Research Projects
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Coordination of European Commission (EC) Funded projects
EXPERTISSUES
Title Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Tissue Engineering of Bone and Cartilage Using Second Generation Biomimetic Scaffolds Type: Network of Excelence (NoE) Contract Number: NMP3-CT-2004-500283-2 Funding Agency EU-EC Funding Program FP6 Budget Total = €7300000,00 M 3B's = €1796861,66 M Coordination Institution: 3B’s Research Group – University of Minho (Portugal) Principal Coordinator: Rui L. Reis Number of Partners: 20 Duration Start Date:2004-10-01 End Date:2009-09-30 URL: http://www.expertissues.eu FoReCaST
Title Forefront Research in 3D Disease Cancer Models as in vitro Screening Technologies Type: Horizon 2020 Contract Number: 668983-FoReCaST Reference: n.a. Funding Agency EU-EC Funding Program Horizon 2020 Budget Total = €2499755 M 3B's = €2499755 M Coordination Institution: UMinho Principal Investigator: Rui L. Reis 3B's Coordinator: Rui L. Reis Number of Partners: 7 Duration Start Date:2015-07-01 End Date:2020-12-31 URL: http://forecast.3bs.pt/ publications list CapBed
Title Engineered Capillary Beds for Successful Prevascularization of Tissue Engineering Constructs Type: ERC Contract Number: 805411 Reference: CapBed Funding Agency EU-EC Funding Program ERC Budget Total = €1.5 M 3B's = €1.5 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-11-01 End Date:2023-10-31 PATCHED
Title PATCHED - Microfabricated hydrogel-based complex patch with time dependent controlled multiple-release of biomolecules for improved healing of skin wounds Type: ERC Contract Number: 862595 Reference: 862595 Funding Agency EU-EC Funding Program ERC Budget Total = €15000 M 3B's = €150000 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2020-01-01 End Date:2021-06-30 Achilles
Title OVERCOMING SPECIFIC WEAKENESSES IN TENDON BIOLOGY TO DESGIN ADVANCED REGENERATIVE THERAPI Type: Horizon 2020 Contract Number: 810850 Reference: 810850 Funding Agency EU-EC Funding Program Horizon 2020 Budget Total = €1000000 M 3B's = €500000 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-10-01 End Date:2021-09-30 publications list MagTendon
Title Magnetic tissue engineering approaches for tendon regeneration Type: ERC Contract Number: 772817 Reference: 772817 Funding Agency EU-EC Funding Program Horizon 2020 Budget Total = €2 M 3B's = €2 M Coordination Institution: University of Minho Principal Investigator: Manuela Gomes 3B's Coordinator: Manuela Gomes Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-05-01 End Date:2023-04-30 publications list ECM_INK
Title Cells-self Extracellular Matrices-based Bioinks to create accurate 3D diseased skin tissue models Type: ERC Contract Number: 726061 Reference: - Funding Agency EU-EC Funding Program ERC Budget Total = €1998939 M 3B's = €1998939 M Coordination Institution: University of Minho Principal Investigator: Alexandra Marques 3B's Coordinator: Alexandra Marques Number of Partners: 1 Duration Start Date:2017-05-01 End Date:2022-04-30 publications list -
Participation in European Commission (EC) Funded projects
SponGES
Title Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic Type: Horizon 2020 Contract Number: 679849 Reference: SEP 679849-2 Funding Agency EU-EC Funding Program Horizon 2020 Budget Total = €9.994 M 3B's = €0.375 M Coordination Institution: University of Bergen, Norway Principal Investigator: Hans Tore Rapp 3B's Coordinator: Rui L. Reis Number of Partners: 15 Duration Start Date:2016-03-01 End Date:2020-12-31 URL: http://www.deepseasponges.org/ publications list REMIX
Title REGENERATIVE MEDICINE INNOVATION CROSSING Type: Marie Curie-RISE Contract Number: MSCA-RISE 778078 Reference: MSCA-RISE 778078 Funding Agency EU-EC Funding Program Horizon 2020 Budget Total = €670 M 3B's = €180 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2017-11-01 End Date:2021-10-31 URL: http://www.remix-term.eu publications list BAMOS
Title Biomaterials and Additive Manufacturing: Osteochondral Scaffold innovation applied to osteoarthritis Type: Marie Curie Actions (MCA) - People Contract Number: 20912 Reference: H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016-734156 Funding Agency EU-EC Funding Program Horizon 2020 Budget Total = €639000 M 3B's = €166500 M Coordination Institution: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) Principal Investigator: Mario Verona 3B's Coordinator: Rui Reis Number of Partners: 7 Duration Start Date:2017-01-01 End Date:2021-07-31 URL: http://www.risebamos.eu/index.php publications list -
Industrial Funded Projects
Algavalor
Title MicroAlgas: produção integrada e valorização da biomassa e das suas diversas aplicações Type: Co-Promotion Projects Contract Number: NA Reference: NA Funding Agency FEDER Funding Program FEDER Budget Total = €12 M 3B's = €0.5 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2019-01-01 End Date:2021-12-31 URL: http://labs.3bs.uminho.pt/files/projects/613-algavalor.pdf 
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FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) Funded Projects
