Project description
Academia and industry come together in Latvia to develop biomaterials for bone regeneration
One of the most advanced fields when it comes to bioengineering of tissues is bone regeneration and repair. Research programmes in this field can have important impact on individuals, economies and healthcare. The EU-funded BBCE project brings together four Latvian partners and two mentors to create a critical mass in the Baltics for excellence in biomaterials research for bone regeneration. In addition, the partnership includes both academia and SMEs to speed the process of technology transfer from the lab to the market. Establishing the Centre of Excellence will have important impact on recruiting and retaining additional world-class researchers and attracting funding, ensuring the sustainability of this important endeavour.
Objective
"The Baltic Biomaterials Centre of Excellence (BBCE) overall objective is to develop a joint BBCE for advanced biomaterials development based on the long-term strategic cooperation between Riga Technical University, Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis , Rīga Stradiņš University and LLC Rīga Stradiņš University Institute of Stomatology, on the one part, and AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland and Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, on the other part. The activities of the BBCE will provide an opportunity to combine existing expertise and infrastructure to create critical mass and excellence in the development of biomaterials for bone regeneration and solutions for creative biomedical applications. The expected impact of the BBCE project through Teaming Phase 2 in long term will be achieved through fruitful cooperation between the BBCE core partners in Latvia and industry (including SMEs) bringing the high performance products into the market, increasing scientific excellence, elevating the impact factor of peer-reviewed publications and Hirsch index in the field of biomaterials. Collecting ""critical mass"" of high level scientists and/or technology developers will be achieved ensuring career development to provide highly-qualified staff at BBCE core partners able to work in a multinational and interdisciplinary environment and capable to cope with their future career demands in an efficient and innovative way."
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.4.a. - Teaming of excellent research institutions and low performing RDI regions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020
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1048 RIGA
Latvia
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