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A COLOTAN week in Parma, Italy! The 4th COLOTAN Network-wide event was held in Parma, Italy during the week of 23rd January, 2023. During the first two days, the 13 Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs) followed several dedicated trainings. Sessions were provided on in vitro and in vivo models of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), and pathophysiology of IBD. To enhance their soft ...

COLOTAN 3rd Network-Wide Event was held in Leuven, Belgium, from 8th – 10th June 2022. We had the first COLOTAN event where the whole team of ESRs and supervisors met together, since the project kicked off during COVID19 measures. The first 2 days (Wednesday 8th & Thursday 9th June) were filled with dedicated training sessions (scientific and soft skills), including visits ...

The Harrison Memorial Medal is awarded every two years, in memory of the distinguished pharmaceutical chemist Colonel EF Harrison. It is presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution in advancing pharmaceutical science. Professor Basit is internationally recognised for leading in the fields of oral drug delivery, microbiome medicines, three-dimensional printing of pharmaceuticals and digital health. He has ...

1 PhD position in the EU Horizon 2020 project COLOTAN

The 2nd Event of COLOTAN-ETN took place virtually in the week of 17th January, 2022. The meeting was originally planned to take place in Athens 🏛️, but, owing to the pandemic, this was not possible. We had 5 energizing ⚡🤩 days packed with good science, innovative perspectives and productive discussions, in which the MSCA Early-Stage Researchers, the supervisors, some invited speakers and the European ...

Prof Christel Bergström was recently awarded Gunnar Källrot´s award 2021. The award is given every fourth year to acknowledge work of high scientific value within pharmaceutics and drug formulation. She received the award for her multidisciplinary research and innovative technologies, including 3D printing, for development of personalised medicines for efficient and safe treatments. We are proud to have Prof Bergström ...

Pedro Canhão Costa, COLOTAN ESR11, participating with a poster in 2 events ULLA Summer School 2021 From the 6th to the 8th of July, Pedro attended the ULLA Summer School 2021. This year the event would take place in Uppsala, Sweden, but, due to the pandemic, it turned out to be virtual. The summer school featured diversified scientific training modules and ...

EU H2020 MSCA-ETN COLOTAN virtually kicked it off…! In the week of 14thJune 2021, EU H2020 MSCA-ETN COLOTAN team members came together on Zoom from all over the world in order to kick off their promising project. COLOTAN started the Kick-off week with a team building day for the Early Stage Researchers (ESRs), followed by 2 days of enriching Research and ...

Check out presentations from the COLOTAN 1st Symposium: Colon targeting of drugs: current state of the art.