B-FABULUS
Title BioFABrication of fUnctionaLized scaffolds for patient-specific meniscUS regeneration Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/BBB-ECT/2690/2014 Reference: PTDC/BBB-ECT/2690/2014 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program PTDC Budget Total = €0.199 M 3B's = €0.199 M Coordination Institution: University of Minho Principal Investigator: 3B's Coordinator: Joana Silva-Correia Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2017-02-01 End Date:2021-07-31 publications list UIDP/50026/2020
Title ICVS/3B’s - Laboratório Associado, Instituto de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde / Grupo de Investigação em Biomateriais, Biodegradaveis e Biomiméticos Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: UIDP/50026/2020 Reference: UIDP/50026/2020 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €970000 M 3B's = €485000 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2020-01-01 End Date:2023-12-31 UIDB/50026/2020
Title ICVS/3B’s - Laboratório Associado, Instituto de Ciências da Vida e da Saúde / Grupo de Investigação em Biomateriais, Biodegradaveis e Biomiméticos Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: UIDB/50026/2020 Reference: UIDB/50026/2020 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €2333025.00 M 3B's = €1166512.50 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2020-01-01 End Date:2023-12-31 IF/00347/2015
Title Angiogenic Cell Sheets derived from the Stromal Vascular Fraction of Adipose Tissue to produce prevascularized osteogenic constructs Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: IF/00347/2015 Reference: IF/00347/2015 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program OE-PIDDAC Budget Total = €49992 M 3B's = €49992 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2017-09-01 End Date:2021-08-31 publications list SharTech
Title Shark cartilage as a blue biotechnology model for the development of new biomaterials Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: - Reference: PAS: Refª C491236112-00083384 (ID 502) Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €0.23 M 3B's = €0.23 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-12-31 Hepa(u)toScreener
Title Automated high-content screening of YAP/TAZ as intracellular mechanosensing rheostat and therapeutic target in a 3D hepatocarcinoma microspheroid model for pre-clinical drug development Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/BTM-ORG/31564/2017 Reference: C491239185-00083424 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €239183.12 M 3B's = €239183.12 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-12-31 SmarTendon
Title Growth Factors Sequestering Biomaterials to Engineer Living Tendon Grafts based on Molecularly Imprinted Nanoparticles Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/NAN-MAT/30595/2017 Reference: PTDC/NAN-MAT/30595/2017 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €238.80815 M 3B's = €238.80815 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-06-30 publications list StemTREAT
Title Human mensenchymal stem cells-based tissue engineering systems for Epidermolysis Bullosa treatment Type: Programa COMPETE Contract Number: PTDC/BTM-ORG/28131/2017 Reference: PTDC/BTM-ORG/28131/2017 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €239808 M 3B's = €239808 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-06-30 B-Liver
Title Bioprinting of perfusable liver implantable devices for hepatic functions recovery and drug screening Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/EMD-EMD/29139/2017 Reference: PTDC/EMD-EMD/29139/2017 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €239976 M 3B's = €239976 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-06-30 publications list Nature4Health
Title Engineered biomaterials based on coconut oil and natural polymers: New ways to develop added-value biomedical products. Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/BII-BIO/31570/2017 Reference: T496143327-00037258 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €237170 M 3B's = €237170 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-12-31 publications list Light2Skin
Title Photosensitive capsules for future pharmaceutical applications Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/CTM-CTM//29813/2017 Reference: C491217792-000611 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €238883 M 3B's = €238883 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-12-31 SofTE
Title Combining soft electronics and tissue engineering as a strategy for establishing reliable implantable biosensing Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/EMD-EMD/31590/2017 Reference: T496143817-00037299 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program FEDER/COMPETE Budget Total = €239808.10 M 3B's = €159808.12 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-06-30 publications list NanOptoNerv
