Project data

Funding Entity: European Commission

Call: HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01

Coordinator: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften EV (Germany)

UNISI Principal Investigator: Prof. Federico Rossi

Department: Department of Physical Sciences, Earth and Environment (DSFTA)

Start date: 1 November 2024

End date: 31 October 2028

 

Description

Synthetic cells are artificially designed and constructed to mimic and understand the structure and function of biological cells. Multiple approaches are used to recreate cellular characteristics including compartmentalisation, metabolism, and responsiveness to stimuli. Synthetic cells hold great promise as tools for further insight in fundamental biological processes. With the support of the Marie Sktodowska-Curie Actions programme, the ComelnCell project will employ synthetic vesicles to study how membranes interact with biomolecular condensates: membrane-less organelles formed through liquid-liquid phase separation. Researchers will explore the role of these interactions in key cellular processes such as transport, metabolic networks, and repair.

 

Source: CORDIS

 

Project website: https://www.comeincell.org/

 

   This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under GA No: 101168939