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H2020Staff exchange2020–2025

IPN-Bio · Integrated Photonic-Nano Technologies for Bioapplications

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2020-03-01 → 2025-08-31
EU contribution
€818,800
Participants
14
Scheme
MSCA-RISE

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Results in brief

Integrated Photonic-Nano Technologies for Bioapplications

One of the major challenges of the 21st century is related to human health, medical diagnosis, food and environmental safety. One in eight people worldwide will be aged 65 or older by 2030, which works out to one billion people across the globe. Recent statistics revealed that approximately 80% of older adults have at least one chronic disease and 68% have at least two. Several chronic diseases cause almost two-thirds of all deaths each year. For example, cancer is responsible for an estimated 9.6 million deaths in 2018 reported by the WHO. The IPN-Bio aims to foster and develop long-term interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral and international collaboration between participating organisations through R&I staff exchanges to share knowledge and ideas, transfer skills and boost career opportunities. The project objectives and challenges present a balanced mix between industrial application focused knowledge transfer and development and more far-looking studies for potentially ground-breaking applications by exploiting new emerging opportunities with the integration of photonic technologies, nanotech and advanced 2D materials for the applications in health care, biomedical early diagnosis, food safety and environmental monitoring. Through the development of bio-nano-photonics technologies, IPN-Bio will enable faster and more accurate diagnosis for a range of diseases, leading to a real gain in human health and better overall quality of life.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

IPN-Bio (Integrated Photonic-Nano Technologies for Bio-applications) aims to foster and develop long-term international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral collaboration between Europe, USA, Latin America and China. IPN-Bio consortium consists of 13 world-leading organisations from eight countries (4 EU universities, 3 EU companies, 6 TC Partner organisations) working at the frontier of the field with the complementary expertise in the multidiscipline of Photonics, Nanotechnology and Biotechnology. IPN-Bio will implement strategies of excellence science through a total of 218 person-month of structured international and inter-sectoral staff exchanges involving 36 individual researchers. The R&I staff exchanges and network activities will provide an excellent platform for the exchanged researchers to share the knowledge and ideas, transfer the skills and boost career opportunities. The project’s objectives and challenges present a balanced mix between industrial application focused knowledge transfer and development and more far-looking studies for potentially ground-breaking applications by exploiting new emerging opportunities with the integration of photonics technology and advanced nanomaterials for the applications in health care, biomedical diagnosis, food safety and environmental monitoring. The IPN-Bio network will forge strong collaborative relationships between participating organisations, push Europe at the forefront of global biophotonics research community, and strengthen Europe’s human capital, competitiveness and economy growth.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY · NOTTINGHAMCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
  • AALTO KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR · EspooFinland
  • ARDEN PHOTONICS LTD · SOLIHULLLUnited Kingdom
  • ASTON UNIVERSITY · BirminghamUnited Kingdom
  • BANGOR UNIVERSITY · BangorUnited Kingdom
  • CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNICAS (CONICET) · Buenos AiresArgentina
  • FYLA LASER SL · VALENCIASpain
  • PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU · LimaPeru
  • SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY · Jersey City NjUnited States
  • SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MICROSYSTEM AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES · SHANGHAIChina
  • SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES · SHENZHENChina
  • SUMMA SEMICONDUCTOR OY · EspooFinland
  • UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA · San Pedro De Montes De Oca San JoseCosta Rica
  • UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA · ValenciaSpain

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union