Projet OMA (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Cancer is a major social problem, and it is the main cause of death between the ages 45-65 years. In the treatment of cancer, radio therapy (RT) plays an essential role. RT with hadrons (protons and light ions), due to their unique physical and radiobiological properties, offers several advantages over photons for specific cancer types. In particular, they penetrate the patient with minimal diffusion, they deposit maximum energy at the end of their range, and they can be shaped as narrow focused and scanned pencil beams of variable penetration depth. Although significant progress has been made in the use of particle beams for cancer treatment, an extensive research and development program is still needed to maximize the healthcare benefits from these therapies. The Optimization of Medical Accelerators (OMA) is the aim of the here-proposed European Training Network, in line with the requirements of the EC’s Medical Exposure Directive. OMA joins universities, research centers and clinical facilities with industry partners to address the challenges in treatment facility design and optimization, numerical simulations for the development of advanced treatment schemes, and in beam imaging and treatment monitoring. The proposed R&D program ranges from life sciences (oncology, cell and micro biology and medical imaging.), physics and accelerator sciences, mathematics and IT, to engineering. It is hence ideally suited for an innovative training of early stage researchers. By closely linking all above research areas, OMA will provide an interdisciplinary education to its Fellows. This will equip them with solid knowledge also in research areas adjacent to their core research field, as well as with business competences and hence give them a perfect basis for a career in research.

Mots clés : particle beam therapy, bragg peak, imaging techniques, beam diagnostics, cell biology, oncology, monte carlo simulations, treatment planning, ion beam therapy, heavy ions

Participants :
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (Suisse) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 265226.76 €
- Amsterdam scientific instruments bv (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 255374.28 €
- UK Research and Innovation (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Inventya (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology (Suisse) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 265226.76 €
- University of London (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 272756.49 €
- Government of the United Kingdom (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Universidad de Sevilla (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 247872.96 €
- National Centre of Oncological Hadrontherapy (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 535979.02 €
- Ebg medaustron gmbh (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 255934.08 €
- Ion Beam Applications (Belgium) (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 236640.0 €
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Clatterbridge cancer centre (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 249216.48 €
- Spanish National Research Council (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 247872.96 €
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Vialux messtechnik + bildverarbeitung gmbh (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 224987.1 €
- University of Manchester (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 273287.88 €
- Lancaster University (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 249216.48 €
- Cosylab (Slovénie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Liverpool (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 273287.88 €
- Fistral training and consultancy ltd. (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Holdsworth associates (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €