Objective Parkinson s disease is one of the common causes of disability in the aging population, representing a major health problem for the affected individuals and a socioeconomic burden to the society. In the present proposal, the applicant puts forward an ambitious but feasible program to tackle a number of significant issues that remain unsolved in the field. He combines his strong track record in animal models of Parkinson s disease and novel cell and gene therapy-based therapeutic strategies with powerful bio-imaging techniques in order to make bold steps towards translation of new and better treatments to patients suffering from this illness. He does so in a manner that combines, on one hand, the strength of clearly-defined hypotheses and well-established tools for results towards clinical translation, with high-risk high-reward projects that hold the potential to yield ground-breaking discoveries in implementation of novel imaging techniques, on the other. Fields of science medical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologygenetic engineeringgene therapymedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologyparkinson Keywords Parkinson's disease animal models restorative therapies viral vectors Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-SG-LS5 - ERC Starting Grant - Neurosciences and neural disorders Call for proposal ERC-2009-StG See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Host institution MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University EU contribution € 1 508 940,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 LUND Sweden See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Principal investigator Deniz Kirik (Prof.) Administrative Contact Deniz Kirik (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Beneficiaries (1) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University Sweden EU contribution € 1 508 940,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 LUND See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Principal investigator Deniz Kirik (Prof.) Administrative Contact Deniz Kirik (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data