Project description
Innovative dressings for wound care
Chronic wounds afflict millions globally, posing significant healthcare burdens and economic costs. Current wound care methods often fall short, leading to prolonged healing times and increased risks of infection. Addressing these challenges requires innovative solutions that combine advanced materials and effective antimicrobial strategies. In this context, the EU-funded HyFiDress seeks to develop Multifunctional Hybrid Hydrogel-Fibrous Constructs for Wound Dressings. Leveraging expertise in antimicrobial strategies and electrospinning, the project aims for scientific breakthroughs with global impact. Through twinning with renowned institutions, HyFiDress addresses networking gaps, ensuring excellence in research. With contributions from industry leaders, it will lay the groundwork for commercialisation, promising a brighter future for wound management.
Objective
HyFiDress aims at developing Excellence in the Research Area of Multifunctional Hybrid Hydrogel-Fibrous Constructs for Wound Dressings. This will be achieved by twinning the Warsaw University of Technology with outstanding EU institutions with high expertise in the areas of novel antimicrobial strategies and electrospinning. HyFiDress will allow the excellence development required for a consolidated strategic research approach and designing a set of guidelines for the exploitation and commercialization of the results that will have a strong regional, national and European impact. The proposal integrates synergies in complementary fields of research that include (large-scale) electrospinning technology, dual-function peptide development and microbiology, aiming to obtain scientific breakthroughs to improve the global health and economy.
The objectives of this proposal are in line with the specific challenge and scope of the topic of the Twinning bottom-up call, addressing networking gaps and deficiencies between the research institutions of the Widening countries and internationally leading counterparts at EU level. This challenge is addressed by twinning WUT with leading EU research institutions: University Hospital Regensburg, an expert in the development and invention of novel antimicrobial strategies to combat biomaterial-associated infections, such as dual-function peptides and bacteriophages. They contribute with their extensive experience on the design and testing of novel antimicrobial agents in vitro and in vivo; JUNIA, an institution internationally-recognized for its excellence in the development of functional and instrumented textiles for medical and well-being applications providing decisive expertise on. Lastly, Bioprex Medical B.V. a biotechnology company that develops antibacterial coatings for medical devices, contributes with their expertise from industry IPR protection, business development, and valorization.
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
00-661 Warszawa
Poland