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Silicon Nitride Coatings for Improved Implant Function (LifeLongJoints)
Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2018,
Articulating joint replacements represent a medical market exceeding €14 billion p.a. that is expected to rise as demographics reflect an ageing population. However, faster growth has been seen in the revision market, where prosthetic joints are replaced, than in primary interventions. The major cause of these revisions is that all joint replacements are prone to wear leading to loss of implant fu ...
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Stem cells for Biological Assays of Novel drugs and prediCtive toxiCology (StemBANCC) (STEMBANCC)
Start date: Oct 1, 2012, End date: Sep 30, 2017,
StemBANCC, comprising internationally renowned investigators, is ideally positioned to deliver a unique European biorepository and drug discovery pipeline based upon human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC). This unrivalled opportunity will address the pressing therapeutic need in neurodegeneration, neurodysfunction and diabetes. We have immediate access to richly phenotyped subjects with a we ...
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Molecularly Imprinted Nanofibres for Tissue Engineering, Affinity Depletion and Biosensor Applications (MIFs4BioMed)
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,
Molecular imprinted polymers and electrospun nanofibres are both hot topics individually in the biomedical sciences, with applications including tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, drug release, affinity chromatography and biosensors. This proposal combines these two leading-edge approaches to generate entirely novel materials with broad utility in biomedical engineering. Molecular imprinti ...
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POLYmer microACTuators for biomedicine (POLYACT)
Start date: May 1, 2014, End date: Apr 30, 2016,
Within the areas of cell biology, biomedicine and minimal invasive surgery, there is a need for soft, flexible and dextrous biocompatible manipulators for handling biological objects, such as single cells and tissues. Present day technologies are based on simple suction using micropipettes for grasping objects. The micropipettes lack the possibility of accurate force control, nor are they soft and ...
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Graphene-Based Revolutions in ICT And Beyond (GRAPHENE)
Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2016,
This Flagship aims to take graphene and related layered materials from a state of raw potential to a point where they can revolutionize multiple industries – from flexible, wearable and transparent electronics, to new energy applications and novel functional composites.Our main scientific and technological objectives in the different tiers of the value chain are to develop material technologies fo ...
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Towards Long-lived and Efficient Organic Light-emitting Electrochemical Cells (LEOLEC)
Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Jan 12, 2015,
"Conventional incandescent lamps are being phased out in Europe due to their low energy efficiency. Organic light-emitting electrochemical cells (OLECs) are potentially a promising alternative to them. This proposal aims to tackle two major challenges currently limiting practical applications of OLECs, i.e. their relatively short lifetime and low efficiency. The short lifetime of OLECs is due to t ...
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