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María Pilar de Lara-Castells

@accosycost.bsky.social
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Chair of the COST Action CA21101: Research network in Europe dedicated to COnfined Molecular SYstems (COSY). Permanent Researcher at IFF-CSIC. cost-cosy.eu www.cost.eu/CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social

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María Pilar de Lara-Castells @accosycost.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Here a Group Photo at the Fourth General Meeting of the @cosy-action.bsky.social COSY COST ACTION CA21101. Everything atbout the meeting at: fourth-general-meeting.cost-cosy.eu @costprogramme.bsky.social
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María Pilar de Lara-Castells @accosycost.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Group Photo at the Fourth General Meeting of the @cosy-action.bsky.social COST Action!! everything at: fourth-general-meeting.cost-cosy.eu
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María Pilar de Lara-Castells @accosycost.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
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Role of Anharmonicity and Bimetallic Intermixing in the IR and Raman Spectra of Cun$_{n}$ and Pdn$_{n}$Cu6−n$_{6-n}$ Clusters (n<7$n\lt 7$). Ab Initio Benchmarking of DFT
High-level ab initio and density functional theory calculations reveal a structural and spectroscopic transition from pla nar Cu6 to three-dimensional Pd6, whose lowest energy triplet state undergoes...
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María Pilar de Lara-Castells @accosycost.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Happy to share that we are organizing FOURTHCOSY, the Fourth General Meeting of the COST Action CA21101 "COSY" fourth-general-meeting.cost-cosy.eu Sponsored by @pccp.rsc.org Funded by @costprogramme.bsky.social
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COSY Cost action
Overview Fourth General Meeting of the COST Action CA21101 - COSY: Confined Molecular Systems: From a New Generation of Materials to the Stars. COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding organisation for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and beyond
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María Pilar de Lara-Castells @accosycost.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
🚀 Happy of sharing a new article of the COST Action CA21101 "COSY" about a protocol to calculate infrared spectra of surface-supported metal clusters. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ACRXA...
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Cluster–support and anharmonic effects in the infrared spectra of Cu5–coronene
Reliable computational protocols capable of predicting infrared (IR) spectra of atomically precise monodisperse metal clusters (AMCs), while explicitly accounting for anharmonic effects, are crucia...
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María Pilar de Lara-Castells @accosycost.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
🚀 Happy to share a new article of the COST Action CA21101 published in the Special Collection of the journal "Small Structures" Curious 🧐 doi.org/10.1002/sstr...
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María Pilar de Lara-Castells @accosycost.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
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Today, 27th September 2025, is the 3rd Anniversary of the COSY COST Action CA21101. It is difficult to imagine how COSY started with just a few enthusiastic researchers willing to form a research… | ...
Today, 27th September 2025, is the 3rd Anniversary of the COSY COST Action CA21101. It is difficult to imagine how COSY started with just a few enthusiastic researchers willing to form a research com...
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
🎓 We are happy to announce the 1st COSY Academy Day with a rich program of lectures and practical sessions for early-career researchers ⚛️ 📍2–3 X 2025, CSIC Central Campus, Madrid, Spain 🗓️ Register by 3 IX 2025: cost-cosy.eu/activity/1st... @costprogramme.bsky.social @costacademy.bsky.social
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
🌟 Upcoming big @cosy-action.bsky.social Celebration in Bologna! 🌟 📌 3rd General Meeting of the COSY COST Action 🔭 2nd WG5 Meeting – Confined Systems in Astrochemistry Don’t miss it! 👉 Details here: cost-cosy.eu/activity/3rd... cost-cosy.eu/activity/2nd... @costprogramme.bsky.social
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
🚀 Boost your research presentation skills! Join us for the next edition of the “Listen-To-My-Presentation” Workshop! 📅 Date and time: 23 June 2025, 11 AM CET 💻 Format: online   🎟️ Limited spots available! 👉 Register here: cost-cosy.eu/activity/the... @costprogramme.bsky.social
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María Pilar de Lara-Castells @accosycost.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
🚀The first draft of the Gender Equality Plan of the @cosy-action.bsky.social has just been published at: cost-cosy.eu/femcosy
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FemCOSY
The FemCOSY InitiativeFemCOSY is an initiative within the COSY COST that focuses on women in science, particularly in fields where they are underrepresented, such as Physics and Computational Chemistr...
