SNAL – Smart Nano-objects for Alteration of Lipid bilayers – Initial Training Network

SNAL – Smart Nano-objects for Alteration of Lipid bilayers – Initial Training Network

Duration: From April 2014 to March 2018  (4.0 years)

Funding Institution: EU-funded – 7th Framework Programme

Contact person: D. Lombardo

List of partners:  Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain (Dr. Vladimir Baulin: Coordinator),  Institut für Pathologie, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany (Prof. James Kirkpatrick), Universitaet Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany (Prof. Shahram Ghanaati), Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany (Prof. Jens-Uwe Sommer), Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK (Prof. Nigel Slater),– Imperial College, London, UK (Dr. Rongjun Chen),– Imperial College London, UK (Prof. John Seddon),– University of Manchester, Manchester, UK (Prof. Jian Lu), CNR – Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Italy (Dr. Domenico Lombardo), CNRS – Institut Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France (Dr. Carlos Marques),– Swinburne University, Australia (Prof. Elena Ivanova), Biopharma, UK (Dr. Kevin Ward), Unilever, UK (Dr. Massimo Noro)

Website:  https://itn-snal.net/

ERC sectors: PE – Physical Sciences and Engineering (subfields: PE4_11 Physical chemistry of biological systems, PE5_7 Biomaterials, biomaterial synthesis); Life Science (subfields: LS1_1 Macromolecular complexes including interactions involving nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates).

 

The project provide scientific skills, training and career development for early stage (and experienced) researchers in the field of bio-nanotecnology. Combining computer simulations, chemical synthesis, clinical and industrial expertise, physical and biological experiments, it aims to design and develop novel biomaterials, by investigating the interactions of bio-membranes with nano-objects including functional biomimetic polymers, polymeric micelles, carbon nanotubes and polymer therapeutic complexes/conjugates.