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Technologies for In-Vivo Molecular Imaging is an Integrated
Project funded by FP6
EU contract LSHG-CT-2003-503259 and coordinated by
FO.R.T.H. It
involves 21 Partners from European research centers, academia and
enterprises, involving collaborators from Russia and the United
States. Its expected duration is of 60 Months, starting from the
1st of January 2004.
Project
Summary
The goal of the Molecular Imaging
Integrated Project 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:
Generation of new
biosensors enabling novel ways of functional contrast
Improving
resolution of microscopic and tomographic imaging systems, and
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:
Engineers,
experimental and theoretical physicists (who design new and
improved, tomographic and microscopic imaging devices for in
vivo-imaging)
Bioorganic
chemists and molecular biologists (for the design of new chemical
and genetic encoded molecular probes and biosensors
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.
Contact
Information
Molecular Imaging is coordinated by Prof. Eleftherios N.
Economou, from the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas
(FO.R.T.H.),
based in Heraklion, Greece.
- Telephone
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+30-2810-391565
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FAX
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+30-2810-391305
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Postal address
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P.O.
Box 1579, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
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Electronic mail
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General Information: info@molimg.gr
Webmaster:
webmaster@molimg.gr
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