ANOTATION
The
consortium
"National
Center of
Biomedical
Photonics"
(NCBP) is
research
infrastructure
distributed
between
academic
institutes,
university
hospitals and
high-tech
businesses,
part of the
European
Science
Network. The
aim of the
project is to
upgrade and
develop a
state-of-the-art
world-class
research
infrastructure
to place
Bulgaria in the
field of
biomedical
photonics
research and
innovation. The
activities
foreseen in
this project
are: equipment
upgrades,
mobility
trainings at
leading
European
research
centers,
training
researchers and
representatives
from the
medical and
industrial
sectors,
expanding human
resources and
attracting new
scientific and
applied groups,
organization of
seminars and
conferences,
providing
quality
products and
training to end
users through
development of
methods and
applications of
biomedical
photonics,
incl. medical
institutions,
manufacturers
of medical
optical and
laser
equipment, as
well as
activities for
the
dissemination
of the obtained
knowledge.
NCBP
goals
concerning the
research plans
of individual
consortium
partners
include:
- Investigation
and
determination
of spectral
characteristics
of biological
tissues, in
health and
pathology,
incl. in
oncogenesis
(fluorescence
steady state
and time
spectroscopy,
absorption-transmission,
diffuse-reflective,
Raman, infrared
spectroscopy,
etc.).
Development of
discriminatory
algorithms and
tools for
initial
diagnosis and
therapeutic
monitoring of
socially
significant
diseases
- Development
of systems for
photodynamic
therapy and
theranostics,
optical
modification
and modulation
of biochemical,
functional and
morphological
properties of
biological
tissues with
therapeutic
effect
- Development
of a mobile
platform for
the generation,
validation and
analysis of
biological
models in the
fields of
bio-medicine
and biophysics,
photodynamic
medicine,
optogenetics
- Characteristics
of optically
active
materials and
biomimetic
systems
- Functionalization
of
biodegradation
polyelectrolyte
multilayer
coatings for
medical
implants and
optimization of
their
biocompatibility
for
nanomedicine
application
- Establishment
of drug
delivery
systems based
on natural
biocompatible
and
biodegradable
polyelectrolytes
for
encapsulation
and release
control.
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