"The Romanian Centre of Excellence for Systems Immunology will be established within newly developed infrastructure and equipped with state-of-the-art technology and equipment. This represents a significant advantage and will allow the Centre’s scientists to perform cutting-edge research in systems immunology, thus contributing to the national health priorities.ROCSI is aimed to become a Centre of Excellence in the field of systems immunology, located in the best medical environment of Romania, where the health sector growth potential is strongly highlighted, respectively at Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca. The Centre aims to be a novel and disruptive centre in Romania.
Health is one of society’s most important pillars, also having been identified by Romania as such in the Romanian National Research, Development and Innovation Plan and Strategy. Thus, the main objective of the Centre is to develop high impact research, education, training and innovation in systems immunology of human diseases.
The envisioned Romanian Centre of Excellence for Systems Immunology represents a breakthrough in the medical field at the local (Cluj-Napoca) and national level (Romania). It will be a coordinated approach that will take advantage of the existing and valuable research and innovation resources from ""Iuliu Hatieganu"" University of Medicine and Pharmacy - Cluj Napoca, and leverage the involvement, expertise and knowledge of Radboud University and Radboud University Medical Center and Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute from the University of Bonn. For this reason, the centre will have a significant impact on improving the research and innovation system in the medical field in Romania, namely in the area of systems immunology.
Romania’s scientific capabilities will be increased in a number of areas. The centre will focus on developing a strong research programme in systems immunology and also will focus its efforts on the education, training and mobility of a new generation of top-performing scientists and researchers.
Overcoming the limited research landscape and the low innovation capacity in Romania at this moment by building a vibrant research environment, ROCSI will contribute to the creation of the knowledge-based economy that can respond to challenges of the future.
The strategic long-term objectives are:
O1-To be an excellent, internationally recognised, independent and self-sustained CoE
O2-To perform cutting edge and high-impact research in systems immunology of human diseases, within new state of the art infrastructure and facilities, and embedded in the European and international research and innovation ecosystem
O3-To create an environment conducive for scientific innovation and translation, including public-private partnerships and spin-off initiatives, thus contributing to a knowledge-based economy aligned with national and regional strategic priority areas and societal challenges, thereby reinforcing the country’s social and economic development
O4-To educate and train in an excellent environment a new generation of highly skilled researchers by offering stimulating and innovative education and training programmes for MSc and PhD students and Postdoc fellows. Also, to train high-quality technical and support staff on various topics in support of the CoE’s mission and vision
O5-To attract and host qualified and talented national and international researchers, reinforcing the CoE and Romania’s scientific capacity and competitiveness, and countering and reversing the brain-drain
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