Projet ESCULAPE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

ESCULAPE project is targeted to building a strong interdisciplinary partnership in order to support joint research and innovative activities in the fields of biomaterials, polymer science, nanotechnology, tissue engineering, microbiology and medicine with the aim to explore development and implementation of new medical engineering solutions for regenerative medicine and wearable electronics. The project will offer novel solutions (from the manufacturing stage to exploitation strategies) using MXenes, a new class of two dimensional (2D) materials consisting of transition metal carbides/carbonitrides. MXenes will be employed to modify properties and qualities of porous 3D electrospun nanoscaffolds, which will be used in tissue engineering for regenerative biomedicine and development of wearable electronics on both woven and non-woven fabrics. The main goal of the ESCULAPE project is to build a new training partnership to develop innovative strategies to achieve advanced biomaterials with target-oriented properties (electrical conductivity, biocompatibility etc.) that will be able to deliver specific features for regeneration of heart and nerve tissues, regulation of homeostasis in iPSCs, as well as in development of wearable electronics. Interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral secondments will be the main tool for project realization with the aim of strengthening research, training, communication and networking capacities of participant organizations and knowledge transfer from academia to industry and vice versa. Proposed research and training goals will lead to enhance research and transferable skills of the ESRs, as well as their competences with the aim of improving competitive employability and career prospects in both academic and industrial sectors. Public dissemination of new research results will increase the awareness of general society on the role of researchers and research infrastructure in establishing the EU as a world leading R&I force.

Mots clés : mxene, electrospinning, conductive biomaterials, tissue regeneration, organ on chip, wearable electronics

Participants :
- Latvian Academy of Sciences (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 64400.0 €
- Université du Manitoba (Canada) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Biofabics lda (Portugal) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 184000.0 €
- Respilon membranes s.r.o. (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 174800.0 €
- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 59800.0 €
- Université de l'est de la Finlande (Finlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 101200.0 €
- Materials research center (Ukraine) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 184000.0 €
- Université de Vilnius (Lituanie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 156400.0 €
- Université d'État de Campinas (Brésil) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut polytechnique de Worcester (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université d'État de Soumy (Ukraine) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 207000.0 €
- Université Adam-Mickiewicz de Poznań (Pologne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 156400.0 €
- Université de Lettonie (Lettonie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 156400.0 €