U-GENE (Multi-national network of excellence for research on genetic predisposition to cardio-metabolic disorders due to UCP1 gene polymorphisms) is an FP7-funded project, of which FAME Lab is the coordinator. The other partners in this network are:
– Anna Kowalska, Institute of Human Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
– George Metsios, Department of Sport Science, University of Wolverhampton (UK)
– Yulii Shidlovskii, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
– Levon Yepiskoposyan, Institute of Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (Armenia)
– Liliya Nadolnik, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Belarus)
The programme ran from 01/08/2013 to 31/07/2017