EST MOLEC-IMAGING · Early Stage Training in Molecular Imaging Techniques
FP6 — Marie Curie Actions (Human Resources and Mobility)
- Duration
- 2004-11-01 → 2008-10-31
- EU contribution
- €814,906
- Participants
- 1
- Scheme
- EST
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Results in brief
Final Activity Report Summary - EST MOLEC-IMAGING (Early Stage Training in Molecular Imaging Techniques)
Within this early-stage training site we offered early stage researchers the opportunity to gain experience in all different disciplines that are present in molecular imaging through interacting with experts from fields such as biology, physics, mathematics and computer science, all located in the same campus. All training was devoted and oriented to the different aspects that surrounded molecular imaging techniques. The main users of this training site were not only biologists with the need to improve their skills on data and image analysis, modelling of biological processes and laser physics, but also students from disciplines that were traditionally unrelated to biology, who wanted to bridge the existing gap and learn about innovative applications in cutting-edge biology. The users of this site were offered the opportunity to be involved in state of the art research and gain multidisciplinary knowledge coherently oriented towards molecular imaging. Specific training activities included several advanced workshops for tools in research and training in new imaging techniques, such as Optical projection tomography (OPT) and Fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT).
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Project objective
Recent advances in imaging technologies and the development of several fluorescent proteins and activatable fluorochromes have opened the field of Molecular Imaging, constantly gaining importance in the area of Life Sciences. Compounds exhibiting fluorescent properties recently play a major role in many biotechnology applications such as gene expression profiling, determining protein function as well as in revealing cellular pathways and sensing small-molecule protein-protein interaction.Due to its multidisciplinary nature, Molecular Imaging science is constantly under expansion, exploiting existing imaging techniques as well as new tools that have become available. In order to reach its main goals of sensitivity, specificity and resolution in a large variety of molecules, organs and species, experts dedicated to the field of Molecular Imaging are needed. In order for Molecular Imaging to evolve efficiently, multidisciplinary knowledge needs to be delivered at the early stage of training combining the different disciplines in a coherent way and not separately as is currently being done.Within this site we propose to offer young researchers the opportunity to gain experience in all the different disciplines present in Molecular Imaging, by interacting with experts from fields such as Biology, Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science all located in the same campus. All training will be devoted and oriented to the different aspects that surround Molecular Imaging techniques. The users of this site will be offered the opportunity to be involved in state-of the art research and gain multidisciplinary knowledge coherently oriented towards Molecular Imaging.
Original text from CORDIS.
Participants
- FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY - HELLAS · HERAKLIONCoordinatorCity levelGreece
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