2024 iAds video contest award ceremony
This year, 2024, the iAds project launched its first video competition, conceived for 14-15 years old students, with the aim of creating a video explaining the European iAds research project.
The winners of 2024 iAds video contest edition are:
Esteban ABRIVARD and Thimothée FARGUES RAYNAL from COLLEGE MENDÈS FRANCE
The winners received an iPad/tablet/laptop worth €300 each, as well as an iAds t-shirt and cap (Concours vidéo – iAds – EIC Pathfinder project (intelligentadenoviruses.eu)).
For more information, visit the video contest webpage.
The iAds project (Intelligent design of adenovirus vectors) is a European Commission-funded research project underway at the Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier (Adénovirus : Récepteurs, Trafic Intracellulaire et Vectorologie – IGMM) which aims to improve gene therapies to treat diseases caused by mutations in a gene, through the development of intelligent ‘gene transfer vectors’.
First annual meeting
The iAds consortium met after one year at the first annual meeting. It was held in Leiden (NL) on April 16, 2024. Due to the bad weather conditions, representatives from CNRS and Umea University could not travel to Leiden, and they followed the meeting online.
The team of PIs was strengthened by new recruitments of PhDs and PostDocs. The achievements and progress of the first year of the project were presented by each WP leader. Scientists involved in the project presented their work done, and the work plan for the next 12 months was discussed. The meeting ended with the Steering Committee Meeting.
The next meeting should be held in Madrid in 2025.
3rd AdenoNet meeting
Spanish Adenovirus Network: from basic biology to nanobiomedicine
The 3rd meeting of the Spanish Adenovirus Network took place on February 15-16th 2024 at the Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS).
Invited speakers: Profs. Niklas Arnberg (Umeå University, iAds partner) and Gunnel Halldén (Queen Mary University of London / Astra Zeneca).
The programme of the meeting is available on this link.
AdenoNet brings together 10 internationally recognized Spanish groups focusing on the study of AdV, from their detection in nature to their clinical impact and their uses in virotherapies, through the architectural analysis of the viral particle, its assembly, and interaction with the host. AdenoNet will allow these groups to interchange ideas, resources and materials to strengthen the impact and visibility of their research. Their collaborative work is bound to produce pharmaceutical applications in antiviral treatments, gene transfer, vaccines, oncolysis or biomedical imaging, benefiting society as a whole.
iAds kickoff meeting
iAds kickoff meeting was held in Leiden (NL) on 8 March 2023. All partners were present to discuss the work plan for the first 12 months of the project. The meeting was hosted by partner Batavia Biosciences.
