Events organized in a relation to ESRs included trainings, short-term stays, long-term scientific stays, seminars, and workshops on the topics of drug discovery, drug delivery and studies of interaction between drugs / drug delivery systems and cells. Next, we organized over 20 short-term scientific stays attended by students from UP and MU and CNR. In total, there were 11 ESRs involved in the short-term stays from UP, MU and CNR. These stays helped them to better understand problematics of drug discovery, synthesis of organometallic complexes (MU) and studies of interactions of cells with drugs and drug delivery nanoplatforms (CNR). Training was also provided to RMAs related to Nano4Tarmed project and their colleges from UP. RMAs attended two short-term stays at an organization with highly developed grant offices, MU (Ireland) and facilities in Amsterdam. Moreover, RMAs attended training provided by Europa Media in Lisbon and finally, Europa Media organized a custom-based training at the premises of UP in June 2024 for more than 20 RMAs. RMAs related to the Nano4Tarmed project also attended meetings of EARMA (European Association of Research Managers and Administrators) in Amsterdam, Prague and Odense.
We organized in total three high-school competitions, attended several open days organized at UP, CNR, and MU, published four articles aimed at non-scientific public. We also established a website together with a community platform aimed at researchers working in fields of drug delivery. The results of the project were presentedat international conferences.
We published 7 scientific papers in open access journals. We developed a dual modality drug delivery systems based on GO@PEG nanoplatforms, and We also focused on the development of plasmonic nanomaterials for the diagnosis of cancer. Moreover, we discussed our results with pharmaceutical companies during organized roundtables as well as with experts in oncology as part of the exploitation activities. These events provided us with feedback for our next work, which will continue through the Strike project funded by EC in 2022.
Conclusions:
To conclude the work related to the Nano4Tarmed project, we fully focused on the achievement of all objectives defined by the project. We organized training, seminars and workshops for ERSs and short- and long-term scientific stays to maximize their potential in further scientific work. RMAs from UP attended training to learn new aspects of project management and preparation of project proposals. We organized or attended high-school competitions and open days to disseminate the project aims and results. Researchers related to the N4T project also attended many international scientific events to further disseminate obtained results among the scientific community. We believe we achieved all defined objectives through using available tools, events, and approaches.
