Objective The overriding goal of the proposed research program is the development of novel reagentless, electrochemical peptide based sensors for the detection of multiple diagnostic proteins. The approach, which will utilize electrochemistry to monitor the binding-induced folding of peptide/polypeptide used as recognition elements, will be rapid, specific, convenient, and critically, selective enough to be employed directly in blood serum and –we propose- whole blood. This goal will be achieved bringing together an international and interdisciplinary group of research teams and building a collaborative environment for research, innovation and technology transfer in the field of electrochemical nanosensors.This program will allow the exchange of knowledge and expertises through training visiting periods of early stage and experienced researchers. The training will involve each single aspect of sensor development. For this reason, the research teams selected encompass all of the requisite expertises and each of them has a particular focus on a single step of sensor production and testing.The outcome of the fellowship will be crucial for the early stage researchers involved. This in fact will strengthen their scientific knowledge through a focused training at the host institutions and will facilitate the acquisition of experience in new, interdisciplinary fields at the interface of analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, molecular biology and clinical chemistry. The program will also allow the exchange of experienced researchers. This will give the possibility to build a strong net of collaboration, which will be very important for future careers of the involved scientists. The laboratories involved have similar objectives but with completely different scientific approaches and expertise, this program will help the integration and collaboration among the research teams and the establishment of a long-term collaboration between Europe and key Third Countries. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistrynatural scienceschemical scienceselectrochemistrynatural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesmolecular biology 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-2011-IRSES - Marie Curie Action "International Research Staff Exchange Scheme" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IRSES - International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES) Coordinator UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA Address Via cracovia 50 00133 Roma Italy See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ricci Francesco (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FUNDACIO INSTITUT CATALA DE NANOCIENCIA I NANOTECNOLOGIA Spain EU contribution € 76 800,00 Address Campus de la uab edifici q icn2 08193 Cerdanyola del valles See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Arben Merkoçi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data UNIVERSITY OF KENT United Kingdom EU contribution € 33 200,00 Address The registry canterbury CT2 7NZ Canterbury, kent See on map Region South East (England) Kent East Kent Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ruth Woodger (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
