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Kraft C, Boya P, Codogno P, Elazar Z, Eskelinen EL, Farrés J, Kirkin V, Jungbluth H, Martinez A, Pless O, Primard C, Proikas-Cezanne T, Simonsen A, Reggiori F. Driving next-generation autophagy researchers towards translation (DRIVE), an international PhD t raining program on autophagy. Autophagy 2019; 15:347-351. [PMID: 30176150 PMCID: PMC6333454 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2018.1515532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 08/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The European autophagy consortium Driving next-generation autophagy researchers towards translation (DRIVE) held its kick-off meeting in Groningen on the 14th and 15th of June 2018. This Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early Training Network was approved under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program and is funded for 4 years. Within DRIVE, 14 European research teams from academia and industry will train 15 PhD students through applied, cross-disciplinary and collaborative macroautophagy/autophagy research. The goal of DRIVE is to stimulate applied approaches in autophagy research and provide training towards translation, while advancing our knowledge on autophagy in specific physiological and pathological states. The strong focus on translation will prepare the PhD students to be at the forefront to exploit autophagy for the development of therapies directly benefitting patients. Thereby, DRIVE will contribute to filling the educational gap that currently exists between academia and industry, and will prepare its PhD students for alternative and highly flexible professional paths.
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Affiliation(s)
- Claudine Kraft
- Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Institut Necker Enfants-Malades (INEM), INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Bimolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Molecular and Integrative Biosciences Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, London, UK
- Randall Division of Cell and Molecular Biophysics, Muscle Signalling Section, King’s College London, London, UK
- Department of Paediatric Neurology, Evelina Children’s Hospital, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
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- Fraunhofer IME ScreeningPort, Hamburg, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Cell Biology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Peterka M, Peterková R, Likovský Z. Chernobyl: relationship between the number of missing newborn boys and the level of radiation in the Czech regions. Environ Health Perspect 2007; 115:1801-6. [PMID: 18087603 PMCID: PMC2137097 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2007] [Accepted: 09/02/2007] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND The number of newborn boys was higher than that of girls in the Czech Republic each month from 1950 to 2005. The only exception was November 1986, when the number of newborn boys was significantly reduced. This has been explained by a selective negative impact of the Chernobyl accident in April 1986 on male fetuses during the third month of their prenatal development. OBJECTIVES The first and most radioactive cloud passed over the Czech Republic during 30 April-1 May 1986. Concurrent rainfall multiplied the radioactivity by up to > 10,000-fold in specific regions. We verified a hypothesis that the decrease in the male birth fraction in November 1986 correlated with the level of radiation in eight Czech regions after the Chernobyl disaster. RESULTS We found a relationship between the level of radiation and the decrease in the number of newborn boys. The number of newborn boys was decreased in the six eastern regions where the radiation was strongly increased due to rain that accompanied the radioactive cloud. In contrast, the number of newborn boys was not reduced in the two western regions where the radioactivity was markedly lower. CONCLUSIONS A negative impact of radiation on the prenatal population was manifested as a selective loss of newborn boys in November 1986. This loss correlated with level of radioactivity. The 131I probably played the most important role because of its up-take during primary saturation of fetal thyroid by iodine, which accompanies the onset of the gland function in 3-month-old fetuses.
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- Miroslav Peterka
- Department of Teratology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences CR v.v.i., Videnska, Prague, Czech Republic.
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