The outstanding achievements of four members of Academia Europaea have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours list for 2021.
Evidence for Policymakers conference attracts global audience
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14th December 2020. For further information please contact AECardiffHub@cardiff.ac.uk
Cardiff Hub oversees completion of Evidence Review Report on Biodegradability of Plastics in the Open Environment
Season’s Greetings from the AE Cardiff Hub Director
Professor Ole Petersen reflects on 2020 and sends his good wishes for the New Year.

14th December 2020. For further information please contact AECardiffHub@cardiff.ac.uk
Academia Europaea launches new Hub in Budapest
The role of the Young Academy of Europe by Dr Gemma Modinos, FYAE
AE webinar on ‘New perspectives on COVID-19’
26th January 2021, 14:00 CEST, 13:00 GMT

About the webinar
This webinar is part of a series of COVID-19 related webinars organised by the AE Cardiff Hub. This webinar on ‘New Perspectives on COVID-19’ will consist of 6 presentations by Members of Academia Europaea, who have all recently published papers on various biomedical aspects of COVID-19. The presentations will address a wide range of issues, including the genetics of the disease, how the virus enters cells, a focus on the vulnerable lipid envelope of the virus, how to explain the mysterious silent hypoxemia that gives rise to uncompensated low oxygen levels in the blood, a new ion channel target in the airways and how to understand the psychiatric aspects of COVID-19. The short presentations will be followed by a discussion session moderated by Ole Petersen.
This webinar is aimed at an international audience, in particular researchers, biomedical students, clinicians, and professionals in the healthcare and biomedical fields.
Hybrid Conference: ‘Evidence for Policymakers,’ 15-18 December 2020
President of Academia Europaea, Professor Sierd Cloetingh and AE Vice-President Professor Ole Petersen will be speaking in the Policy Based Evidence session of the ‘Evidence for Policymakers’ conference on 15th December.
Professors Cloetingh and Petersen will be part of the session entitled ‘External and internal evidence-systems for policymaking: How can we optimize the development and dissemination of evidence for policymakers?’ which will take place at 15.00 – 16.15 CET, 14.00 – 15.15 GMT on 15th December.
Gemma Modinos appointed Chair of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) Board
At the virtual 2020 annual general meeting, YAE members elected Dr Gemma Modinos as the new Chair of the Board
On becoming Chair of the YAE Board she said:
“It was a great honour for me to be elected Chair of the Young Academy of Europe, an organisation that I am passionate about. I am grateful to the previous Chairs for the opportunity to learn from them during my first two years on the Board. As young scholars prepare for the complex post-COVID world, my vision is to lead the YAE and to use its trans-disciplinary strengths and excellence to solve challenges we face in Europe. As a grassroots initiative, I truly believe in the YAE’s power to bring about change, as a platform for young scholars to build support, to explore and debate new ideas, and to have a clear voice in European science policy. I am looking forward to working alongside my colleagues in the YAE community to further enhance the YAE’s role and influence. I am also very excited about strengthening our partnership with Academia Europaea and the wonderful opportunities that this will bring for both organisations, as well as for the wider European research community.”