Considering Conducting Research in Europe?

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• Considering Conducting Research in Europe?
• Practical Hints and Useful Background
  Information
• Research in (Ocular) Immunology
• U. Pleyer
• Charité, Berlin

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Considering Conducting Research in Europe?
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Why in Europe ?
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Why in Europe ?

• Ability to work / see another unit
• Learn new techniques
• Experience another Culture
• Learn another language
• Broaden career opportunities
• Make lifelong friends

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European Contributions

• Hermann von Helmholtz, (Germany) invented
  ophthalmoscope in 1850
• Hermann Snellen (Holland) introduced the Snellen
  Chart to study visual acuity in 1862

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European Contributions

• Allvar Gullstrand (Sweden)
• Nobel Prize winner in 1911
• work on Optics in the eye
• First successful transplant
• in man (Czech Rep.) 1905
• Sir Harold Ridley (UK)
• implanted first IOL 1949

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European Contributions

• Robert Koch
• Nobel Prize Medicine, 1905
• He became famous for isolating tuberculosis
  bacillus Bacillus anthracis and for his
  development of Kochs postulates
• Paul Ehrlich
• Nobel Prize Medicine Physiology, 1908
• He is noted for his work in hematology,
  immunology, and chemotherapy. He predicted
  autoimmunology calling it "horror autotoxicus"and
  popularized the concept of a magic bullet.

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Aims and Goals

• Student
• Usually months year(s)
• Doctoral (Thesis)
• In Europe usually 4-6 years
  as full time studies
• Goal PhD degree,
• Masters PhD
• Post-doctoral
• In Europe usually 1-2 years full time studies
• Goal Learn new methods,
  establish international
  contacts

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Where in Europe ?
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(Some) Centers of Excellence
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..Centers in Ocular Immunology
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..Centers in Ocular Immunology
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Ocular Immunology in Berlin
What we do in Berlin (all the time)
Ocular Immunology Thomas Ritter, Birgit
Sawitzki, J. Jun, Niangao (autoimmunity,
transplantation) Gong, Xi Lie, S. Sedlakova, L.
Otasevic. PY. Robert Ocular mucosal Immunology
Erich Knop, N. Knop Ocular Infection Oliver
Liesenfeld, Sylvia Metzner, N. Suttorp,
RKI Ocular Cell Biology Stefan Mergler,
Sylvia Metzner, F. Jaeckel Ocular Imaging
(H. Baatz), U. Porstmann, O. Klotz Translatio
nal Research - N. Torun, P. Ruokonen, R.
Keitzer, V. Wahn (Clinical Uveitis, Corneal
Transplant, OCP)
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Since 2003 joint Medical School of Freie
Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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Charité in Figures

• 15.000 employees with
• 5.000 scientists
• 5.000 medical staff

• 3.500 Beds
• 125.000 inpatient visits per year
• 900.000 outpatient visits per year

• Annual budget 1100 Mill. Euro total
• 300 Mill. Euro Research and Medical Education
• 700 Mill. Euro Patient Care
• 140 Mill. Euro Grants

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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Research

• More than 140 Mio Euro of grants (2007) top
  three Medical Schools in Germany

• 2500 research projects with approximately 4000
  scientists

• Major areas of research
• Neurosciences
• Immunology / Organ Transplantation / Infectious
  Diseases
• Oncology
• Pulmonology
• Cardiology/ Nephrology
• Genetics
• Musculoskeletal Disorders

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Berlin Center for Regenerative Therapies
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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
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Funding ?
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Funding

• European Union funds
• National Research council (DFG)
• International governmental support organizations
• Private funds
• Local funds

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Charité - European Cooperation Partners

• European Exchange ProgramSOKRATES/ERASMUS
• 92 Partner universities
• 190 Outgoing students per year
• 130 Incomings students per year

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Charité - Internationalization of Medical
Education

• International Projects Cooperations
• Internet-based Language Courses
• Summer Schools
• Collaboration with the German University in
  Cairo (GUC)
• Visiting Doctors Program
• Visiting scholar program(German Academic
  Exchange Service)

• Study Abroad Programs and Support
• European Exchane Program SOKRATES/ERASMUS
• Biomedical Sciences Exchange Program
• UNIBRAL, Program of the German Academic
  Exchange Service
• Partner universities all over the world
• Language courses
• Administrative support
• www.charite.de/chic

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Charité - Research - International

• Joint research projects with institutions in more
  than 50 countries

• Main focus on European Research Projects
• Interdisciplinary Research
• Excellency Networks
• Funding of about 5.5 million Euro by the European
  Union and international foundations

• Research cooperation with U.S. institutions,
  mostly funded by the National Institutes of
  Health (NIH, USA)

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Charité - Research - International
Bilateral Cooperations scientist exchange
programs, joint projects (Doctoral, PhD)
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Funding National Level
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Funding National Level
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Funding European Level
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Funding European Level
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European Vision Institute

• Current EU FP Programs (1/2) EVI GenoRet
• FP6 project (ending 2007)
• www.evi-genoret.org
• Funding 10 million
• Goals create the first integrated, fundamental
  European database of the retina in health and
  disease
• 24 Partners EVI, INSERM, UCL, UTUB, AIBILI,
  FTELE, UMCN, ULUND, UNIMIB, MRC, GSP, UKE,
  UNI.ZURICH, UHD, RET.INT, FZJ, GENABLE, QUB,
  CERBM, GENOWAY, FUNADACION JIMENEZ DIAZ, NKUA,
  INSERM-TRANSFERT

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European Vision Institute

• What is the EUROPEAN VISION INSTITUTE?

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European Vision Institute EEIG

• Current EU FP Programs (2/2)- EuroVisionNet

2008-2012
Supported by
The European Union under the 7th Framework
program
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European Vision Institute

• Member Distribution by country

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Summary

• There are many options of European and national
  grants and fellowships
• Make a planbudget 1-2 years before you plan to
  go
• Contact the lab where you want to go well ahead
• Good luck !!

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Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Thank you very much for your attention!
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