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚨 Still time to apply! 🚨 Join the @cosy-action.bsky.social Training School “Fundamental Insights to Weak Interactions: Interplay of Theory and Spectroscopic Experiments”, held in Poland (Iława). 👉 Details and application: ts-weak-interactions.cost-cosy.eu @costprogramme.bsky.social
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
🚨 This is the last chance to register and join us on Thursday! You can't miss this! 🚨
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
🚨 NEW DATE ANNOUNCED! THERE'S STILL TIME TO JOIN US! 🚨 📅 Date: May 15th, 2025 🕘 Time: 09:00-13:00 (GMT+2) 🔗 Register here: cost-cosy.eu/activity/the... @costprogramme.bsky.social @accosycost.bsky.social @costacademy.bsky.social
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
We are delighted to invite you to the @cosy-action.bsky.social 3rd #FemCOSY Webinar! 📅 Date: April 29th, 2025 🕘 Time: 09:00-13:00 (GMT+2) 🔗 Register here: cost-cosy.eu/activity/the... @costprogramme.bsky.social @accosycost.bsky.social
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María Pilar de Lara-Castells @accosycost.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
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Excellence Through Inclusiveness: Shaping the COST COSY Community
Led by María Pilar de Lara-Castells, the COST COSY Action is fostering better inclusiveness across chemistry, physics, and materials science.
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
NEW @cosy-action.bsky.social PODCAST ALERT 🚨 Led by @accosycost.bsky.social, COSY brings 400+ researchers together to make science more inclusive - from #FemCOSY to mentorship, excellence grows through inclusiveness. 🤝 🎧 Listen here: researchpod.org/informatics-... @costprogramme.bsky.social
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Excellence Through Inclusiveness: Shaping the COST COSY Community
Led by María Pilar de Lara-Castells, the COST COSY Action is fostering better inclusiveness across chemistry, physics, and materials science.
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
NEW @cosy-action.bsky.social PODCAST ALERT 🚨 Research in WG5 focuses on confined systems in #astrochemistry, exploring molecules in the interstellar medium. Behind the research: @accosycost.bsky.social, @costprogramme.bsky.social 🎧 Listen to the latest episode here: researchpod.org/informatics-...
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Confined systems in astrochemistry
In this episode, we’re looking at research from an interdisciplinary network named COSY, funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) agency.   Their workgroup researching ‘Conf...
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🚨 Open Call! 🚨 @cosy-action.bsky.social is looking for Leaders & Co-Leaders for new Task-Force Groups! 👥Who? Senior + Early-Career duos from COSY members (ensuring gender balance) 📩 Get more information and apply at: cost-cosy.eu/open-positio... @costprogramme.bsky.social
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LucesCostAction @lucescostaction.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
📢Celebrating the incredible women of #LUCESCostAction this International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We are proud to encourage participation from inspirational women of all nationalities, backgrounds, and career stages. See also our previous posts!👏👏 @costprogramme.bsky.social
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COST Action 23137: PCPSce @pcpsce.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Today is International Women's Day, and we are launching a campaign to celebrate women researchers and innovators in our COST Action. We currently have 58 women researchers and innovators with 63% of our leadership positions are occupied by women. #IWD2025 #WomenInResearch #COSTAction #PCPSce
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UB3Guard Cost Action @ub3guard.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Shoutout to all the amazing women in our COST Action! Special thanks to our Chair Prof. Johanna Witzell and WG leaders Dr. Mariella Marzano, Dr. Diana Marciulyniene, Dr. Dijana Vuletic, and Prof. Kathrin Blumenstein for their inspiring contribution. #WomenInScience @costprogramme.bsky.social
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Day 5️⃣ of our science communication best practice examples ft. ConservePlants Discover 4 amazing children's books about endangered plants from different countries, written & illustrated by network members. A great way to entertain & educate young minds: bit.ly/41JcceQ #SciComm #COSTactions
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Spotlight on the latest outputs accepted to Open Research Europe by Multi3Generation: "Paraphrase and translation: the importance of being close" Read the full article that explores paraphrasing in computational linguistics: bit.ly/4ifw6nh #COSTactions #OpenAccess
COST Action research spotlight: Open Research Europe
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Many congratulations to COST Innovators Grant Sustaining AGITHAR on being endorsed as a UNESCO Ocean Decade project. Dedicated to supporting civil society in tsunami disaster risk reduction, this is an outstanding achievement for the network: bit.ly/43IPrc3 #OceanDecade #COSTactions
"The endorsement as a UN Ocean Decade Project means a lot to us, since it will accelerate the ability to connect with stakeholders of diverse backgrounds and will allow us to apply best practices in tsunami hazard and risk assessment for improved protection of people and property." Prof. Jörn Behrens, Chair of Sustaining AGITHAR
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OPEN. EU COST Action CA22121 @opencostaction.eu · 14/03/2025
🎓Do you want to go on a Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSMs) to inspire research, and forge new links among OPEN COST partners? 📆 Then remember to apply for the STMS #grant. The deadline is May 5, 2025. Read more about requirements and eligibility here: au.dk/opencostacti...
