Objective SPINEFX is an integrated ITN comprising academic, industrial and clinical partners that is designed to create exceptionally trained researchers with the key skills to deliver commercially significant, innovative solutions to the challenges posed by spinal disease and trauma, namely vertebral fracture. The significant economic and personal impact of these fractures can be gleaned from the fact that in osteoporosis 1 in 3 women will suffer one. Added to this is the high cost of vertebral fractures due to trauma, which can exceed €1 million per patient. It is only with a multidisciplinary approach, which is a synthesis of key academic and industrial skills, that high quality training can be delivered to researchers to address this economic and individual burden. Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) will be located within internationally renowned academic institutions with state-of-the-art facilities and will be involved in projects organized around key themes which cascade over basic, oriented and applied research in a truly ‘bench to bedside and beyond’ manner. New knowledge generated by the ESRs will be exploited by the Experienced Researchers (ERs) who will be located in three of Europes leading Small-Medium Sized Enterprises in this arena. Here the ERs will strengthen their scientific competencies in a market-driven environment and advance their managerial and knowledge transfer skills. As well as playing a significant role in training-through-research, Industry will also be a central element of the Structured Training. The latter includes Network-Wide Workshops open to the international community, secondments and the co-hosting of the Final Conference in conjunction with the EuroSpine Meeting organized by the Spine Society for Europe. All training will emphasise both complementary and scientific skills, thus significantly enhancing the career prospects of the ESRs/ERs and creating future research leaders. Keywords Biomaterial engineering Biomedical engineering Biomedical materials Orthopaedics Tissue culture 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 Address Woodhouse lane LS2 9JT Leeds GB See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Martin Hamilton (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 658 728,37 Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ANYBODY TECHNOLOGY AS Denmark EU contribution € 238 284,08 Address Niels jernes vej 10 9220 Aalborg See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Per Sondrup (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window BONESUPPORT AB Sweden EU contribution € 201 578,87 Address Scheelevägen 19a SE-22370 Lund See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Fredrik Werner (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window ulrich GmbH & Co.KG Germany EU contribution € 203 408,24 Address Buchbrunnenweg 12 89081 Ulm See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) projects.administrative_contact Stefan Breuer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT HAMBURG Germany EU contribution € 594 307,46 Address Am schwarzenberg campus 1 21073 Hamburg See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Gerd Huber (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN Participation ended Austria EU contribution € 246 895,16 Address Karlsplatz 13 1040 Wien See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Philippe Zysset (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITAET BERN Switzerland EU contribution € 469 763,64 Address Hochschulstrasse 6 3012 Bern See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Philippe Zysset (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EIDGENOESSISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE ZUERICH Switzerland EU contribution € 354 238,26 Address Raemistrasse 101 8092 Zuerich See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments projects.administrative_contact Stephen Ferguson (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window
