CLIMB · Complex lipid membranes for science and technology
Horizon Europe — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
- Duration
- 2025-02-01 → 2029-01-31
- EU contribution
- €3,258,540
- Participants
- 19
- Scheme
- HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN
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Project objective
“CLIMB-Complex lipid membranes for science and technology” is a doctoral network of leading European lipid-research laboratories with highly complementary research expertise and training capabilities, which will allow participating PhD students to develop a wide range of research and transferable skills attractive to employers in both academic and industrial sectors.The research themes focus on the hypothesis that comprehensive understanding of the role of compositional complexity on “yet to be explored” structural properties and membrane-driven interactions is key to developing complex lipid-based nanomaterials that mimic the cellular environment and function as high-performance sustainable materials.A central aspect of the CLIMB programme is the development and physicochemical characterization of structure and stability of aggregates formed by novel lipid mixtures including natural extracts and novel protective polymer/peptoid-based coatings. Scientific results will be made available to non-academic partners to assess its possible translation into applications in the fields of mRNA delivery, bio-sensor development, and “green” formulations, areas in line with some of the grand challenges identified by EU.These objectives will be achieved by combining advanced and complementary experimental approaches from chemistry, physics, biology, and computational sciences. Through close collaboration with a network of both small and large industrial partners, the trainees will receive direct hands-on experience, and will gain insights into how lipid-based materials are used in innovative applications.In summary, CLIMB aims to advance the current knowledge on the interplay between structure, functions, interaction, and compositional complexity in lipid membrane. The generated results will contribute to important knowledge transfer between academia and the companies involved, promoting and increasing the success rate for innovations of grand societal challenges.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE · RomaCoordinatorItaly
- ANTON PAAR GMBH · GRAZ STRASSGANGAustria
- CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · ParisFrance
- EUROPEAN SPALLATION SOURCE ERIC · LundSweden
- IBM Almaden Research Center · San JoseUnited States
- INSTITUT MAX VON LAUE - PAUL LANGEVIN · GrenobleFrance
- JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITAT MAINZ · MainzGermany
- LUNDS UNIVERSITET · LundSweden
- NANOMOL TECHNOLOGIES SL · CERDANYOLA DEL VALLESSpain
- POSTNOVA ANALYTICS GMBH · LANDSBERG AM LECHGermany
- TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · HaifaIsrael
- TECHNION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LTD · HaifaIsrael
- TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAT DARMSTADT · DarmstadtGermany
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE · FlorenceItaly
- UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA · RomaItaly
- UNIVERSITA POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE · AnconaItaly
- UNIVERSITAET GRAZ · GrazAustria
- UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG · StrasbourgFrance
- UNIVERSITETET I OSLO · OsloNorway
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