On April 4-5 2014, IIMCB is hosting a meeting of the Life, Environmental and Geo Sciences (LEGS) panel of Science Europe.[nbsp]

Science Europe is an association of European Research Funding Organisations (RFO) and Research Performing Organisations (RPO), based in Brussels. Science Europe promotes the collective interests of the RFOs and RPOs. It supports its Member Organisations in their efforts to foster European research.

The LEGS Scientific Committee informs and supports Science Europe in science policy activities. The Committee comprises 15 European academics representing a wide range of research disciplines, including Prof. Janusz Bujnicki from IIMCB (who was nominated by the Polish National Science Center / NCN, as a representative in the area of bioinformatics). LEGS is chaired by prof. Dirk Inzé who is Scientific Director of the Department of Plant Systems Biology, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie in Belgium.

Some of the LEGS 2014 priorities in terms of policy topics include career paths in multidisciplinary research, international collaboration and sustainable management of the Earth’s resources.