Category Archive for : ‘Projects’

Platform for trans-Academic Cooperation in Innovation (PACINNO)

Full title: Platform for trans-Academic Cooperation in Innovation 

Grantor: IPA Adriatic Cross Border Cooperation 2007-2013

Grant number: 1°str/0003

Grantor’s website:   http://www.adriaticipacbc.org/     

Project website: http://www.pacinno.eu/ 

Duration: November 2013 – March 2016

Coordinator: University of Trieste, Italy

Partners: – Centre of Excellence for Biosensors, Instrumentation and Process Control (COBIK), Slovenia

– University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine, Rijeka

– School of Economics and Business in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

– University of Tirana, Albania

– Institute Mihajlo Pupin, Serbia

– Faculty of Economics, Montenegro

– Ionian University, Greece

Total funding (University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine): EUR 621.427, 22

 Brief description:

The goal of PACINNO is to establish a platform

Multiannual institutional support

Project title: Molecular mechanism of regulation of the PVR protein and its interaction partners by cytomegalovirus

Grantor: Ministry of Science, Education and Sports

Grantor’s website: www.mzos.hr

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Tihana Lenac Roviš

Research team:

Paola Kučan, PhD student

Hrvoje Šimić, Research Assistant

Johanna Julia Reichel,Research Assistant

Berislav Lisnić, Research Assistant

Total funding: 46.000,00 HRK

Brief description:

Multiannual institutional support represents the support to the already existing research “Activities on the role of basic immunological principles in the immune surveillance of the herpesviral infections and the development of new viral vaccines and vaccine vectors”. Within this research topic, Prof. Dr. Tihana Lenac Rovis and her team are

Molecular mechanisms of PVR (CD155) immunological pathways in viral and tumor pathogenesis

Project title: Molecular mechanisms of PVR (CD155) immunological pathways in viral and tumor pathogenesis

Grantor: Croatian Science Foundation

Grantor’s website: www.hrzz.hr

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Tihana Lenac Roviš

Research team:

Prof. Dr. Astrid Krmpotić

Paola Kučan

Hrvoje Šimić

Antonija Miletić

Total funding: 853.000,00 HRK

Brief description:

The project is focused on the role of PVR (poliovirus receptor) which serves as a ligand for both inhibitory (TIGIT) and activating (DNAM-1 and Tactile) receptors. The evidence has been accumulated indicating the role of PVR and its receptors in immune surveillance including the control of viral infections, tumors, as well

Virus-specific Activating NK Cell Receptors and Their Viral Immunoevasion

Project title: Virus-specific Activating NK Cell Receptors and Their Viral Immunoevasion

Grantor: Croatian Science Foundation

Grantor’s website: www.hrzz.hr

Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Astrid Krmpotić

Research team:

Dr. Berislav Lisnić

Dr. Vanda Juranić Lisnić

Dr. Irena Slavuljica

Dr. Johana Julia Reichel (until November 2015)

Branka Popović

Ilija Brizić

Daria Kveštak

Jelena Železnjak

Total funding: 991.460,00 HRK

Brief description:

The infection of mice with mouse cytomegalovirus (MCMV) as a model of human CMV (HCMV) infection has been particularly informative in elucidating the role of antiviral immune response. NK cells are essential in early control of CMV infection. An evolutionary struggle between NK cells and CMVs can

Viral evasion of NK cells

Full title: Viral evasion of NK cells

Grantor: National Institutes of Health

Grant number: 1RO1AI083201-01

Grantor’s website: http://www.nih.gov/

Duration: 2009-2013

Coordinator: Stipan Jonjic, Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka

No. of participants: 2

Partner: Prof. Dr. Joanne Trgovcich, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

Partner web site: http://www.osu.edu/

http://www.pathology.med.ohio-state.edu/ext/Faculty_page.aspx?ID=Trgovcich

Total funding: USD 338.980

Brief description:

