Ziel des Programms ist es daher auch, den Boden zu bereiten für eine rationale und realistische Auseinandersetzung mit den Möglichkeiten, die das Mentoring bietet.
"The European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology was founded in 1991 to promote theoretical approaches and mathematical tools in the life sciences in a European and wider context."
In a conversation with Science before taking office, Potocnik stressed that research is an indispensable part of the Lisbon Strategy, a 10-year plan endorsed by European leaders in 2000 that calls for sustainable economic growth in balance with environmental protection and Europe's traditionally generous social policies.
"It may well be that I am spending an afternoon in the stores comparing prices or at home retrieving data on the energy consumption of certain appliances."