Descrizione del progetto
Sviluppo della bioinformatica presso l’Istituto di neurologia e genetica di Cipro
L’Istituto di neurologie e genetica di Cipro (CING) è la principale organizzazione nel campo delle scienze biomediche dell’isola. Il progetto BIORISE, finanziato dall’UE, mira a istituire una cattedra SER di bioinformatica presso il CING. Questo sviluppo attirerà bioinformatici di talento e migliorerà l’analisi tempestiva dei dati, portando risultati significativi da grandi set di dati biomedici. BIORISE introdurrà il corso di bioinformatica nei programmi post-laurea del CING, migliorando la formazione dei ricercatori. La popolazione cipriota soffre di varie malattie genetiche, tra cui difetti cardiaci congeniti, malattie neurologiche e miopatie. Il successo di BIORISE migliorerà la comprensione dei meccanismi patogenetici che portano all’insorgenza di varie malattie genetiche e fornirà diagnosi tempestive, con conseguente miglioramento delle cure per i pazienti.
Obiettivo
The BIORISE project proposal aims at the establishment of a Bioinformatics ERA Chair at the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (CING). CING is currently the most advanced organisation of Cyprus in the fields of Neurology, Genetics and Biomedical Sciences and its research infrastructure is strongly supported by European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) through the Cyprus Directorate General for European Programmes, Coordination and Development. Through BIORISE the CING will attract talented Bioinformaticians who will be integrated within its current organisational structure to satisfy urgent needs for Bioinformatics analyses. The CING has recently established a Translational Facility infrastructure, through the ESIF and Norway grants, that will be producing a substantial amount of genomics and proteomics data. Due to budget limitations and the current economic constraints of the country, recruitment of expert Bioinformaticians has not been possible. Therefore, establishment of the Bioinformatics ERA Chair through this funding opportunity will complement and upgrade the above investments, since it will enhance the timely analysis of data and contribute towards excellence in extraction of reliable and meaningful results from large biological datasets. Furthermore, the more effective analysis of genomic and proteomic data will increase the capacity and level of excellence of CING thus promoting participation in competitive research proposals at national and international levels. In addition, BIORISE will facilitate the introduction of a Bioinformatics course within the postgraduate programmes of the Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine thus promoting the education and training of young scientists in the cutting edge field of Bioinformatics. BIORISE will have an impact at organisational, national, European and international level resulting in new multidisciplinary networks and increasing mobility thus complementing and upgrading existing infrastructures.
Campo scientifico
Programma(i)
- H2020-EU.4.c. - Establishing ‚ERA Chairs’ Main Programme
Argomento(i)
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Vedi altri progetti per questo bandoBando secondario
H2020-WIDESPREAD-2014-2
Meccanismo di finanziamento
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinatore
2371 AGIOS DOMETIOS
Cipro