The final exploration meeting “Bridging Lipids and Society”, within the scope of the Cost Action – EpiLipidNet COST, which took place on September 12th, at the COST Association in Brussels, and which brought together scientists and experts from the network and decision-makers from the EU, is featured in the Cost Shares Newsletter.
As President of EpiLipidNet, Maria Rosário Domingues, Associate Professor at DQUA and member of CESAM, opened the session with a comprehensive overview of the 4 years of this Cost initiative, highlighting the 60 meetings and workshops, five major conferences and more than 50 scientific publications produced. She also emphasized the network’s commitment to diversity, where more than 50% of participants are women.
Over the past four years, EpiLipidNet has promoted collaborative research in lipidomics, bringing together more than 450 researchers from 52 countries on six continents. The event, marking exactly one month before the project’s official end date, was a celebration of four years of excellent work in the field of lipid research both in Europe and globally. The aim was to raise awareness about the importance of lipids
As the Coordinator of this Cost Action, Maria Rosário Domingues, refers: “We move forward when we join forces. The spirit of collaboration and friendship has been fundamental to our success.”
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