Launch of the NEURO-COOP project
Last Tuesday, April 30th, the kick-off meeting of the NEURO-COOP project took place in the meeting room of the Center for Encephalopathies and Emerging Transmissible Diseases at the University of Zaragoza.
Group photograph of the representatives who attended the project launch meeting.
This project continues and adds valueto the results of a series of previous projects from the INTERREG POCTEFA call that focused on prions: RedPrion, TransPrion, ConCOTSA, and COTSA. In this call, the consortium expands its scope to other neurodegenerative diseases that share mechanisms of protein misfolding (tauopathies, alphasynucleinopathies, etc.). On this occasion, from IRTA-CReSA, the line of research on animal prion diseases of the animal health program, led by Dr. Enric Vidal, participates for the first time as an official partner of the consortium.
Consortium members.
The general objectives of the project are:
- To establish the determinants of the clinical diversity of prion diseases (from a One Health approach) and other neurodegenerative diseases caused by misfolded proteins.
- To advance in the development of early diagnosis approaches and disease progression markers for prions and prion-like diseases.
- To create a cross-border network between specialist doctors, research institutions, and patient associations involved in research on these diseases.
Dr. Rosa Bolea, from UNIZAR, reviews the project objectives during the meeting.
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The project EFA031/01 NEURO-COOP has been co-financed at 65% by the European Union through the Interreg VI-A Spain-France-Andorra Program (POCTEFA 2021-2027). The aim of POCTEFA is to strengthen the economic and social integration of the Spain-France-Andorra border area. Total budget: 1,824,070.45 euros. EU FEDER Grant: 1,185,645.78 euros.
Le projet EFA0312/01 NEURO-COOP a été cofinancé à 65% par l’Union européenne à travers le Programme Interreg VI-A Espagne-France-Andorre (POCTEFA 2021-2027). L’objectif de POCTEFA est de renforcer l’intégration économique et sociale de la zone frontalière Espagne-France-Andorre. Budget total : 1.824.070,45 euros. Subvention FEDER : 1.185.645,78 euros.
