Objective
The main objective of NEUROSOME is to develop an integrative biology-based framework starting from human biomonitoring data to unravel causal associations among the genetic predisposition, cumulative exposure to multiple environmental chemicals and neurological disorders. The project brings together beyond- the-state-of-the-art advances in human biomonitoring and systems biology, exposure monitoring and toxicological testing technologies and advanced tools for computational analyses of the exposure-to-health effect continuum following an exposome paradigm. The NEUROSOME methodology will be applied in population studies across different exposure settings to neurotoxicants (metals and persistent organics) in Europe. This will improve scientific knowledge on cause and-effect relations between environmental stressors and neurodevelopmental disorders taking into account exposure and health effect modification due to intrinsic (e.g. genetic susceptibility) and extrinsic (e.g. diet and socioeconomic status) factors. New standards for human biomonitoring data interpretation in conjunction with environmental and exposure information will be developed for ready use in chemical mixture risk assessment.
The training goal is to produce a new generation of exposome researchers, trained in academia, applied research and industry, with transdisciplinary skills (environmental end exposure modelling, human biomonitoring, -omics technologies, high dimensional bioinformatics and environmental epidemiology,) and understanding of fundamental science and its direct application to environmental health challenges. To this aim NEUROSOME will focus on the provision of trans-disciplinary research training to young researchers through a combination of network-wide training programs and individual personalised training-through-research projects to deliver to the EU and the world a new cohort of researchers trained in cutting edge transdisciplinary environmental health sciences
Fields of science
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiology
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiology
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollution
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurology
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training NetworksCoordinator
54636 Thessaloniki
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Participants (9)
00161 Roma
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28006 Madrid
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1000 Ljubljana
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75006 Paris
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43003 Tarragona
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71601 Nea Alikarnassos Iraklio
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10000 Zagreb
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27100 Pavia
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34137 Trieste
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Partners (5)
Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
1040 Bruxelles
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
21218 Baltimore
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
30322 Atlanta
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
02138 Cambridge
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Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement.
20460 Washington
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