Precise Personalised Health Tech

Precise Personalised Health Tech

INL Cluster

To address the health challenges present today in society, we explore new technologies combining both the biological understanding of diagnostics, therapeutics, theranostics, drug delivery, and biomarkers with the engineering capabilities in sensors, microfluidics, fluid mechanics, electronics, nuclear magnetic resonance, integration, photonics, imaging and microscopy.

The two main health challenges of the world’s population growth are the 3 main diseases accounting for EU mortality (cancer, cardiovascular, and infectious diseases); and the increase in the elderly population based on overall life expectancy. Our research is aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Developmental Goal 3: ‘Good Health and Well-being’. We aim to:

  • Contribute to citizens’ well-being and health using nano-bio-technologies,
  • Engineer new systems/strategies/devices for early and accurate diagnosis of diseases,
  • Develop new therapeutic approaches for personalized, effective treatment of diseases with fewer side effects, and
  • Promote a cost-effective and accessible healthcare system for all.  
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Precision Health

Nano-enabled medical technologies allow prevention, earlier diagnosis and personalised treatment of diseases with fewer side effects for a precise sustainable medicine.

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Advanced Models

Smart, multifunctional, advanced disease models and organ-on-a-chip systems enable the evaluation of disease biomarkers and therapy testing for the pharmaceutical industry.

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Projects

ALADDIN

Accelerated Discovery Nanobody Platform

FLUFET

FLow detection of virUses by graphene Field Effect Transistor microarrays

3DSecret

3D spheroids derived from single cells for discovering stochastic patterns behind metastasis

iCare

Integrated assessment and Advanced Characterisation of Neuro-Nanotoxicity

WINGS

Wireless Neural Guidance Device for Spinal Cord Injury Repair

LEARN

DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL ASSESSMENTS FOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY MONITORING AND IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S HEALTH

MSenOoC

Multiorgan-on-a-chip device integrated with multi(bio)sensors

UnTAM

Unleashing tumour associated macrophages to win the fight against cancer

CiNTech

CiNTech: Polo Tecnológico de Inovação, Translação e Industrialização de Medicamentos Injetáveis Complexos

HfPT

Health from Portugal

NeuralGRAB

Graphene aptasensor bioelectronics: a neural interface for neurotransmission probing in neurological disorders

LIFESAVER

Living Impact on Fetal Evolution: Shelter-Analyze-Validate-Empower Regulations

BIOCELLPHE

Ultrasensitive BIOsensing platform for multiplex CELLular protein PHEnotyping at single-cell level

Diamond4Brain

Diamond Photonics Platforms for Synaptic Connectivity Assessment in Healthy and Parkinson Disease Neuronal Models

PROMISE

BioPrinted hydROgel MicrofluIdicS to mimic patient-specific tumor mEtastatic microenvironment

DIAMOND-CONNECT

Development of a Diamond Photonic Platform to assess connectivity in neuronal cell models

JumpIN

HiJacking the peripheral neurons retrograde trafficking machinery to deliver neUroreparative Molecules to the sPinal cord

CRYSTAL3

Commercial & Research Opportunity for Cysteinyl Leukotriene Signalling in Ocular & CNS Dysfunction, Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease

SiNfONiA

Safety in NanOmaterials & NAnotechnology

EVOLVE

Isolation and Analysis of Extracellular Vesicles using OptofLuidics for the eValuation of Microsatellite Instability in Endometrial Cancer

BrainChip4MED

Brain-on-a-chip as a preclinical model tool for the screening of theranostic nanoformulations for neurodegenerative diseases

HFChip

Heart Failure-Chip: a miniaturized technology for self-monitoring of biomarkers in minimally or non-invasive body fluids

SbDToolBox

SbDtoolBox - Nanotechnology-based tools and tests for Safer-by- Design nanomaterials

SAFE-N-MEDTECH

SAFETY TESTING IN THE LIFE CYCLE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY-ENABLED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTH

4NoPRESSURE

Desenvolvimento de vestuário inteligente para a prevenção da ocorrência de úlceras de pressão

ExtreMed

Extreme Ultrashort Pulses for Advanced Medical Applications and Diagnostics

SENTINEL

New injectable biosensor for continuous remote monitoring of cancer patients at high risk of recurrence | Novo biosensor injectável para monitorização continua remota de pacientes oncológicos com elevado risco de recidiva

Graphresp

A point-of-care and at-home digital device for non-invasive multiplexed diagnosis of clinical and resistant respiratory infections

INNO4COV-19

Boosting Innovation for COVID-19 Diagnostic, Prevention and Surveillance.

GASTRIC

Gastrointestinal Tract on Chip - An automated microfluidics-based modular device for complete simulation of the processes of digestion and absorption of orally ingested bioactive compounds

Phages-on-chip

An integrated phage-based microdevice for multiplex detection of bloodstream infections

CaTCh

Pre-clinical evaluation of novel chemical compounds for cancer treatment: tackling unmet clinical needs

IMPAct-L

Innovative Microfluidic Platform for Analysis of myeloid Leukemia blasts mielóide

QUA-ND-O

Intracellular Quantum Sensing Techniques for Personalized Medicines of Neurodegenerative Diseases

MicroTreat

Biomimetic microenvironment for the study and development of targeted therapies in hematological malignancies

ON4SupremeSens

Graphene and novel thin films for super resolution microscopy and bio-sensing

ATLANTIC-KET-MED

Establishing a transnational inter-regional advanced pilot manufacturing line / ecosystem for future biomedical products

FIM4STROKE

A Fully Integrated Magnetoresistive Biochip Platform for Stroke Patient Stratification

NIMAS

New Active Medical Implants

PANA

PROMOTING ACTIVE AGEING: FUNCTIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AT ULTRA-EARLY STAGES

HighSenseCoV2

Highly sensitive immunoassay for SARS-CoV2 detection using new amplification technology

COUNTED

COUNTED, Coronavirus Transmission: Count and Detect

NanoTRAINforGrowthII

INL Fellowship programme in nanotechnologies for nanomedicine, energy, ICT, food and environment applications

MULTIMAL

A point-of-care device for non-invasive multiplexed diagnosis of malaria

GNESIS

Graphenest’s New Engineered System and its Implementation Solutions

FROnTHERA

Frontiers of technology for theranostics of cancer, metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases

CANCER

ADVANCING CANCER RESEARCH: FROM BASIC KNOWLEDGE TO APPLICATION

Strip2Sense

Test strips for biomarker screening of venous thromboembolism in oncology

NBFS

Nanotechnology based functional solutions

NET-MARKET-FLUIDS

Networking and market approach to tackle the bottleneck of deploying micro and nanofluidics in Europe