Objective
The European network for Integrated Training in Dry Eye Disease Drug Development (IT-DED3) aims to deliver multidisciplinary and entrepreneurial researchers trained to develop new therapies for patients suffering from dry eye diseases (DED). DED is a chronic, multifactorial disease of the ocular surface and is a major and increasing healthcare problem due to its high prevalence and economic burden because of the ageing population and frequent computer/tablet/smartphone usage.
New DED drug development and translation from “bench to bedside” is urgently needed and therefore IT-DED3 integrates world-class expertise in medicinal chemistry, process chemistry, ocular drug delivery and formulation, DED models, imaging, biomarker research and clinical ophthalmology. The scientific novelty is manifold, including new drug targets and compound classes, innovative formulation strategies for ocular drug delivery, and novel optical and molecular biomarkers identified by new imaging techniques and genomic-based systematic screening of a database of DED patients.
The consortium of 7 beneficiaries and 10 partners (in total 7 from the non-academic sector) from 8 different European countries will select 12 early stage researchers (ESRs). Each ESR will perform high level scientific research in this stimulating multidisciplinary, international and intersectoral environment. Besides the scientific skills, the Personal Career Development Plan (PCDP) of each ESR will include transferable skills such as data management, project and time management, communication and dissemination, IP and valorisation.
Both the research and training programme of IT-DED3 will deliver researchers with an enhanced career perspective and employability, who know how to use their entrepreneurial skills to move drug development projects in DED and other fields to the next technology readiness level.
Fields of science
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug discovery
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinemedicinal chemistry
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicineophthalmology
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmacokinetics
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopyconfocal microscopy
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Coordinator
2000 Antwerpen
Belgium
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75006 Paris
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47002 VALLADOLID
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LV-1006 Riga
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70211 KUOPIO
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50937 Koeln
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2781-901 Oeiras
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Partners (10)
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Brussels
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6546BB Nijmegen
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15782 Santiago De Compostela
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Riga
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1099 085 Lisboa
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69120 Heidelberg
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75571 Paris
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75654 Paris
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6700 Saint-Laurent-Du-Var
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69115 Heidelberg
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