Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ASTROTECH (Disruptive materials, technologies & approaches to unravel the role of Astrocytes in brain function and dysfunction: towards to Glial interfaces)
Período documentado: 2020-11-01 hasta 2022-10-31
ASTROTECH will improve career perspectives of the next generation of scientists. Nonetheless, ASTROTECH will set the scene for novel tops to be used in neuroscience investigation as well for novel therapeutic approach for invalidating neuropathology's such as ischemia, glioma, depression and epilepsy.
The activities of the second year were centred on 1) Completion of the hiring 2) preparation revision and signature of the Amendment to the Grant Agreement 3) Implementation of training and research activities at each partner sites according to the DoA. 4) Implementation of Training Schools according to the DoA. 5) Preparation and implementation of the Mid-term Check meeting in Bologna. 6) Continuous monitoring of the Scientific and Training Progress of the ESRs. 7) Implementation of secondments of ESRs. 8) Dissemination of the project objective and preliminary achieved results at international conference and meetings through organization of dedicated sessions on the ASTROTECH topics. 9) Internationalization through participation at Global level events such as Italian-US bilateral commission in Science and Technology in Advanced Materials and Biophysics and Organisation of thematic workshops at International Conferences
ASTROTECH will create and develop the field of Glial Engineering, to provide a consistent range of tools to record, study, and manipulate astrocytes in the healthy and diseased brain.
ASTROTECH will train the next generation of brain scientists with the required skills in the supradisciplinary field of Glial Engineering.
ASTROTECH will provide knowledge and tools that will fill major gaps in our current understanding and provide unprecedented opportunities for seeking new ways to treat, cure, and even prevent brain disease such as epilepsy, glioma, ischemia and depression.
ASTROTECH ambition is to provide device and approaches that allow producing a revolutionary new dynamic picture of the brain to record, process, utilize, store, and retrieve vast quantities of information, and on how these processes are compromised in pathologies.The latter not only represent a crucial societal issue, but also substantially add to the public expenditure for medical and non-medical care of patients. The socio-economic impact resulting from a potential treatment of these pathologies, will be a very attractive challenge for the biopharmaceutical sector. Entrepreneurial initiatives coming from the new generation of experts and scientists will be equally considered.