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Short-Term Scientific Missions
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
COST Action IRENE has spent 4 years developing standardised methodology for monitoring the quality of stroke care, identifying gaps & driving improvements in regions that fall short. Discover how patient outcomes are improving: bit.ly/4iuYou6 #LifeAfterStroke #StrokeCare #COSTactions
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Improving stroke care across Europe with IRENE
COST Action IRENE improved a standardised methodology for monitoring the quality of stroke care across Europe.
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
@remo-cost.bsky.social will also be presenting the session 'Insights and Impact on Researcher Wellbeing and Mental Health' on 21 March from 17:00-18:00 so please do join for an important conversation on fostering a healthier research environment! Full agenda: bit.ly/3Fzcex6
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2025 MCAA annual conference and general assembly
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Heading to #MCAAConf2025? Come see us at the COST stand or join the session 'Unlocking Horizon Europe Funding' on 21 March from 11:15-12:15 where Science Officer Dr Radenka Krsmanović Whiffen will present the opportunities offered by the COST Programme. #HorizonEurope #MSCA #COSTactions
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
📢 Mastering Communication Event. Soft Skills for Science in Confined Molecular Systems. Join the @cosy-action.bsky.social online event on April 3rd to boost your presentation & research promotion skills! ✍ Sign up now: cost-cosy.eu/activity/mas... @costprogramme.bsky.social
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Instituto de Física Fundamental CSIC (IFF-CSIC) @iff-csic.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
¡María Mallo, doctoranda en el Departamento de AstroMol, presentó su trabajo en el congreso #J2IFAM en Valladolid! -- Maria Mallo, PhD in our AstroMol Department, presented her work last week at the #J2IFAM conference in Valladolid! Congratulations Maria!
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Instituto de Física Fundamental CSIC (IFF-CSIC) @iff-csic.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Os recordamos que podéis seguir al #IFF también en X! @iff_csic
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Instituto de Física Fundamental CSIC (IFF-CSIC) @iff-csic.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
¡Jorge Alonso, doctorando en el Departamento de AstroMol, presentó su trabajo en el congreso #J2IFAM en Valladolid! -- Jorge Alonso, PhD in our AstroMol Department, presented her work last week at the #J2IFAM conference in Valladolid! Congratulations Jorge!
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Leticia González @letigonzalez.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
In fantastic company! Congratulations to all women! Yes, we can ! 💪
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics @pccp.rsc.org · 07/03/2025
We're incredibly proud to feature so many incredible women in our special collection for International Women's Day 2025 - highlighting some of the excellent women doing research in physical chemistry, chemical physics and biophysical chemistry! Read the collection at pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...
A collage of some of the women featured in our PCCP International Women’s Day collection.
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María Pilar de Lara-Castells @accosycost.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Are you interested in non-adiabatic effects when open-shell metal clusters interact with other molecules such as the occurrence of Jahn-Teller distortions?. A dispersion-corrected multireference ab-initio treatment has been shown to work well in a case study. Details at: doi.org/10.1039/D4CP...
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Support effects on conical intersections of Jahn–Teller fluxional metal clusters on the sub-nanoscale
The concept of fluxionality has been invoked to explain the enhanced catalytic properties of atomically precise metal clusters of subnanometer size. Cu3 isolated in the gas phase is a classical case o...
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Sandra Gómez @quimicafisica1.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Are you using nonadiabatic dynamics for complex systems? Join us in sunny Spain for the "Future Directions in Non-Adiabatic Dynamics" workshop (Sept 2-5, 2025) at CECAM-Zaragoza! Register by June 3. Check out the event page: tinyurl.com/2nvnanf2 #NAMD #NonAdiabaticDynamics #CECAM
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Public service announcement... he is very cute!
