Joining European Scientific Forces to Face Pandemics

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Despite the international guidelines on the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European scientific community was not sufficiently prepared to coordinate scientific efforts. To improve preparedness for future pandemics, nine groups of scientists already funded by the European program for Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST), coordinated by Chiara Rignati from Turin University, joined in a network, called Trans-COST Action COVID-19, to facilitate inter-, multi-, and trans-disciplinary communication and collaboration nin order to set-up research strategies and preclinical models for the study of viruses, vaccines and anti-viral drugs. 

Giovanna Lattanzi of CNR IGM, is part of the management committee of the EuroCellNet COST Action and, along with the action coordinator Pavel Hozak and colleagues from the other COST actions, contributed to drafting of the proposals.

 

Vasconcelos MH, Alcaro S, Arechavala-Gomeza V, Baumbach J, Borges F, Brevini TAL, Rivas JL, Devaux Y, Hozak P, Keinanen-Toivola MM, Lattanzi G, Mohr T, Murovska M, Prusty BK, Quinlan RA, Perez-Sala D, Scheibenbogen C, Schmidt HHHW, Silveira I, Tieri P, Tolios A, Riganti C. (2021) Joining European Scientific Forces to Face Pandemics. Trends in microbiology. 29(2):92-97. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.10.008