Title Nano-accelerated nerve regeneration and optogenetic empowering of neuromuscular functionality Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/NAN-MAT/29936/2017 Reference: T496131321-00036522 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €239226.43 M 3B's = €239226.43 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2022-06-30 publications list Cells4_IDs
Title Cell-based therapy for the treatment of articular inflammatory diseases Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/BTM-SAL/28882/2017 Reference: C491219719-00083260 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €239183.15 M 3B's = €239183.15 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-12-31 CANCER_CAGE
Title Smart Carbohydrate Nanonets for selective anticancer therapies Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/NAN-MAT/28468/2017 Reference: T495705661-00032553 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €238558 M 3B's = €238558 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2022-06-30 publications list SeaJellyBone
Title Multifunctional hydrogels inspired by mussels that combine bioactivity with superior adhesion for bone tissue regeneration Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/BTM-MAT/28123/2017 Reference: PTDC/BTM-MAT/28123/2017 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €232308 M 3B's = €232308 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-12-31 publications list CARTI-LIKE
Title RECONSTRUCTION OF CARTILAGE NANOSTRUCTURE BY BRUSH LIKE COPOLYMERS THAT MIMIC PROTEOGLYCANS Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: 028117 Reference: C491773512-00084360 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €23918313 M 3B's = €23918313 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-06-30 publications list BREAST-IT: Boosting Research Against Solid Tumor-Immunocompetence Tackling
Title Adding another brick in the wall: immune system integration in a 3D bioengineered microtumor to investigate immune-competence mechanism in tumor microenvironment Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: 028168 Reference: 028168 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €234601.47 M 3B's = €234601.47 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-12-31 publications list FUN4TE
Title FUNctionalized biomaterials and 3D printing tools for Tissue Engineering of complex tissues Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: N/A Reference: 31367 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €0.240 M 3B's = €0.240 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-06-30 publications list 2MATCH
Title Modelling cancer Metastasis into the humAn microcirculation system using a mulTi-organ-on-a-CHip approach Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: 02/SAICT/2017 - 028070 Reference: C491773558-00084366 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €0.23984143 M 3B's = €0.23984143 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-06-30 publications list MagTT
Title Magnetic Tissue Engineering approaches for Tendon Regeneration Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: 029930 Reference: 029930 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €240000 M 3B's = €240000 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-06-30 publications list ChimericFibre4Tendon
Title Advanced bio-inspired drug-free materials for tendon-ligament repair Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/BII-BIO/28870/2017 Reference: C491238930-00083408 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €239808 M 3B's = €2398080 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2022-06-30 CardioHeal
Title Self-Healing Hydrogels with Extracellular Matrix Analogues for Cardiac Tissue Engineering Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/BTM-MAT/28327/2017 Reference: C491217792-00083238 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €234808 M 3B's = €234808 M Coordination Institution: Principal Investigator: Iva Pashkuleva 3B's Coordinator: Iva Pashkuleva Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-12-31 publications list INCIPIT
Title INtegrated Conductive and biomimetic polymeric Interfaces able to serve as micro-nanostructured Patches for myocardIal regeneraTion Type: ERA-Net Contract Number: M-ERA-NET2/0001/2016 Reference: M-ERA-NET2/0001/2016 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program ERA-Net Budget Total = €136896 M 3B's = €136896 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2017-09-01 End Date:2021-08-31 publications list -
Previously EC Funded Projects
ValorMar
Title Valorização Integral dos recursos marinhos: potencial, inovação tecnológica e novas aplicações Type: Co-Promotion Projects Contract Number: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024517 Reference: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-024517 Funding Agency ANI (Agência Nacional de Inovação) Funding Program European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Budget Total = €8.043 M 3B's = €0.215 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2017-10-01 End Date:2021-03-31 URL: http://valormar.pt/ -
Other
2iqbioneuro
