๐RETORNA submitted the periodic report
At the beginning of April the Coordinator submitted the first periodic report of the project, collecting the activities of the first 24 months and explaining the objectives reached, the training activities organized for the DCs and the deliverables submitted and postponed, among other aspects that were all clarified within the periodic report.
The entire Consortium was involved in the technical and financial part of the report, with different online organizational reunions set up for the coordination of the tasks and deadlines.
The entire Consortium is very pleased with the final result and hope the reviewer will appreciate as well the work presented๐
๐Nathalie at Proretina meeting 2025 edition
On the 4th and 5th of April 2025 Proretina meeting took place, like every year, in Potsdam. Our associated partner Proretina is organizing this event every year, joining vision scientists from all corners of the world in one single and wonderful place surrounded by nature.
Last year our Consortium was also there, for the in person introductory meeting as well attending the conference.
Nathalie, our DC3, participated for the second consecutive year, presenting her poster “Establishing plasmid-mediated expression of circular RNA-based TrฤธB-aptamers against AMD“.ย
Read more about her poster here.
๐The project manager invited to the EU-Conexus Enables training
Andreea Craciun, the project manager of the RETORNA consortium, has been invited to participate in a two-day training session “๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐” hosted by Southern East Technological University (SETU) in Waterford, Ireland.
The training is part of the EU-Conexus Enables activities, which aim to train Research Managers and Administrators (RMAs) and create opportunties for collaboration among the participants.
On April 8, 2025, Andreea gave a presentation during the Reporting session based on the RETORNA consortium. She described the various types of reports that a MSCA DN consortium is requested to submit throughout the project’s duration. The presentation also covered topics such as timing, payments and responsabilities.
๐ Secondmentsย
Ceren – DC8ย finished her secondment in Leiden, The Netherlands at the beginning of May, just in time for catching the flight to ARVO 2025! Read her Dutch experience here.
๐ Boards rotation
RETORNA has 5 boards (managing, quality, research, training and communication). They work together to reach and fulfill the objectives of the project. DCs are also part of the 5 boards. In order to discover and participate in all the aspects of the project, DCs rotate every 6 months to another board. A new rotation period is starting in May 2025 and will go on until October 2025.
Greetings,
RETORNA team