Project description
Training a new generation of scientists in skin organogenesis
Treating skin burns and large trauma using transplantation of autologous split-thickness skin carries a number of serious drawbacks, including pain, mobility-limiting contractures and disfiguring scars. The EU-funded SkinTERM project aims to address wound healing in a completely different way, recapitulating skin embryonic development in adults while striving to regenerate rather than repair skin. Skin organogenesis will be induced by key elements taken from the extracellular matrix of foetal skin and the skin of species that exhibit no scarring in the regeneration process and by employing (stem) cells from relevant cellular origins. The project aims to create a new generation of entrepreneurial, multidisciplinary scientists with intersectoral training and excellent career prospects in either academia, industry or government.
Fields of science
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacypharmaceutical drugs
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesdevelopmental biology
- medical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologytissue engineering
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicinetransplantation
- engineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterials
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Funding Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training Networks
Coordinator
6525 GA Nijmegen
Netherlands
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Participants (8)
8005 139 Faro
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1081 HV Amsterdam
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48727 Billerbeck
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85764 Neuherberg
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DH1 3LE Durham
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8006 Zurich
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8006 Zurich
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
Participation ended
6525 XZ Nijmegen