Individual Staff Mobility Grant

Project facts

Project promoter:
Technical University of Liberec
Project Number:
CZ07-0276
Target groups
Teachers, trainers, managers, leaders and other staff within higher education institutions
Status:
Completed
Initial project cost:
€7,503
Final project cost:
€7,503
From Norway Grants:
€ 6,714
The project is carried out in:
Liberecký kraj

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Description

The presented mobility project focuses (a) education (by attending selected courses taught at the University of Bergen (UiB) related to pharmacology, clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical immunology) and (b) research (development of nanofiber material as fast-dissolving drug support with special emphasis on cancer drug development). Education activities allow to gain new experience and learn new methods in teaching as well as they enable designing of new topics for diploma and bachelor theses at applicant home university. The mobility allows extensions of applicant’s research experience in nanomaterials by a new and promising field – nanomaterials used in drug development for cancer by cooperation with Prof. Mc Cormack and his group. The proposed mobility allows applicant to gain new experience as well as it allows research in well-equipped laboratory at UiB. Established cooperation will result in possibility of application for common grants, publications and sharing knowledge.

Summary of project results

During the project duration the applicant worked in close cooperation with prof. McCormack on topics related to anticancer drug delivery systems. The following research activities were done: (i) preparation of nanofibre-based carriers with anticancer drug, (ii) study of nanofibre-based carriers morphology by SEM, (iii) investigation of release profiles of the nanofibre-based carriers, and (iv) In vitro activity of nanofibre-based carriers with anticancer drug. The obtained results strongly suggested that PCL nanofibre-based carrier had the effect of controlled release of the PTX and may be promising candidate for delivering anticancer drugs, especially in postoperative local chemotherapy via surgical implantation of the sca?old and prof. McCormack expressed his will to continue cooperation. The applicant attended 14 "BBB Seminars”, 2 CCBIO Junior Scientist Symposium seminars, Symposium in memory of Helga B. Salvesen and The Christie Student Cancer Conference and 5 PhD defenses.

Summary of bilateral results

Increased skills/competences of staff