Researchers have detailed a mechanism in the distinctive crown of SARS-CoV-2 that could help scientists quickly find new treatments for the virus and quickly test whether existing treatments are likely to work with mutated versions as they are developed. The team, led by the University of Warwick, in the United Kingdom, as part of the EUTOPIA community of European universities, has simulated movements in almost 300 protein structures of the spike protein of the Covid-19 virus using computational modeling techniques, in an effort to help identify promising drug targets against the virus.

(Feb 21) See also Bolsamania and Lab Manager

Prof Seán Hand, Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Europe) at the University of Warwick, talks about being a full member of the EUTOPIA network. He says alliances are vital to stop universities developing “an isolationist perspective” on research and education.

Researchers have detailed a mechanism in the distinctive corona of Covid-19 that could help scientists to rapidly find new treatments for the virus, and quickly test whether existing treatments are likely to work with mutated versions as they develop.

Podcast in French. Cécile Doustaly, researcher at CY Cergy Paris Université (a fellow EUTOPIA member), who has also researched at the University of Warwick, comments on how British artists and people in the UK culture sector are reacting in response to the pandemic and Brexit. She explains how Warwick is supporting Coventry City of Culture 2021, supporting artists and benefitting citizens. (December 2020)

German news website reports that an international team at WMG (University of Warwick) is calling for the global economy to increasingly adopt circular economy strategies. These are the best way for the world to recover financially from COVID-19 and at the same time achieve CO2 emission targets. October 2020.

Also in French <em>Trust My Science</em>.

The EUTOPIA community has been awarded Horizon 2020 funding to set up a post-doc programme for early career researchers on data and artificial intelligence, health and disease, and energy and sustainability - reported in World University News (February 2020)

Science Business magazine reports on EUTOPIA's new €10.2 million postdoctoral programme for early-career researchers who are working on data and artificial intelligence, health and disease, and energy and sustainability. (February 2020)

EUTOPIA — a community of six European campuses striving to address global and regional challenges, and to develop a new form of open, inclusive, innovative higher education — is to invest €10.2 million to train early career researchers in fields such as data, health, welfare, and sustainability. (February 2020)

EUTOPIA, a next-generation teaching and research community of six European universities, which was successful in its selection to be part of the Erasmus+ ‘European Universities’ Programme this year, officially began its project in December 2019.

"Universities should indeed be internationally connected centres of knowledge that encourage the movement of people and ideas to improve wider society — and that is precisely the focus of our EUTOPIA partnership."

Professor Stuart Croft, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Warwick, writes in University Business about the EUTOPIA community of European campuses, which commenced its ERASMUS+ 'European Universities' project this month. (December 2019).