12 multinational research consortia are funded under the umbrella of the NEURON JTC 2020 "Sensory Disorders". In total, 48 research groups from 12 European countries, Canada and Israel collaborate in these projects. The total funding volume of the call amounts to about 9.6 M€.
Projects and partners are shown below by alphabetical order. Please click on “summary” to download a brief project overview. See also our newsletter on the JTC 2020.
Acronym |
Title |
Coordinator (in bold) and Partners |
AI D |
Artificial Intelligence for Diagnosing Retinal Diseases
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Prof. Jan Kremers, Germany Prof. Rigmor Baraas, Norway Prof. Audo Isabelle, France Prof. Andreas Maier, Germany
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CoSySpeech |
The Functional Role of Cochlear Synaptopathy for Speech Coding in the Brain
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Prof. Sarah Verhulst, Belgium Dr Jérôme Bourien, France Prof. Manuel S. Malmierca, Spain Prof. Marlies Knipper, Germany Prof. Deniz Baskent, The Netherlands |
DrEYE |
Treating inherited binding disease with a slow released form of the rod, derived cone viability factor protein
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Dr Thierry Léveillard, France Prof. Molly Shoichet, Canada Prof. Eckhard Wolf, Germany Prof. Robert Fluhr, Israel
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ICMI |
Ion channel modulators to treat itch
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Dr Bosmans Frank, Belgium Dr Michel De Waard, France Dr Filip Van Petegem, Canada |
IMPULSES |
Improving postural control by innovative stimulation of the proprioceptive system
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Dr Stéphane Baudry, Belgium Dr Dimitrios Patikas, Greece Dr Thomas Lapole, France
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I, See |
Improving intracortical visual prostheses using complex coding and spontaneous activation states ► summary (pdf, 35 KB)
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Dr Udo Ernst, Germany Prof. Christopher Pack, Canada PD Dr Dirk Jancke, Germany Prof. Bogdan Draganski, Switzerland Prof. Michael Herzog, Switzerland |
PreTouch
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Tactile sensory impairment of C, LTMR afferents in preterm children and interventional approaches ► summary (pdf, 79 KB)
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PhD Uta Sailer, Norway PhD Ilona Croy, Germany PhD Emmanuel Bourinet, France PhD Krisztina Lakatos, Hungary
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ReDiMoAMD |
Human organoid system based therapy discovery and development for age, related macular degeneration ► summary (pdf, 81 KB)
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Dr Mike O. Karl, Germany Dr Marius Ader, Germany PhD Deniz Dalkara, France PhD Julien Muffat, Canada PhD Nicola Zamboni, Switzerland |
Rethealthsi |
Gap junctions serve to distribute health, signals among neurons of the diseased retina ► summary (pdf, 79 KB)
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Prof. Bela Volgyi, Hungary Prof. Stanislao Rizzo, Italy Prof. Karin Dedek, Germany
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SensingASD |
Targeting Sensory Dysfunctions in Autism Spectrum Disorders ► summary (pdf, 35 KB)
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Prof. Peter Soba, Germany Prof. Froylan Calderon de Anda, Germany Prof. Claudia Bagni, Switzerland Senior Scientist Karun Singh, Canada Prof. Baiba Jansone, Latvia Stephen W. Scherer, Canada |
TRANSMECH |
The role of translational dysregulation in sensory neurons in mediating tactile hypersensitivity in neurodevelopmental disorders ► summary (pdf, 35 KB)
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Prof. Christos Gkogkas, Greece Dr Arkady Khoutorsky, Canada Prof. Gary Lewin, Germany |
VELOSO |
Vestibular Loss and Spatial Orientation ► summary (pdf, 83 KB)
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MD, PhD Desdemona FRICKER, France Prof. Jordi Llorens, Spain PhD Ivan Cohen, France PhD Jean Laurens, Germany |