| Start: | Mar 16, 2022 - 12:00 pm |
| End: | Mar 1, 2022 - 2:30 pm |
| Venue: | Online event |
| Event website: | https://evonanoproject.eventbrite.co.uk |
Dear colleagues, we would like to invite you to the upcoming online workshop on “AI-driven cancer nanotherapies: from computation to clinic organized by the H2020“ organized by the Evo Nano project, funded by Horizon 2020. This project uses evolutionary artificial intelligence to help design and test nanoparticles as carriers for drug delivery to treat cancerous tumours.
How to attend?
Free registration is accessible by clicking here.
Program
- 11am-12.15pm
- Project introduction
- The EVONANO platform
- Tumour-on-a-chip
- Nanoparticle design
- Challenges treating cancer stem cells
- Future perspective
- Break 12:15-12.30pm
- 12.30-1.30pm
- Facilitated discussion for those that work in research- particularly in industry
- What potential do you see for you in digital twins for nanomedicine? What are the challenges you face?
- What potential do you see for you, in the full Evonano tool suite? What potential do you see in using these tools for personalisation?
- Could this facilitate the route to market? What would make a good collaboration? Can we make it easy for you to use these tools?
- Full programme to follow
This session is for anyone who wants to hear about the project, but especially:
- Those working in industry (nanomedicine/nanotechnology, AI, oncology, biotech, pharmaceutical, drug delivery)
- Clinicians
- Academic researchers
- Policy-makers & regulatory bodies
- General public interested in hearing more about the project
About EvoNano
Goal
EVO-NANO will create an integrated platform for the artificial evolution and validation of novel strategies for treatment of cancer using nanoparticles (NPs). We expect our proposed framework to provide a full pipeline for the development of effective NP-based therapies that are safe, have optimal bio-distribution and delivery characteristics and can be personalised to specific patients and health risks.
Scenario
We focus on designing nanoparticle-based strategies that specifically target cancer stem cells (CSC) of breast and colon origin, with the aim of improved NP bio-distribution, tumour penetration and cellular uptake in target tissues.
Approach
EVO-NANO is organised around two main research hubs: in silico computational modelling (PFNS, UB, UWE and AAU) and in vitro and in vivo experimental work (IMDEA, VHIR and PCS). Partners with cross-disciplinary expertise collaborate across hubs to evolve, produce, and validate novel nanoparticle designs.
EVO-NANO uses the most recent advances in evolutionary algorithms to explore a wide range of nanoparticle designs, considering the effect of different shapes, sizes, coatings and charges on their ability to reach and penetrate tumours. Our algorithms, jointly developed by PFNS, UB and UWE, require many simulations with many millions of individual nanoparticles and cells to explore the huge design space and find the optimal nanoparticle design. To achieve this, we use the expertise in high performance computing at AAU . Based on results from simulation, PCS will develop customised functional NPs using their interdisciplinary expertise in the fields of chemistry, nanotechnology, and biotechnology. Validation of the evolved anti-cancer nanoparticles will be done both in vitro thanks to IMDEA’s tumour-on-a-chip micro-fluidic system mimicing major physiological barriers for NP tumour delivery (NP transport and extravasation, tissue penetration and selective cellular uptake), and VHIR’s expertise in targeted drug delivery in vivo towards preclinical translation.
You can find out more about the project, including the latest results on our website https://evonano.eu.