Project description DEENESFRITPL New instrumentation for sequencing of HS structures Heparan sulphate (HS) is a polysaccharide found in animal tissues. HS binds a variety of protein ligands and regulates a range of biological activities, including development, angiogenesis, blood coagulation and tumour metastasis. The EU-funded HS-SEQ project aims to address a lack of methods for the sequencing of HS structures by developing a new instrumentation that can simultaneously record multiple molecular properties such as molecular weight by mass spectrometry, collisional cross sections by ion mobility spectroscopy and vibrational properties by gas-phase infrared ion spectroscopy. Applications of the new technology will enable the identification of HS codes that promote the generation of dopaminergic neurons from human pluripotent stem cells for cell replacement therapy in Parkinson’s disease. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Heparin and heparan sulphate (HS) are highly sulfated polysaccharides that reside on the cell surface and extracellular matrix of all mammalian cell types. Understanding their functions has tremendous potential to unlock the next generation of heparin-based diagnostics and therapeutics for multiple diseases including inflammatory and neurological diseases, cancer, and wound healing. Despite this promise, it is very difficult to harness this biomedical potential due to a fundamental technology bottleneck - lack of methods for the sequencing of HS structures to define the natural “HS codes” that underpin many biological functions. HS-SEQ will address this hurdle and will place Europe in the leading position in the emerging field of glycomics of heparin and HS. It is our vision that robust sequencing methods for heparin and HS will only be possible when new instrumentation will be developed that can simultaneously record multiple molecular properties such as molecular weight by mass spectrometry (MS), collisional cross sections (CCS) by ion mobility spectroscopy (IMS) and vibrational properties by gas-phase infra-red (IR) ion spectroscopy. To implement such a platform, large collections of well-defined HS saccharide standards are needed to generate reference databases that can match molecular properties to structural features. To obtain the required collection of HS saccharides, HS-SEQ will develop and implement an automated platform for chemoenzymatic synthesis of such compounds. The synthetic HS saccharides will also provide unique opportunities to develop an antibody toolkit to identify epitopes expressed by cells/tissues. Specific transformational applications of the new technology will be pursued: (i) identify HS codes that promote the generation of dopaminergic neurons from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) for cell replacement therapy in Parkinson’s disease; and (ii) achieve unprecedented in-depth analysis of pharmaceutical and next-generation heparins. Fields of science medical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologycells technologiesstem cellsmedical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologymedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologyparkinsonnatural scienceschemical sciencesanalytical chemistrymass spectrometrynatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsspectroscopy Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.2. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Main Programme H2020-EU.1.2.1. - FET Open Topic(s) FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020 - FET-Open Challenging Current Thinking Call for proposal H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2019-2020-01 Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT Net EU contribution € 864 400,00 Address Heidelberglaan 8 3584 CS Utrecht Netherlands See on map Region West-Nederland Utrecht Utrecht 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 Other funding € 0,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all KOBENHAVNS UNIVERSITET Denmark Net EU contribution € 664 360,00 Address Norregade 10 1165 Kobenhavn See on map Region Danmark Hovedstaden Byen København 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 Other funding € 0,00 KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET Sweden Net EU contribution € 717 500,00 Address Nobels vag 5 17177 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län 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 Other funding € 0,00 STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITEIT Participation ended Netherlands Net EU contribution € 14 047,50 Address Houtlaan 4 6525 XZ Nijmegen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen 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 Other funding € 0,00 FREIE UNIVERSITAET BERLIN Germany Net EU contribution € 883 750,00 Address Kaiserswerther strasse 16-18 14195 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin 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 Other funding € 0,00 MICROMASS UK LTD United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 12 500,00 Address Waters wilmslow stamford avenue altrincham road SK9 4AX Wilmslow cheshire See on map Region North West (England) Cheshire Cheshire East Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 75 000,00 OPOCRIN SPA Italy Net EU contribution € 12 500,00 Address Via pacinotti 3 41043 Formigine See on map Region Nord-Est Emilia-Romagna Modena Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 75 000,00 INTELLIHEP LTD United Kingdom Net EU contribution € 101 500,00 Address Crown street merseybio L69 7ZB Liverpool See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region North West (England) Merseyside Liverpool Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 STICHTING RADBOUD UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM Netherlands Net EU contribution € 577 827,50 Address Geert grooteplein 10 zuid 6525 GA Nijmegen See on map Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Arnhem/Nijmegen Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00
