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FP6 Priority: LIFE SCIENCES, GENOMICS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR HEALTH

Projects Acronym: MOLECULAR IMAGING

Start and Ending date: 01/01/04 – 31/12/08

Budget: 11 Million Euros

Name Coordinator: Eleftherios N. Economou

Full Address: Institute for Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH). P.O. Box 1527, Vassilika Vouton

71110 Heraklion, Crete

Tel: 00-30-281-0391565; Fax: 00-30-281-0391305

Full Title: Integrated Technologies for In-vivo Molecular Imaging

Contract number: LSHG-CT-2003-503259

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The goal of the project proposed here is to generate and apply novel advanced technology for non-invasive imaging of biomolecular function in living systems ranging from single cells to whole animals. Main areas for technological innovation are i) generation of new biosensors enabling novel ways of functional contrast, ii) improving resolution of microscopic and tomographic imaging systems, and iii) creating new multimodal imaging setups combining different contrast modes. It is expected that our combined effort will provide spectacular new opportunities for phenotyping functional (molecular) analysis in cells and animal models.  To achieve this goal we bring together a unique consortium of leading research groups in Europe combining a) engineers, experimental and theoretical physicists (who design new and improved, tomographic and microscopic imaging devices for in vivo-imaging); b) bioorganic chemists and molecular biologists (for the design of new chemical and genetic encoded molecular probes and biosensors); and c) biologists examining fundamental questions at the cell, organ and whole animal level (thereby providing the above research the appropriate and relevant goals for the technological innovation).

The management structure of the project provides for continuous interactions and flow of information among the various participants, groups and subgroups involved in each workpackage. High quality training is guaranteed by the exchange of young researchers among the expert participants and by summer and other schools. Inclusion and interactions with companies active in this field are among the several means of exploitation of the expected RTD and innovation results.

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http://www.molimg.gr

This Form was completed by – Name: Jorge Ripoll

Affiliation to the project: Member of the Coordinating Institution

Submission Date of this form: 15^th March 2005