Meet the Team
A consortium led by an SME with co-promoters from the North region of Portugal and an International Partner
Project Leader
SME with strong emphasis on Research & Development dedicated to regenerative medicine.
Stemmatters is focused on developing ground breaking biomaterials for tissue repair and regeneration, along with cost-effective solutions for biological and cellular therapeutics.
Ø Role: STM is the coordinator of the project, being responsible for its coordination and management as well as of several research and development activities, with emphasis to activities related to the injectable hydrogel design and testing, and exploitation plans.
Co-Promoters
INL | International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory
Ø Role: develop the plasmonic sensors that would be encapsulated within the hydrogels, by making use of advanced nanotechnology strategies. INL brings to the consortium a strong expertise in in vitro testing and micro- and nano-fabrication.
Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS)
Ø Role: insights into cancer disease, clinical needs and target biomarkers will be covered by ICVS in cooperation with 2CA-Braga and its cutting-edge medical innovation facilities. The diagnosis windows and requirements will be defined by these partners and fed into the technological partners of the consortium.
Clinic Academic Center – Braga, Association (2CA-Braga)
Ø Role: ICVS and 2CA-Braga partners will perform the in vivo testing of the sensors, which will aid for the optimisation of both the implantable biosensor as well as for the handheld diagnosis device.
International Partner
Ø Role: the partners from UTA bring strong technological innovation regarding the hardware development of portable detection instruments (i.e. handheld), as well as bioinformatics for the processing of multivariate data for SERS signalling and transduction for simple diagnosis