The directors of four of Europe’s leading neuroscience research institutes – which together form the CURE-ND alliance (Catalysing a United Response in Europe to Neurodegeneration) – have today called upon the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to confirm the UK’s full association to Horizon Europe without delay.
In an open letter, Prof Bart De Strooper, (UK Dementia Research Institute), Prof Pierluigi Nicotera (DZNE, Germany), Prof Alexis Brice (Paris Brain Institute, France) and Prof Mathieu Vandenbulcke (Mission Lucidity, Belgium) urged von der Leyen to use her position as President of the European Commission to end the ongoing uncertainty over the UK’s association to Horizon, for the benefit of neuroscientists in both the UK and EU member states. They stressed that cross-border collaboration is essential in our joint race to find cures for dementia and the neurodegenerative diseases that cause it, writing:
