Dear VPH Friends:
I would like to remind you that the 3rd VPH Conference will be held in Trondheim on September 9-12, 2014. The organisers have announced an extension of the deadline for the submission of abstracts (details are in the news below), so you have a few more days to write your best abstract and submit for peer review.
Let me stress the importance for all historical VPH teams to be present of this event, with both seniors and junior members of the team presenting their latest research. First of all it gives the opportunity to attend the annual General Assembly of the VPH Institute, where I can anticipate this year a number of important things will be discussed and decided. Mostly important it gives to all of us the possibility to meet our VPH fellows, regardless whether they work in cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neuroscience, cancer, etc. In silico medicine is a new science, with no journals and no societies; there is a diaspora that spread VPH researchers in the four corners of the academic world, with the too frequent risk of re-inventing the wheel, or repeating someone else mistakes. If we are serious about VPH research, about in silico medicine, we need to attend the VPH conference, with our best research and with our best people. As a Director of large research institute myself, I am fully aware of how expensive is to attend conferences nowadays. But having your post-docs working three years on something wrong, that could be avoided “if only I knew what those guys in neurosciences did”, would surely be more expensive. To help the VPH Institute has funded five travel awards: www.ntnu.edu/vph2014/scolarships/awards
I also wish to bring to your attention the call for supporting members, which will close at the end of July. Becoming a supporting member will give you the opportunity to hold a seat in the board of directors of the Institute and to effectively drive the VPH initiative. We look forward to working with motivated people to ensure the success of this important research stream.
Best Regards
Marco Viceconti
VPH Institute Executive Director
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