JPA

The General Structure of "Marine Genomics Europe" the Joint Programme of Activities (J.P.A.) of the NoE falls into three main blocks: Jointly Executed Research (J.E.R.) , Integrating Activities (Integration) and Spreading Activities (Spreading).

Download a presentation of Marine Genomics Europe here.

Download a poster of MGE here

The Kick Off Meeting, Rennes, France, 22-24 June 2004.

The kick-off meeting for the Network of Excellence 'Marine Genomics Europe' took place in Rennes, France, from 22 to 24 June 2004. “Marine Genomics Europe” (MGE) is a crossroads between Life Sciences, Ecology, Environment, BioInformatics and High technologies within a multicultural European network. MGE is funded under the framework programme FP6 by the European commission and unites 44 institutions from 16 countries (within and outside Europe). MGE is aimed at promoting, developing, and spreading throughout the European Union a better understanding of the functioning of marine ecosystems and the biology of marine organisms. Moreover, MGE will establish databases of marine resources through large scale Biodiversity studies.
The Kick off meeting addressed the implementation of genomics approaches, and the different project nodes: microbial, algal, fish and shellfish, EDD and environmental genomics.
Programm details on the kick off

Persons attending the meeting

About one hundred and seventy persons attended the Kick off meeting, scientists coming from all over Europe as well as Israel, Iceland and Chile, also european network coordinators.
Special thanks to Mr Lespagnol, Vice-Président Conseil Régional de la Région Bretagne who opened the meeting and Mr Mathy, EU Commission, Directorate Environment, Biodiversity and marine ecosystems.

Posters

A poster session has been organised during the Kick off, within the different nodes and platforms: 40 posters presented.

Innovaproteomics Platform visit

Innova Proteomics a high-throughput proteomics platform in Rennes, France.
Innova Proteomics' objective is to discover, conceptualise, characterise and validate novel anti-infective agents and diagnostic markers via proteome analysis of the human male genital system.
The company runs a fully-automated, LIMS-driven platform housed in a clean room and dedicated to high-throughput protein identification. Innova Proteomics also makes its technology available via service provision at various levels of complexity (from protein identification to full-service, large-scale proteomics programmes) and also offers training modules on proteomics theory and practice.Dr Charles Pineau, the founder of Innova Proteomics organised for us a tour

Photos exhibition

A photo exhibition has been organised for three days are presenting pictures of marine organisms (©Ifremer/ IRD)  µPhotos

Pictures

Photos of the Kick Off meeting from V. Roeder (Station Biologique de Roscoff, France) are available here.