Modelarea, Proiectarea si Analiza Sistemelor Sintetice Capabile de Auto-asamblare MoDASyS

The National Institute for Research and Development for Biological Sciences in Bucharest (INCDSB) started the implementation of the project "Modeling, Designing and Analysis of Synthetic Self-assembled Systems - MoDASyS", co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through Competitiveness Operational Program 2014-2020. The total value of the project is 1,849,546.2Euro, 1,561,756.8Euro representing the co-financing of the European Regional Development Fund and 287,789.4Euro representing the co-financing of the Government of Romania, based on the contract no. 24 from 01.09.2016 signed with the National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation as an Intermediate Body on behalf of the Ministry of European Funds as Managing Authority for the Competitiveness Operational Program. The project is being implemented in Bucharest over a 48 month period. The overall scientific objective of the project is to introduce and develop DNA-based nanotechnology research in Romania and to increase the Romanian researchers' capacities and competences in this area. This objective will be achieved by carrying out research activities in the field of nanotechnology, through the participation of a researcher from abroad, with concrete results in the field, and which will lead at the scientific level the team of researchers of the INCDSB institute. The investment is designed to help transform the INCDSB into a European Center for Computational Nanotechnology for DNA, proposing also the support of 6 new researchers at the INCDSB, the publication of 20 scientific papers, and the submission of 3 project proposals for Horizon 2020 competition. The specific scientific activities developed in the project will be focused on two priority axes, namely: 1. Automating the design process of DNA structures in order to achieve nano-processing capabilities similar to the 3D printing process. 2. Develop a systematic discipline through which the structural and dynamic tools of DNA Nanotechnology are brought together to create coordinated nanosystems (using DNA material) to perform well-defined, well-defined actions. Project co-financed from the European Regional Development Fund through the Competitiveness Operational Program 2014-2020.