JPND Transnational call 2011: “Neurodegenerative Diseases - a call for European research projects for the optimisation of biomarkers and harmonisation of their use between clinical centres”

The following project proposals have been suggested for funding by the Peer Review Panel based on scientific excellence and by the Call Steering Committee based on budget availability.

Proposals are presented in alphabetical order according to their acronym.

Please refer to your national funding agency for further details.

A list of the national contact representatives can be found by clicking here or through the link on the left side of this page. 

The funded projects are:  

BIOMARKAPD: Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Coordinator: Bengt Winblad, Karolinska Institutet Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Sweden

CSFQUIC: Optimisation, harmonisation and standardisation of the analysis of disease-associated prion protein in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by real-time QuIC (RT-QuIC) in the diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). Coordinator: Alison Green, University of Edinburgh/The National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit, United Kingdom

DEMTEST: Biomarker based diagnosis of rapid progressive dementias - optimisation of diagnostic protocols. Coordinator: Inga Zerr, University Medical Center Göttingen, National Reference Center for TSE

SOPHIA: Sampling and biomarker OPtimization and Harmonization In ALS and other motor neuron diseases. Coordinator: Leonard H. van den Berg; University Medical Center Utrecht; The Netherlands