Joined Education for Tissue Engineering: a multidisciplinary approach to regenerate joints

Project coordinator
H. B. J. Karperien, Ph.D., University of Twente — Institute for Biomedical Technology, the Netherlands. partners Göteborg University, Sweden; University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; Department of Oncology, Biology and Genetics — University of Genoa, Italy; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany; Denis Diderot University (Université Paris 7 — Denis-Diderot), France; Universidade do Minho (University of Minho), Portugal.

Aim of project
The proposed research training project proposes a multidisciplinary approach, leading to development of new knowledge on joint repair strategies and to contribution to the development of treatment for degenerative bone and cartilage diseases, such as osteoarthritis.

The project aim will be realized by recruiting 9 young research fellows who will be trained in the mentioned research areas, thereby contributing to the development of a new generation of multidisciplinary researchers, fully able to work within the fi eld of TE and prepared with necessary and state-of-theart tools to become leaders in the fi eld of regenerative medicine for joint repair.

Expected results
The project will provide training for Ph.D., including: various joint activities mandatory for all fellows (e.g. introduction courses, master classes, TATE workshop, ESB conference); individual training modules; complementary training (e.g. Quality, Bioethics, Scientific English communication); visits to industrial network partners. All fellows are expected to obtain their Ph.D. degrees after completion of the project. These researchers will be equipped with the necessary and state-ofthe- art tools to become leaders in the fi eld of regenerative medicine for joint repair.