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Twinning on functional antimicrobial surfaces testing and evaluation for real-world performance and sustainability
University of tartu is the top research university in estonia and the baltic states. the objective of fast-real (twinning on functional antimicrobial surfaces testing and evaluation for real-world performance and sustainability) project is to strengthen university of tartu´s research excellence in the field of antimicrobial surfaces design, development and testing, to educate a community of skilled and motivated researchers in the field, increasing the academic skills, proposal preparation and management competence as well as proficiency in innovation transfer.
Fast-real project will focus on knowledge transfer around three important topics related to antimicrobial surface coatings: i) the development of visible light activated coatings, ii) their efficacy assessment in real-life like conditions and iii) ensuring that their use is not inducing antimicrobial resistance development. the advanced partners in fast-real project are chosen to fill these three important knowledge gaps and to generate respective synergy. university of oulu laboratory of dr wei cao has long-standing experiences with photocatalytic materials, including materials activated by visible light. the group of dr qunren at swiss federal laboratories for materials science and technology has a long-standing background relevant for real-life like efficacy testing of antimicrobial materials and surfaces. the group of dr. frank schreiber at bundesanstalt für materialforschung und -prüfung has focused on antimicrobial resistance evolution in response to bacterial exposure to biocidal compounds over many years.
Besides the research-orientated endeavours, the advanced partners will also provide guidance to utartu on research networking and project proposal writing, research management, innovation transfer, strengthening co-operation between different institutes within utartu, and tackling gender and diversity issues.
Funded under
Widening participation and spreading excellence
Total cost
€ 0,00
Eu contribution
€ 1 499 945,83
Coordinated by
Tartu ulikool
Estonia
Start date
1 september 2024
End date
31 august 2027
