Objective We will educate and train young scientists to apply an interdisciplinary systems-based approach to complex biological questions using plant reproduction as a model system. Systems approaches are not routinely taught, have been identified as an area requiring urgent PhD-level training in some European countries and require network-scale working practices. We have assembled a team with International research reputations in two key areas for the success of this project: half are experimental and half are computational/mathematical scientists. We will place 9 PhD students under the supervision of this team, focussed on this single biological problem. Students assigned to experimental groups will use advanced techniques to generate data for the computational groups. The computational students will inform, analyse, interpret and model the data and their models will be validated by the experimental groups. A series of laboratory placements will ensure a wide range of subject-specific training and exchanges between the experimental and computational groups will lead to a greater understanding at the interface of these disciplines. The integration of a team of PhD students into this project, so that they each see their contributions as essential and integral parts of the success of the strategy, combined with the supervison and co-ordinated discipline-specific and generic training schedule will produce a cohort of young scientists trained in systems biology. The core skills and approaches that will be instilled into the young scientists and the integration of industry into the project, will equip them to take a systems approach to any biological question and prepare them for a career in an academic or industrial environment. Scientific outcomes will include the use of advanced techniques to provide the quantity and quality of data required to model floral regulation, the use of computational approaches to generate predictive models and their experimental validation. Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-ITN-2008 - Marie Curie Action: "Networks for Initial Training" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-ITN-2008 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-ITN - Networks for Initial Training (ITN) Coordinator UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS EU contribution € 333 486,21 Address Woodhouse lane LS2 9JT Leeds United Kingdom See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber West Yorkshire Leeds Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Kathy Brownridge (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH Netherlands EU contribution € 394 070,60 Address Droevendaalsesteeg 4 6708 PB Wageningen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Jan Van Klinken Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO Italy EU contribution € 226 653,89 Address Via festa del perdono 7 20122 Milano See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Mario Ferrante (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN EV Germany EU contribution € 196 904,40 Address Hofgartenstrasse 8 80539 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact George Coupland (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data JOHN INNES CENTRE United Kingdom EU contribution € 207 652,50 Address Norwich research park colney NR4 7UH Norwich See on map Region East of England East Anglia Breckland and South Norfolk Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mary Anderson (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data BIOBASE GMBH Germany EU contribution € 196 904,40 Address Halchtersche strasse 33 38304 Wolfenbuettel See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Birgit Lewicki-Potapov (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTYTUT GENETYKI ROSLIN POLSKIEJ AKADEMI NAUK Poland EU contribution € 155 166,00 Address Ul strzeszynska 34 60-479 Poznan See on map Region Makroregion północno-zachodni Wielkopolskie Miasto Poznań Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Pawel Krajewski (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data VIB VZW Belgium EU contribution € 194 810,00 Address Suzanne tassierstraat 1 9052 Zwijnaarde - gent See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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