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Professor Philippe Amouyel will present JPND at the first “European Day of the Brain – Ageing, Stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease – Finding Innovative Solutions” on November 18th in Warsaw, Poland. The meeting is organised by the European Brain Council, together…

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Irish Minister for Research and Innovation welcomes the JPND Mangement Board The Irish Minister for Research and Innovation, Sean Sherlock TD, extended a warm welcome to the JPND Management Board at its 9th meeting which took place in Dublin Castle on 29 September. Excerpts…

Eight new international research projects have been funded by the JPND-endorsed COEN initiative The Centres of Excellence in Neurodegeneration Research (CoEN) -initiative, an international funding partnership, has announced investment in eight exciting new international research projects which will address key…

JPND would like views on the research priorities identified to date Following the successful final workshop on its Strategic Reseach Agenda, JPND has launched an online consultation on the research priorities identified to date.  The consultation is a web-based survey based on the outcomes from the…

JPND is co-leading with the Spanish Ministry of Research a Working Group on Research Mapping in Aging which met for the first time in Brussels last week. The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP AHA) is the…

“Optimisation of appropriate biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases, and harmonisation of their use across Europe” Speaking at the 8th Management Board meeting of the JPND initiative, Professor Philippe Amouyel, INSERM, and Chair of the JPND, launched ‘The first major activity under…

The capability to sign up for ‘news’ and ‘press release’ alerts has been added to the JPND website. Interested parties are now able to sign up to one or both of the options below, through an email or an RSS…

First JPND Scientific Advisary Board workshop takes place in Paris. Friday the 4th of March 2011 saw the first of three technical workshops which will help shape the initial draft of a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) in neurodegenerative disease. The first…

The JUMPAHEAD project has launched a web-based survey to map current research and resources supporting neurodegeneration research activity across 23 member states. The survey will also capture data on the policy landscape. According to Dr Robin Buckle, a member of…

Three senior JPND personnel will participate at the AAAS annual meeting in a session entitled ‘Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Need for Multidisciplinary and Global Approaches’ Professor Philippe Amouyel, Chair of the JPND Management Board, Professor Thomas Gasser, Chair of the JPND…

Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain and Cristina Garmendia, the Spanish Minister for Science and Innovation both extended a warm welcome to the JPND Management Board at its 7th meeting which took place in Madrid on 28 January. The text…

Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain and Minister of Science and Innovation, Christina Garmendia will meet and address the Board The fourth JPND Management Board meeting in Madrid will be see Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain and Spain’s Minister…

FP7 funding was approved for the JUMPAHEAD project to commence on 1 September 2010. This is a 3-year project which is a coordination action in support of the implementation of Joint Programming to combat neurogegenerative diseases (JPND). JPND is a…