Objective
Sepsis and bacterial infections are leading causes of death in hospitals with more than 500 thousand casualties yearly. The early infection diagnosis as well as early microbial treatment are of great importance. However, effective treatment is hampered by misuse of antimicrobial drugs, leading to resistant bacterial pathogens, high risks of infection recurrence and patient mortality as well as increased medical costs. Thus, there is a need for fast and reliable sensors systems for diagnosis of sepsis reducing the time-to-report from several days or weeks to hours, facilitating the early delivery of appropriate anti- bacteria therapy.
ECLectic network will address the worldwide problem of sepsis and bacterial infection by developing the next generation of sensing platforms, providing entirely new diagnostic paradigms. ECLectic will develop, optimize, and assess novel biosensors based on electrochemiluminescence by combining different nano- and microstructured materials and fluidic devices. ECLectic will ultimately result in novel fast and reliable point-of-care devices with applications of bacterial infection analysis, monitoring of disease recurrence, and progression. It will close the gap between innovative research in the field of nanostructured materials and their application in biosensing technology.
ECLectic will create a Center of Excellence in Europe for the training of young researchers in the research and development of sensing platforms for bacterial infection and sepsis. By training, ECLectic will provide highly skilled European researchers for academic research in biodetection, materials, microfluidics and electrochemistry as well as for the European biosensor industry. ECLectic will generate a flexible cluster of excellent young researchers ready to tackle the European challenges in the development of novel detection platform for bacterial infection. They will be trained well to become leaders in industrial as well as academic research and development.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesclassical mechanicsfluid mechanicsmicrofluidics
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsbiosensors
- natural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistry
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriology
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Funding Scheme
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN - HORIZON TMA MSCA Doctoral NetworksCoordinator
40126 Bologna
Italy
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Participants (9)
20009 San Sebastian
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20122 Milano
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33000 Bordeaux
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9 Dublin
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5656 AE Eindhoven
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28040 Madrid
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48940 Leioa
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79106 Freiburg
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81379 Munich
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Partners (9)
98122 Messina
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06269 Storrs
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RG31 5AL Tilehurst
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06132 Perugia
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4001 Basel
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79098 Freiburg
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6708 PB Wageningen
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15001 La Coruna
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48940 Leioa
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