Objectives
TRACT will provide ESRs with exposure to a collaborative network of European academic and industrial experts working in the complementary domains of: cancer metabolism, metabolomics, high-resolution imaging, bioinformatics, biomarker identification, computational modelling, medicinal chemistry, target validation, drug development, nanotechnology and translational medicine. Although there are many researchers working on OOC in the relevant areas listed above, there is a lack of integration between domains; through a programme of integrative training and research, TRACT will bring together relevant domains to deliver better diagnostics and therapeutics for OOC with the overall aim of improving patient response and survival.
TRACT will deliver a cohort of internationally mobile cancer researchers with interdisciplinary skills who will have enhanced career prospects and be in a position to have an impact on the European and global research stage by providing new technologies that can drive entrepreneurship into the European economy and improved diagnostics and treatment options for cancer patients in Europe and beyond.
The overall aim of the research programme is to integrate basic and applied research in three related themes in order to deliver new diagnostic & prognostic tools and therapeutic approaches for patients with OOC.
During the project, TRACT ESRs will undertake novel research to:
- Determine novel biomarkers at the protein, glycan and molecular level to enable early detection of OOC and to predict patient response to therapy.
- Uncover the molecular basis of drug resistance in OOC leading to the identification of new drug targets and the development of novel cancer therapeutics.
- Enhance knowledge of metabolic transformation in OOC leading to the identification of novel targets for therapeutic intervention.
