Objective
The PhD4GlycoDrug consortium has a main goal to offer a European Joint Doctorate educational training network in Glyco-Drug Discovery and Development. The network combines 6 academic partners with long tradition in PhD training and accredited doctoral studies in Organic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Structural Biology and Pharmacology/Pharmacy. Non-academic partners, 5 SMEs and a research institute also constitute the consortium to offer intersectoral exposure and quality training in transferable skills to entrepreneurial ESRs.
So far, only a handful of registered drugs originate from glycoscience area. To pursue an innovative research project in such a timely scientific field of great interest for pharmaceutical industry, a specific set of competences is needed. Our network will focus on delivering expert researchers highly attractive for employment by the European Pharma-industry. To achieve the above objectives the main tasks of PhD4GlycoDrug are:
-to recruit and train 12 ESRs in a joint programme of cutting-edge training-by-research in glycoscience with high quality supervision, transferable skills training, and workshops/summer schools,
-to start and pursue innovative research projects on specific macromolecular targets that bind and/or modify carbohydrate ligands involving all steps of early drug discovery from target identification and validation, through modern drug design and specific glyco-chemistry, to hit discovery and hit-to-lead development focusing on physico-chemical and ADMET properties,
-to build a solid foundation for long-term European excellence in the glyco-drug discovery,
-to create a common core standard for a glycodrug curriculum in the Institutions involved, which could potentially become the seed of a common European standard on the subject, and
-to establish and foster long-term partnerships that will outlive the project to ensure continuance of the training and research.
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
MSCA-ITN-EJD - European Joint DoctoratesCoordinator
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
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Participants (5)
20122 Milano
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3584 CS Utrecht
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4051 Basel
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22100 Lund
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38058 Grenoble
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Partners (1)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
38401 Saint Martin D'heres
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