Monitoring visit

Yesterday Project Officer Zakaria Benameur from the European Commission came to the ITQB for a monitoring visit. The aim of the visit was to monitor both scientific and administrative aspects of my Marie Curie fellowship. He first spent two hours with the administration at the ITQB, and then one hour with me and the Scientist in Charge of the project Professor Maria Arménia Carrondo. I gave a presentation about the background of my project and an update on the status so far. After the meeting I gave Mr. Benameur a short visit of the research facilities of the Macromolecular Crystallography Unit.

I think it was nice and very useful to have this monitoring visit. I got some new ideas about other funding resources within the European Commission I can apply for in order to continue my research when the money for this project runs out. It was also nice to actually meet the person who I have exchanged several e-mails with after my project was selected for funding within the Marie Curie programme J

With a new picture I found of the ITQB (nice surroundings for research) I wish you a nice weekend!