Phytoapp Mid – term meeting
On the 10th of July, the Mid-term meeting of the Phytoapp project took place in the Gran Canaria – a project funded by the European Executive Research Agency of the European Commission, and coordinated by Professor Sergiy Lyubchyk from Lusófona University. The main purpose of the Phytoapp project are the design, development and delivery of innovative water-soluble Phytochemical Inhibitors for Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases prevention, by exploring the innovative nanotechnological solutions to overcome the challenge related to the phytochemical’s limitation on to their low water-solubility. In the mid-term meeting, the main progresses of the project were presented by all the teams of the Consortium related to the Work Packages of theirs responsibility, including: Design and Optimization of the synthetic pathways towards reliable and reproducible Lab Scale synthesis of the nano-enable Phytochemical water-soluble material; In vitro kinetic studies to elaborate solution for water-soluble nano-enabled Phytomaterials usage in nanomedicine as inhibitors for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases prevention; Preclinical assessment of the elaborated nano-enable Phytomaterials; Scaled up production and further development of an open innovation in terms of increased productivity and reduction of solvent/materials consumption while providing a high yield and quality of nanopharmaceutical products. It was also discussed the progresses of Lusofona´s coordination team on project management, particularly related to the communication and dissemination plan of the project and the data management plan. All teams from Lusofona University (PT), NOVA ID FCT (PT), NANOTECHCENTER LLC (UA), NEUROPLAST BV (NL), Institute of Experimental Physics (SK), Oxford University (UK), CASCATACHUVA LDA (PT) and National Nuclear Research Center (AZ) of the Consortium were represented in the meeting, either in presence or online.
