Medical microbots to support new assisted reproduction techniques
Project information
MicroRepro
Grant agreement ID: 835268
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 November 2019
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End date
31 October 2024
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
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Overall budget:
€ 2 496 141
-
EU contribution
€ 2 496 141
Project description
Using microbots to aid fertilisation
The MicroRepro project is a cutting-edge technology using medical microbots to propel sperm towards the fertilisation of an oocyte. With infertility affecting nearly 50 million couples globally, advanced alternatives are urgently needed for artificial insemination, which has a less than 30 % success rate, and in vitro fertilisation, which may be more successful but is also more invasive. The MicroRepro project provides a method that is closer to a natural process, utilising and enhancing advancements in nanotechnology and microrobotics. The team includes a PI who has invented a related device (Spermbot). Its promising prospects are expected to help resolve a critical medical issue while giving a boost to bioimaging, nanoscience and biology research.
Field of Science
fertility
embryology
attention
nano-materials
Topic(s)
Funding Scheme
ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant
Host institution
LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER FESTKOERPER- UND WERKSTOFFFORSCHUNG DRESDEN E.V.
Address
Helmholtzstrasse 20
01069 Dresden
Germany
Activity type
Research Organisations
EU Contribution
€ 2 496 141
Beneficiaries (1)
LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUER FESTKOERPER- UND WERKSTOFFFORSCHUNG DRESDEN E.V.
Germany
EU Contribution
€ 2 496 141
Project information
MicroRepro
Grant agreement ID: 835268
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 November 2019
-
End date
31 October 2024
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 2 496 141
-
EU contribution
€ 2 496 141
Project information
MicroRepro
Grant agreement ID: 835268
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 November 2019
-
End date
31 October 2024
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 2 496 141
-
EU contribution
€ 2 496 141
Project information
MicroRepro
Grant agreement ID: 835268
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 November 2019
-
End date
31 October 2024
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 2 496 141
-
EU contribution
€ 2 496 141
Project information
MicroRepro
Grant agreement ID: 835268
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 November 2019
-
End date
31 October 2024
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 2 496 141
-
EU contribution
€ 2 496 141
Deliverables
Deliverables not available
Publications
Project information
MicroRepro
Grant agreement ID: 835268
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 November 2019
-
End date
31 October 2024
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 2 496 141
-
EU contribution
€ 2 496 141
Project information
MicroRepro
Grant agreement ID: 835268
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 November 2019
-
End date
31 October 2024
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 2 496 141
-
EU contribution
€ 2 496 141
Project information
MicroRepro
Grant agreement ID: 835268
Status
Ongoing project
-
Start date
1 November 2019
-
End date
31 October 2024
Funded under:
H2020-EU.1.1.
-
Overall budget:
€ 2 496 141
-
EU contribution
€ 2 496 141
