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  • B-SMART on the Homestretch: New Video Clip Highlights Project’s Pathway to Success

    Over the past 5.5 years, the partners of the EU-funded research project B-SMART have been on a journey to explore and establish new gateways to reach the brain in the hopes of better addressing brain-related illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s disease. At the end of June, the B-SMART project will come to an end. A just-released interview clip...
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  • B-SMART Final Meeting finally in person again

    At the end of their project, the B-SMART consortium has finally been able to come together again in person; after over two years, representatives from all partners met again in Brussels, Belgium, for the B-SMART Final Meeting on 08 June 2022: Everyone was happy to see each other. The consortium was eager to exchange and discuss the latest results...
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  • Honour for young B-SMART researcher

    Hannah Walgrave, PhD student from VIB-KU Leuven, has received the Ernest Solvay Prize 2022 from the Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation for her work in B-SMART on the role of adult neurogenesis in Alzheimer’s disease. She received the award by Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium at the Palace on April 28th 2022. You can read more about...
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  • B-SMART in the home stretch of the project

    Between 24 and 25 January 2022, the B-SMART consortium gathered for another virtual progress meeting. Representatives from all partners were present as well as the EC Officer. A major point of discussion was the steps that need to be taken in the upcoming months to bring B-SMART to a successful close. Partners defined the final project goals and...
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  • Recognition for B-SMART researcher

    María José Alonso, Professor of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), has received the prestigious ‘Juan de la Cierva’ award 2021. The Juan de la Cierva National Research Prize is a technology transfer prize awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. It is...
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  • B-SMART still strong in the ETPN Executive Board

    Raymond Schiffelers, Coordinator of B-SMART and Professor of Nanomedicine at UMC Utrecht, has been elected as new chairman of the ETP Nanomedicine Executive Board. With his term he continues the strong representation of the B-SMART consortium in this platform: he is following the leadership of Ruth Schmid, former chair for the 2019-2021 period and...
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  • Laying the foundation for the last year

    Once more the B-SMART consortium gathered online for their 9th Progress Meeting which was followed on the day after by another Review Meeting, the third now during the project lifetime. The meeting took place on June 15-16, 2021. On the first meeting day, the consortium discussed the progress of the last months internally and presented the work...
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  • Young Scientists in the Spotlight: B-SMART Releases Interview Clips

    B-SMART has released short interview clips with young scientists from their consortium. Illustrating the project’s innovative approach and raising awareness for the importance of nanomedicine in treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, the clips also highlight the personal contribution of the junior researchers and their...
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