Press Release: Commissioner Vassiliou to meet Marie Curie scientists at CERN

Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, visits the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 15 April to meet scientists and researchers supported with funding from the EU Marie Curie Actions. Members of the team which discovered the Higgs particle in summer 2012 and researchers who are developing new state-of-the-art 3D imaging to improve cancer treatments are among those she will meet. 35 research training initiatives at CERN have received a total of €44m in support from the Marie Curie Actions.

ESO: Background Information: Cern physicists lauded over ‘god particle’ http://www.europeansources.info/record/cern-physicists-lauded-over-god-particle/

European Commission: Rapid: Press Release/12/755: EU-backed researchers in team behind Higgs boson 'God particle' discovery http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-755_en.htm

European Commission: Rapid: SPEECH/13/318: EU funding for research and education – inspiring science today and in the future http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-13-318_en.htm

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