CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS  
 

DWC works closely with a large number of academic institutions and industrial partners based in Europe, Israel and the United States for the development of educational programmes for young scientists.

We work with your partnerships to identify potential key training needs based on project focus and research disciplines. We design, coordinate and implement both physical and virtual educational development systems.

We implement congresses and meetings which introduce additional complementary skills to the young scientists including fund raising, science management, communication to the public and international partnering.

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Training young scientists in degenerative disease and regenerative medicine

The TOPEA programme was designed by our company in 2010 in response to the needs of 5 of our larger research projects which are all focused on degenerative disease and regenerative medicine. There was indeed a clear need for complementary training and networking amongst scientists from the 70 teams involved.

TOPEA is the acronym of these 5 consortia:

  • T for Transeuro
  • O for Optistem
  • P for Plasticise
  • E for Endostem
  • A for Angioscaff

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Online mini congresses are given every 3 months by leading scientists in the field. These tutorials are organized by video conference and are typically composed of 3-4 complementary seminars with a common focus aimed towards increasing the theoretical levels of the next generation of young scientists.

The next tutorial will be organized in May 2012.

Further information will soon be available here.

 

 


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Since 2012, the TOPEA Capacity Building Programme is accredited by the (Zentrum für Neurowissenschaften Zürich, ETH and UNI Zürich, Switzerland).

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We organize, each year, a summer school addressed to the young scientists, who present to their peers and network amongst themselves in an intimate meeting environment.
The scientific programme includes subject areas such as biomedical and innovative imaging, soft tissue regenerative techniques but also include training on non research topics such as financial management and communication.

2012 TOPEA SUMMER SCHOOL - June 26-27th

The 2012 TOPEA Summer School on 'Clinical applications of fundamental research. Building a bridge'. The Summer School will be held at the Hotel H10 Marina, Barcelona, Spain.

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Past tutorials

20 May 2010 - Innovative Imaging techniques

  1. Gisela Kuhn (Angioscaff). Technique and applications of micro-computed tomography
  2. David Margolis (Plasticise). In vivo two-photon imaging of neuronal activity: from networks to behavior
  3. Marie-Hélène Boudrias (Plasticise). Basis of the BOLD signal in fMRI and application
  4. Jeronimo Blanco (Angioscaff). Non-invasive bioluminescence imaging for cell therapy.
  

23 September 2010 - Soft tissue repair

  1. Celine Gomez (Endostem). An introudction to epithelia
  2. Ryan Driskell (Endostem).Dermal compartment-alization specifies fibroblasts differentiation and lineage commitment
  3. Stephanie Traub (Angioscaff). Bioengineering approaches towards the treatment of chronic wounds
  4. Francois Gorostidi (Angioscaff). Exploring cultured epidermal stem cell engraftment
 

20 January 2011 - How are clinical trials set up?

  1. Danielle Daft (Transeuro). Introductory talks on all the basics of regenerative medicine clinical trials
  2. Lea Stankovski (ECRIN). Ethics of clinical trials
  3. Anita Buchli (Plasticise). Case study of a clinical trial with biopharmaceuticals
  4. Thomas Engstrand (Angioscaff). Case study of a clinical trial with biomaterials
  5. Sarah Mason (Transeuro). Case study of a clinical trial with exogenous stem cells

19 May 2011 - Role of the immune system in tissue regeneration

  1. Eusebio Perdiguero (Optistem). Introductory talk on the different aspects of the immune response and fibrosis during tissue damage
  2. Giuseppe Locatelli (Zurich). Autoimmune inflammation and other neurodegenerative mechanisms in the CNS
  3. Joanne Tonkin (Endostem). Macrophages and macrophage polarity in tissue regeneration
  4. Karen English (Endostem). Immune tolerance in tissue regeneration (MSC/regulatory T cells)
  

4 October 2011 - Grant writing and Business development

  1. Patrik Brundin (Transeuro PI). Creativity in research.
  2. Isabelle Weiss (Director of International Affairs - DWC). From proposal preparation to project implementation.
  3. Michale Bouskila (International Innovation Manager - DWC). Commercialisation of research: spin offs to international business development in regenerative medicine.
  4. Revital Rattenbach (CEO - Adstem SA). From concept to company, a case study in spin off creation - Adstem SA.
  

30 January 2012 - Application of neural stem cells in regenerative medicine

  1. Olivier Raineteau. Neural stem cells - an overview
  2. Paul Just (Transeuro). The politics and ethics of stem cells in regenerative medicine
  3. Philipp Capetian (Transeuro). Stem cells-directed immunological response after transplantation into PD patients
  4. Agnete Kirkeby (Transeuro). Generation of subtype-specific neurons from human embryonic stem cells