The human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous pathogen linked with a high risk of morbidity in immunologically suppressed and immunodeficient patients. Furthermore, HCMV is one of major viral causes of congenital infections. HCMV infections are also implicated in several chronic diseases. The strategies to

A Novel Strong CMV-promoter for Protein and RNA production

Full title: A Novel Strong CMV-promoter for Production of Proteins and Non-coding RNA molecules

Grantor: Business Innovation Center of Croatia (BICRO) – Proof of Concept (PoC) 4 Programme

Grant number: POC4_02_09

Grantor’s website:  http://www.bicro.hr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=649&Itemid=554

Duration: 01 December 2012 – 30 November 2013

Coordinator: Stipan Jonjic, University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine

No. of participants: 1

Total funding: HRK 349.380,00

  Brief description:
In every protein production system, the element called promoter determines the ultimate quantity of expressed protein. We have identified a novel region of a very strong promoter, which is

NLO

Full title: Night-of-the-Lab-Out

Grantor: FP7 Marie-Curie Action: “Researchers’ Night”

Grant number: 609815

Grantor’s website:  http://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/                      

Duration: 1 May 2013 – 31 October 2013

Coordinator: Ana Grdovic, Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes, Croatia

No. of participants: 9

Partners:

– Drustvo Znanost.org, Croatia

– University of Split, Croatia

– University of Rijeka, Croatia

– University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine, Croatia

– University of Rijeka Faculty of Engineering, Croatia

– University of Zagreb, Croatia

– Rudjer Boskovic Institute Zagreb, Croatia

– Institute for Physics, Zagreb, Croatia

Total funding (University of Rijeka Faculty of Medicine): EUR 2.889

Web page: http://noc-istrazivaca.hr/#naslovnica

  Brief description:
On Friday evening, September 27th, 2013, Researchers’ Night project is

CAPRI2010

Full title: The Center for Antibody Production Rijeka: Upgrading the Central Research and Service Infrastructure for the South Eastern Region of Europe

Project acronym: CAPRI2010

Grantor: European Commission: 7th Framework Programme (FP7)

Grantor’s website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/

Programme: Capacities: Research potential of Convergence  regions

Programme website:http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/capacities/convergence-regions_en.html

Duration: 2009-2012

Coordinator: Stipan Jonjic, Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka

Total funding: EUR 619.770

Project website: http://www.capri.com.hr/capri2010.html

Brief description:

This three-year technological project should enable the Center for Proteomics to achieve self-sustainability on the long run. The key activities of CAPRI2010 consist in the establishment of new scientific collaboration in mAb development and application.

Through upgrading

The development of a model for immunotherapy of viral infections by using recombinant proteins, which connect the innate and specific immune responses

Full title: The development of a model for immunotherapy of viral infections by using recombinant proteins, which connect the innate and specific immune responses

Grantor: The National Foundation for Science, Higher Education and Technological Development of the Republic of Croatia

Grantor’s website: http://www2.nzz.hr/index.php?lang=en

Programme: Partnership in basic research

Programme website: http://www.nzz.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=104

Duration: 2008-2011

Total financing: EUR 105.000

Coordinator: Stipan Jonjic, Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka

No. of participants: 2

Partner: Jürgen Haas, Max von-Pettenkofer Institute, Munich

Project website:

PROTEOMEBINDERS

Full title: A European Infrastructure of Ligand Binding Molecules against the Human Proteome

Grantor: European Commission: 6th Framework Programme (FP6)

Grantor’s website: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp6/

Programme: Research Infrastructures

Programme website: http://cordis.europa.eu/infrastructures/

Instrument: Coordination Action

Duration: 2006-2010

Coordinator: Mike Taussig, Babraham Bioscience Technologies, Cambridge, UK

No. of participants: 27

Partner from the Center for Proteomics: Bojan Polic, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka

Project website: http://www.proteomebinders.org/

Brief description:

ProteomeBinders is a European consortium proposing to establish a comprehensive infrastructure resource of binding molecules for detection of the human proteome, together with tools for their use and applications in studying proteome function and organisation.

This 4-year FP6