadership of noted economist Professor Ian Bateman and based at the University of East Anglia.
Dr. Prue Williams’ research background ranges from soil science, to sustainable production systems, to science management. Her current role as Chief Science Adviser for the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST) also involves a degree of evaluation concerning the domestic science programmes FRST invests in. Dr. Williams states that acting as a Framework Programme evaluator provides the opportunity to learn about research taking place in Europe and how Framework Programmes are funded. Although the proposals are confidential, evaluators become familiarised with the different areas of research European institutes are involved in.
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