AppliCare Antimicrobial peptides loaded inhalable calcium phosphates nanoparticles for the counteraction of antibiotic resistance: towards a new therapy for respiratory infections The aim of AppliCare is to develop a new therapeutic formulation based on inhalable and biodegradable calcium phosphate nanoparticles (NPs) functionalized with novel peptides (AMPs). Peptides (AMPs) will be identified [...]

(BRAVEinMS) Bioinformatics and cell ReprogrAmming to deVElop an IN vitro platform to discover new drugs for progressive Multiple Sclerosis (BRAVEinMS) BRAVEinMS rises from the joint efforts of laboratories from five different countries in Europe and North America with the aim of merging and synergizing unique competences in order to identifying promising molecules that can counteract the progression [...]

WOMEN4HEALTH A unique cohort to study mechanisms underlying cardiometabolic disorders in Women Do you know that the leading cause of death for women is not breast or uterine cancer, but cardiometabolic diseases, which include type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome? Italian, national statistical data from 2018 indicates that the incidence of [...]

We are studying the gut microbiome and human genome of about 8,000 from the Dutch Microbiome Project, an ambitious project involving volunteers of the Lifelines Population Biobank. In this project we aim to investigate if and how host genome affects microbiome composition and function.