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 The
Early Stage Training site for Optical Molecular Imaging Techniques
is an EST funded by
FP6 EU contract
MEST-CT-2004-007643
and coordinated by
FO.R.T.H. It involved 4 of
FORTH's institues, namely: The Institute for Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL),
the Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB),
the Institute for Applied and Computational Mathematics (IACM)
and the Institute of Computer Science (ICS). Its
duration was of 4 years, began on 2004 and finished in 2008.
Project Summary
Recent advances in imaging technologies and the development
of several fluorescent proteins and activatable fluorochromes have opened the
field of Molecular Imaging, constantly gaining importance in the area of Life
Sciences. Compounds exhibiting fluorescent properties recently play a major role
in many biotechnology applications such as gene expression profiling,
determining protein function as well as in revealing cellular pathways and
sensing small-molecule protein–protein interaction. Due to its multidisciplinary
nature, Molecular Imaging science is constantly under expansion, exploiting
existing imaging techniques as well as new tools that have become available. In
order to reach its main goals of sensitivity, specificity and resolution in a
large variety of molecules, organs and species, for sizes ranging from
nanometers to several centimeters, experts dedicated to the field of Molecular
Imaging are needed. In order for Molecular Imaging to evolve efficiently,
multidisciplinary knowledge needs to be delivered at the early stage of training
combining the different disciplines in a coherent way and not separately as is
currently being done.
Within this Early-Stage Training site we propose to offer
early stage researchers the opportunity to gain experience in all the different
disciplines present in Molecular Imaging, by interacting with experts from
fields such as Biology, Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science all located in
the same campus. All training will be devoted and oriented to the different
aspects that surround Molecular Imaging techniques. Main users of this training
site will not only be Biologists with the need to improve their skills on data
and image analysis, modeling of biological processes and laser physics, but
students from disciplines traditionally unrelated to Biology who want to bridge
the existing gap and learn novel applications in cutting edge biology. The users
of this site will be offered the opportunity to be involved in state-of the art
research and gain multidisciplinary knowledge coherently oriented towards
Molecular Imaging.
Contact Information
EST Molecular Imaging is coordinated by Prof. Sifis Papamatheakis, from the
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FO.R.T.H.),
based in Heraklion, Greece.
- Telephone
- +30-2810-391165
- FAX
- +30-2810-391305
- Postal address
- P.O. Box 1528, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
- Electronic mail
- General Information: info@molimg.gr
Webmaster: webmaster@molimg.gr
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Early
Stage Training Site For Molecular Imaging