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Did you miss the COST Info Day last month? Want to know how you can participate in a running Action or propose your own? Here's what you need to know: 🟠 Webinar recording: bit.ly/41iRli5 🟠 Q&A: bit.ly/3Brb1GA 🟠 Check eligibility: bit.ly/417pvE2 🟠 Contact your national coordinator: bit.ly/40W8CMs
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Day 1️⃣ of our science communication best practise examples ft. @blastocystiscost.bsky.social. Come and meet Blastie, the jet setting plush Instagram influencer here to make science on an intestinal parasite more approachable & relatable: bit.ly/4kgwuDD #SciComm #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders
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Science communication best practise: OneHealthBlastocystis
Meet Blastie, the plush mascot of OneHealthBlastocystis here to demystify blastocystis and its role in health and disease.
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Day 2️⃣ of our science communication best practice examples ft. EpiLipidNET Do you like playing games? Can boardgames engage non experts in scientific topics? EpiLipidNET educates us about lipids (fats and oils) & provides fun for all the family: bit.ly/43fHpHy #SciComm #COSTactions #lipids
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Day 3️⃣ of our science communication best practice examples ft. EU4MOFs MOFcast is a new podcast hosted by Ocean Cheung addressing materials science. As this network experiments with a new medium they make their science accessible: bit.ly/4bocESK #SciComm #COSTactions #MOFs
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Science communication best practice: EU4MOFs
The MOFcast is a new podcast series from EU4MOFs to promote an interdisciplinary connection between everyone with an interest in MOFs.
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
🚨COSY paper alert 🚨 "Defect engineering role for sensitivity and selectivity of room-temperature UV-assisted graphene-based NO₂ sensors" is now published in Talanta @elsevierconnect.bsky.social Congratulations to All the Authors!! 👏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @costprogramme.bsky.social
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Beyond conventional characterization: Defect engineering role for sensitivity and selectivity of room-temperature UV-assisted graphene-based NO₂ sensors
The term graphene-based gas sensors may be too broad, as there are many physicochemical differences within the graphene-based materials (GBM) used for…
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COSY COST Action CA21101 @cosy-action.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
COSY paper alert 🚨 "Rotational Excitation Cross Sections for Chloronium Based on a New 5D Interaction Potential with Molecular Hydrogen" is now published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A @acs.org! Congratulations to All the co-Authors! 🧐 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @costprogramme.bsky.social
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multipleye-network.bsky.social @multipleye-network.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Join us at the 3rd Workshop on Eye Movements and Reading Comprehension (June 5-7, 2025) at University of Stuttgart. 🔍Explore how eye-tracking combined with machine learning technologies can enhance reading assessments. Abstracts submission: March 1, 2025 Info: tmalsburg.github.io/Comprehensio...
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GREATLEAP COST Action @thegreatleap22116.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
📢 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐏 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ⬇️🧵
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Still time to register for our general Info Day to learn how to participate in and propose new COST Actions. Join us this Tuesday to learn more 👇
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AFFECT-EVO @affect-evo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
We're excited to share the new logo for COST Action AFFECT-EVO! How many species can you find in the phylogenetic tree?
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Our Info Day is live. Learn how to participate in an ongoing COST Action or propose your own in our Open Call. Watch the live stream (or catch up later): bit.ly/4hHhoFg #COSTactions #ScienceWithoutBorders #HorizonEU
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COST General Info Day 2025
#COSTActions #ScienceWithoutBorders ABOUT COST The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) is a funding organisation for the creation of research networks, called COST Actions. These networks offer an open space for collaboration among scientists across Europe (and beyond) and thereby give impetus to research advancements and innovation. Learn more about COST: https://www.cost.eu Join a COST Action: https://www.cost.eu/cost-actions/how-to-participate/ Our latest news: https://www.cost.eu/news/ Our latest events: https://www.cost.eu/events FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/COST.Programme/ X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/costprogramme LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cost-office
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COST @costprogramme.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Meet HyperChildNET, a network that has spent 4 years developing & sharing innovative tools & insights for blood pressure management in children. We chat with Empar Lurbe to learn about the special pediatric blood pressure calculators they created: bit.ly/40ZVx53 #COSTactions #Hypertension
Taking the pressure off with COST Action HyperChildNET
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