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King’s College London, the fourth oldest university in England, is one of the top 25 universities in the world (2016/17 QS international world rankings). The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) is Europe’s largest centre for research and postgraduate education in psychiatry, psychology, basic and clinical neuroscience. The IoPPN has three Divisions: Academic Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Psychology & Systems Sciences. IoPPN is the second most cited research centre in the world as ranked by Thomson ISI Essential Science Indicators.
The Beneficiaries
ChemPrecise is a biotechnology company founded with the mission to innovate targeted drug-delivery. ChemPrecise is focused on the development of new chemical methods to make therapeutic molecules active only at the target diseased tissue. With this approach we aim to enhance specificity and efficacy while minimising any potential side-effects.
Medres Medical Research GmbH Is a spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research in Cologne. After many years of driving research, especially in imaging technologies, founder and CEO Stefan Wecker founded “Medres” in 2004. with the aim to strengthen technology transfer from science to business.
Polypure AS is a world leader in advanced Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) chemicals. Polypure AS specializes in single oligomer PEG derivatives for the biotech, nanotech and pharmaceutical industries. Polypure high purity materials are applied in a broad range of research and industrial sectors
The University of Camerino founded in 1336, is the best university of Italy among those with approx. 10,000 students, is keen on quality and innovation, which permits avant-garde ideas and proposals to be unleashed from its antique heart. It has official accreditation from EU for the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R) and the right to use the logo HR-Excellence in Research and is a certified public university since July 2003 (International norms UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 by GROUPE AFAQ). UCAM has 5 University Schools and 4It homes international students coming from 43 different countries. The Faculty of Pharmacy today has about 1,100 students.
The Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” was officially born on 30 July 1998. The choice of the illustrious Piedmont scientist for the university’s name was due to his worldwide fame following his formulation of the Number of particles in a mole. Seven faculties were set up: Economics, Pharmacy, Medicine and Surgery, Literature and Philosophy, Law, Mathematics/Physics/Natural Sciences and Political Sciences. UPO has now achieved an excellent position in the national University ranking. The university has become a point of reference in these areas for scientific production, technology transfer, teaching and cultural debate.
The Miguel Hernández University of Elche was established in 1996. UMH has 4 campuses, 7 faculties and 2 schools. The new Neuroscience Doctoral Program offered by the Institute of Neuroscience, a joint center between the Miguel Hernandez University of Elche and the Spanish National Research Council (UMH-CSIC), was developed at the IN and has received a Mention of Excellence by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain.
The University of Leeds is acclaimed world-wide for the quality of its teaching and research, and continues to be listed within the top 100 universities in the QS world rankings. The School of Biomedical Sciences is a major international research faculty. The School is one of three in the Faculty. It contains 61 academic staff and hosts the faculty Research Groups in Integrative Membrane Biology, Cardiovascular & Sports Sciences, Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
The University of Edinburgh is one of the largest and most successful universities in the UK with an international reputation as a centre of academic excellence (it for instance received the 2013 Nobel Prize for Physics and holds more than fifty-two awarded ERC grants). The University is the leading research University in Scotland and ranked (following the announcement of the results of the 2013 Research Assessment Exercise) as the fourth best in the United Kingdom.
The Partners
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Leiden University Medical Center is a long established and modern university medical center with > 7000 staff and focuses on top clinical and highly specialized care. LUMC strongly underpins the idea that ‘Science is the driving force behind innovative healthcare’. Outcomes of top level fundamental, translational and clinical research by LUMC researchers form a strong basis for innovative and qualitative healthcare on a national, European and international level.
Percuros BV is a small-medium sized high-tech enterprise working in different areas of medical research, including imaging and biomaterials, artificial intelligence and social and environmental monitoring. Percuros BV aims to transfer knowledge between different disciplines and sectors through training, capacity building, and networking activities
PIANO, a H2020 MSCA ITN project 