European Action on Global Life Sciences

Addressing Europe’s responsibilities towards the developing world

European Action on Global Life Sciences (EAGLES) aims at enhancing the collaboration between European researchers and researchers in the developing world to fight hunger and disease. EAGLES has been launched by the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB). The project is being supported by the European Commission and is a collaboration between EFB and scientific partners in Europe, China, Egypt, Ghana, South Africa and the Philippines. Members of the Steering Committees include prominent scientists from China, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, Syria and Thailand.

A number of EAGLES conferences and workshops will be organised during the next three years in Europe and various developing countries (DEC). The topics will illustrate the need for much more effective European responses on the use of biology in combating problems in health and food supply in the DECs and in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. The first major EAGLES conference was held on 26-29 April 2006 as part of BioVision at the New Library of Alexandria, Egypt.

Next EAGLES event:

  • Does climate change impact on Malaria transmission?
    This trans-disciplinary workshop includes participation of some of the world´s leading climatologists and parasitologists.  As a direct effect of the climate change, malaria parasites may encounter high enough temperatures to be able to multiply in their mosquito hosts in areas where malaria a few years ago was considered unthinkable. It is less than 100 years since the last regular outbreak of Malaria in England. The meeting will take place at Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College London on Feb 12-13 2009.

    • Here is an overview of some of the latest events:

  • 5-7 November 2008, EAGLES organised a Workshop on Tuberculosis in Shenzhen, China.  This report on tuberculosis diagnostics is the first of two statements from the workshop.
    Download “Tuberculosis Diagnostics”

  • The 15th May 2008 EAGLES had a hearing in the European Parliament on The Global Perspective of Biofuels. 
    The PowerPoint presentations the speakers used as background for their talks are available here.

  • The latest EAGLES workshop took place May 6-8 2008 in the Philippines and dealt with Intellectual Property Right related to food production in the developing world.
    The Workshop was hosted by Gerard Barry from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). A report from this workshop will soon be available on the EAGLES website.

  • April 14-15 2008 EAGLES organized a Food Symposium in collaboration with BioVision Alexandria.
    Website http://www.bibalex.org/bva08/home/home.aspx The press release from this Symposium can be found here. A more comprehensive report will be displayed on the EAGLES website as soon as it is ready for publication.

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