Objective
"My research proposal aims to develop smart fluorescent probes to be used as in-situ and real-time diagnostic tools by fibre-based confocal microendoscopy imaging with local administration. The probes will target relevant biomarkers in cancer and infection, and will be generated through a multidisciplinary approach that involves organic chemistry, cell biology, imaging and respiratory medicine. Activatable fluorescent probes are advantageous in that their fluorescent signal is triggered by a target protein, and hence they emit fluorescence ONLY AFTER interaction with the defined target (e.g. enzyme) or environment. This strategy leads to optimum signal-to-noise ratios with increased sensitivity over other optical imaging approaches and enables their use in small concentrations with no systemic administration, hence reducing any potential adverse effects and facilitating the translation to clinical applications. The current proposal will focus on two projects: 1) enzyme-activatable probes for imaging endoscopically-accesible cancer (initially targeted at lung cancer, but later also applicable to oesophagus and pancreas cancer), and 2) environment-sensitive fluorescent probes for the detection of fungal infection in lungs (i.e. pulmonary aspergillosis)."
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine pneumology
- natural sciences chemical sciences organic chemistry
- medical and health sciences clinical medicine oncology lung cancer
- medical and health sciences health sciences infectious diseases
- natural sciences biological sciences cell biology
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Programme(s)
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Topic(s)
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Call for proposal
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FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG
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Funding Scheme
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Funding scheme (or “Type of Action”) inside a programme with common features. It specifies: the scope of what is funded; the reimbursement rate; specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding; and the use of simplified forms of costs like lump sums.
MC-CIG - Support for training and career development of researcher (CIG)
Coordinator
EH8 9YL Edinburgh
United Kingdom
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