CONNECT! NSERC CREATE Program In Soft Connective Tissue Regeneration/Therapy

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• 批准号: 465675-2015
• 负责人: Amsden, Brian
• 金额: $ 10.93万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Training Experience
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=695661
• 关键词: CONNECT; NSERC; CREATE; Program; Soft

The CONNECT Training Program will provide a unique, enriched, and multidisciplinary training opportunity to undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in the development of novel, effective treatment approaches for soft connective tissue injuries. In particular, we will be exploring new strategies to generate replacement articular cartilage for the knees and hips, anterior cruciate ligaments (ACLs), discs in the spine, and fat tissue. These strategies will be developed by a group of researchers with varied yet complementary expertise working at the interface between Engineering and the Health Sciences. The trainees will have opportunities to work within the facilities of collaborators at 4 different institutions. Each trainee will also undertake an internship with the following participating biomedical companies: CellScale, Octane Biotech, and DePuy Synthes Canada. These trainees will be highly sought after by the growing Canadian Biomedical Industry. There is a significant need within the Canadian biomedical industry for highly trained personnel with the unique skill set that will be developed through the CONNECT training program. Moreover, it is expected that the multidisciplinary environment the program provides will result in novel translatable strategies that could form the basis of new start up companies, which could potentially be initiated and led by the graduates from our program.

CONNECT 培训计划将为本科生、研究生和博士后提供独特、丰富和多学科的培训机会，开发新颖、有效的软结缔组织损伤治疗方法。特别是，我们将探索新的策略，为膝盖和臀部、前十字韧带 (ACL)、脊柱椎间盘和脂肪组织生成替代关节软骨。 这些策略将由一组研究人员制定，这些研究人员在工程和健康科学之间具有不同但互补的专业知识。学员将有机会在 4 个不同机构的合作者的设施内工作。每位学员还将在以下参与的生物医学公司实习：CellScale、Octane Biotech 和 DePuy Synthes Canada。这些学员将受到不断发展的加拿大生物医学行业的高度追捧。加拿大生物医学行业非常需要训练有素的人员，他们拥有通过 CONNECT 培训计划培养的独特技能。此外，预计该项目提供的多学科环境将产生新颖的可转化策略，这些策略可以构成新初创公司的基础，这些公司可能由我们项目的毕业生发起和领导。