PDF file: EURASNET Annual Report 2008

Francisco Baralle gave a talk to a group of post-docs and PhDstudents at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München on “Newbiological roles of nuclear factor TDP-43” on 20 October 2008.He was also invited to present his research activity on alternativesplicing at the 10 th International EMBL PhD Student Symposium“Decision Making in Biology” held in Heidelberg on 23 October 2008.Furthermore, he co-organized the annual ICGEB theoretical course onRNA structure and function, Trieste, Italy• WP21: REACHOUT TO THE BROADER RNA COMMUNITYb) Major cost items with justificationParticipant 7 continues to contribute to foster the WP objectives byenhancing existing links, promoting the establishment of newscientific collaborations.Participant 7A Type of expenditure Budget total costspersonnel 37,833consumables 0Training – ROME 16,666.54equipment 0travel 318.54= total direct costs 54,868.21+ overhead 10,973.64= total eligible costs 65,841.85Major cost items• ResearchPersonnelCollaborative research activities on NF1 with Group 32TAMMARO [WP 12] 1 688 hours 4,000 EuroTAMMARO [WP 12] 1 616 hours 4,280 EuroTAMMARO [WP 12] 1 136 hours 1,500 EuroRAPONI [WP 12] 1 840 hours 15,600 EurofunctionStudy of the relationship between splice sites, exonic splicing signals and proteinFALANGA [WP 12] 2 688 hours 4,000 EuroFALANGA [WP 12] 2 616 hours 4,280 EuroFALANGA [WP 12] 2 136 hours 1,623 EuroInvestigating the connection between transcription and 5’ splice site definitionmechanismsPASSONI [WP 12] 3 352 hours 2,600 EuroConsumables = 0Travels:Dr. DHIR to Rome to meet his Open University supervisor Prof. Proudfoot andattend the IFM meeting on mis-splicing and disease• IntegrationWP12 Meeting “IFM on Mis-Splicing and Diseases” in Rome = 16,666.54 Euro **Travel and accommodation costs of invited speakers and other costs relevant to the organization of theIFM145