The Horizon 2020 Innovative Training Network (ITN) ClickGene is a research project in the field of click chemistry and gene therapy. The modification, activation, modulation, and repression of DNA functional domains bring an overwhelming potential for human health applications.
European expertise presently available in DNA-based chemical and biotechnology fields needs to be combined to provide young researchers with the appropriate knowledge and know-how to address the gap associated with these rapid scientific developments.
ClickGene offers 14 PhD students the opportunity to develop and learn skills that are required by next-generation research leaders in biopharmaceutical, nanotechnology, biodiagnostic and related industries. The project partners provide cutting-edge resources at leading research facilities, universities and biopharmaceutical enterprises throughout the EU. The ClickGene research programme, involves world-leading chemists in combination with innovative SMEs and combines basic and translation research in order to develop revolutionary technology for personalised medicine.
Objective
ClickGene’s main research objective is to develop new materials and methodologies for genetic engineering by training researchers within an innovative, multi-disciplinary and entrepreneurial environment.
More specifically, the research of this project will:
- Provide world-class training to 14 PhD students in the areas of synthetic click chemistry, nanotechnology, liposomal drug delivery and nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) chemistry
- Generate scientific excellence and technological innovation in the area of gene silencing and epigenetic base detection
The European expertise presently available in DNA-based chemical and biotechnology fields needs to be combined to provide young researchers with the appropriate knowledge and know-how to address the gap associated with rapid scientific developments in epigenetic subjects. ClickGene drives efforts to establish multidisciplinary and methodologically strong environments in order to foster scientific leaders of our future.
