The project aims to implement a specialized centre for the automated production of recombinant proteins useful for basic and applied research in oncology, taking advantage from the scientific skills that are present on the local territory.

The planned activities are:

• set up the robotized platform to clone and purify proteins
• produce and derivatize proteins of therapeutic relevance as antibodies, biomarkers and cancer drug's target;
• study proteins that are involved in the control of cellular proliferation processes (autophagic mechanisms and DNA replication);
• educate scientific personnel specialized in basic and applied research.

The expected results are:

• joint infrastructure for production of recombinant proteins;
• innovative tools for oncologic diagnostics;
• network of interdisciplinary skills for education;
• improvement of scientific tourism.

On the long term, the center will be able to offer an innovative service, highly technological and of broad profile, opened to the needs of institutions and industrial entities of the Program-Area that use proteins for research and development in biomedicine, pharmaceutics, agro-food and environmental, increasing productivity and competitiveness.

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