Project description DEENESFRITPL Furthering RNA biology research A new promising influential area in modern biology and medicine is ribonucleic acid (RNA) biology. It has revolutionised molecular biology and will have profound implication for future therapies. The Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM) in Portugal will gain the support it needs to achieve scientific excellence and promote research in RNA biology. The EU-funded project RiboMed will help iMM establish a strategic collaboration via twinning with partners from already well recognised communities working on RNA biology in connection with neuroscience, immunology and infection. They will organise staff exchanges, experts’ visits, common works in laboratories, thematic courses, mentoring, conferences and work towards new findings and targets. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective The Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM) ranks among the top research institutions in Portugal. However, the institute faces constraints related to reduced availability of national research funding and access to cutting-edge resources and scientific infrastructure. This twinning proposal (RiboMed) was set on the strategic vision of iMM to boost its recently enlarged community of young RNA researchers. In fact, while iMM has well-established communities working on neuroscience, immunology and infection, RNA biology is only now starting to expand as we recognize its centrality in human health. Our strategy includes: 1) Promoting scientific excellence through the implementation of joint research projects between iMM and the twinning partners. We will strengthen existing interactions and promote new collaborations through short-term staff exchanges, expert visits and joint lab retreats; 2) Nurturing a community of self-challenging and ambitious students and early-stage researchers at iMM by ensuring their early integration in international training and mentoring networks, facilitating conference attendance, and organizing summer schools, thematic courses and on-site training; 3) Raising international awareness of iMM through mobility of researchers, targeted dissemination and communication activities, and on-site organization of workshops and a major international conference; 4) Consolidating the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem at iMM through translation of basic findings into potential novel RNA biomarkers, RNA-based diagnostic assays and RNA therapeutic targets. We believe RiboMed is exceptionally timely, as it will allow the recently settled young RNA researchers to thrive at iMM. This, in turn, will place the institute in Lisbon within the core of European laboratories that are carrying on frontier research on how transcription and RNA processing shape and define the complexity of human disease. Keywords RNA biology RNA biomarkers RNA therapeutics ageing cardiovascular diseases neurodegenerative disorders cancer Programme(s) H2020-EU.4.b. - Twinning of research institutions Main Programme Topic(s) WIDESPREAD-03-2018 - Twinning Call for proposal H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-03 Funding Scheme CSA - Coordination and support action Coordinator INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOAO LOBO ANTUNES Net EU contribution € 424 750,00 Address AVENIDA PROF EGAS MONIZ 1649 028 Lisboa Portugal See on map Region Continente Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Área Metropolitana de Lisboa Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 424 750,00 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all THE CHANCELLOR, MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 125 000,00 Address WELLINGTON SQUARE UNIVERSITY OFFICES OX1 2JD Oxford See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 125 000,00 WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE Israel Net EU contribution € 125 000,00 Address HERZL STREET 234 7610001 Rehovot See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 125 000,00 MAX DELBRUECK CENTRUM FUER MOLEKULARE MEDIZIN IN DER HELMHOLTZ-GEMEINSCHAFT (MDC) Germany Net EU contribution € 125 000,00 Address ROBERT ROSSLE STRASSE 10 13125 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 125 000,00