Title Impulso de una red de I+i en química biológica para diagnóstico y tratamiento de enfermedades neurológicas Type: POCTEP Contract Number: 0624_2IQBIONEURO_6_E Reference: 0624_2IQBIONEURO_6_E (POCTEP Interreg) Funding Agency FEDER Funding Program POCTEP Budget Total = €1560185.5 M 3B's = €74570.15 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2019-05-23 End Date:2021-11-22 InjectTE
Title Injectable biomaterials for dental tissue engineering Type: Research Council of Norway Contract Number: 287953 Reference: 287953 Funding Agency Research Council of Norway Funding Program Research Council of Norway Budget Total = €900000 M 3B's = €290000 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2019-04-01 End Date:2022-03-31 Nanoplant
Title Nanopatterned dental implants to enhance soft tissue integration and reduce bacterial colonization Type: N/D Contract Number: 1306_2018 Reference: 1306_2018 Funding Agency ITI-International Team for Implantology Funding Program ITI-International Team for Implantology Budget Total = €0.03 M 3B's = €0.03 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-09-01 End Date:2020-10-31 Harvey Research Prize 2017
Title IET Harvey Research Prize 2017 Type: N/D Contract Number: Harvey A_2017 Reference: Harvey Award 2017 Funding Agency IET Institution of Engineering and TEchnology Funding Program Health Budget Total = €350000 M 3B's = €350000 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-01-01 End Date:2022-12-31 BlueHuman
Title BLUE biotechnology as a road for innovation on HUMAN’s health aiming smart growth in Atlantic Area Type: Atlantic Area Transnational Programme Contract Number: EAPA_151/2016 Reference: EAPA_151/2016 Funding Agency FEDER Funding Program Atlantic Area Transnational Programme Budget Total = €2.524 M 3B's = €0.4 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-01-01 End Date:2021-06-30 URL: http://bluehuman.cetmar.org/ publications list BiogenInk
Title Biogenic Inks combining marine collagen and ionic-doped calcium phosphates for bone tissue engineering Type: ERA-Net Contract Number: N/A Reference: M-ERA-NET2/0022/2016 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program ERA-Net Budget Total = €0.75 M 3B's = €0.2 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2017-09-01 End Date:2021-08-31 publications list Dressing4scars
Title New 4D printing dressing to treat skin scars Type: ERA-Net Contract Number: -- Reference: ERA-NET / CSA / JPI/M-ERANET Funding Agency FCT Funding Program ERA-Net Budget Total = €530081 M 3B's = €199992 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2017-09-01 End Date:2020-08-31 URL: http://dressing4scars.3bs.pt publications list KrEaTive Habitat
Title Transferência e divulgação da pesquisa aplicada relacionada com as Tecnologias Facilitadoras Essenciais (KETs) para a indústria de materiais do Habitat para promover novas aplicações dentro das indústrias criativas no espaço Sudoe Type: INTERREG V SUDOE Contract Number: SOE1/P1/E0307 Reference: SOE1/P1/E0307 Funding Agency FEDER Funding Program INTERREG V SUDOE Budget Total = €1191227,77 M 3B's = €131962 M Coordination Institution: Fundación Centro Tecnológico de Componentes Principal Investigator: Antonio Segura Pérez 3B's Coordinator: Rui L. Reis Number of Partners: 7 Duration Start Date:2017-02-22 End Date:2020-02-21 URL: http://www.kreativehabitat.eu/ publications list -
Portugal2020
DIVINO
Title Desenvolvimento de uma rolha Inovadora com cortiça para o setor do VINhO Type: Co-Promotion Projects Contract Number: 039709 Reference: POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039709 Funding Agency ANI (Agência Nacional de Inovação) Funding Program FEDER Budget Total = €623578.37 M 3B's = €218184.31 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2019-10-01 End Date:2022-12-31 URL: https://labs.3bs.uminho.pt/public.php?file=4fc2cf33e3f2cd912dc80bbea3600804 
KOAT
Title Kefiran exopolysaccharide: Promising biopolymer for use in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/BTMMAT/29760/2017 Reference: PTDC/BTMMAT/29760/2017 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €239226 M 3B's = €239226 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-12-31 publications list BGcoat4Bone
Title Bioactive coatings containing new BioGlass nanoparticles for orthopedic applications Type: FCT R&D Project Contract Number: PTDC/NAN-MAT/31036/2017 Reference: C491773519-00084361 Funding Agency FCT Funding Program Compete2020 Budget Total = €232.308 M 3B's = €232.308 M Coordination Institution: Principal Coordinator: Number of Partners: Duration Start Date:2018-07-01 End Date:2021-12-31 CVMar+i
Title Inovação industrial através de colaborações específicas entre empresas e centros de investigação no contexto de valorização biotecnológica marinha Type: POCTEP Contract Number: 0302_CVMAR_I_1_P Reference: 0302_CVMAR_I_1_P Funding Agency CCDR-N Funding Program POCTEP Budget Total = €2132000 M 3B's = €420000 M Coordination Institution: University of Minho Principal Investigator: Rui L. Reis 3B's Coordinator: Rui L. Reis Number of Partners: 19 Duration Start Date:2017-07-01 End Date:2020-12-31 URL: http://cvmari.cetmar.org/ publications list
