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Project Details
- UNICAM Projects Supervisor:
Prof. Giandiego Campetella - School of Biosciences (email: diego.campetella@unicam.it) for MTECH
Prof. Stefania Pucciarelli - School of Biosciences (email: stefania.pucciarelli@unicam.it) for UC
- Partners Projects Supervisors:
Dr. Angela Lueking (email: grants@mtech.edu) for MTECH
Prof. Pier Paolo Scaglioni - (email: scaglipr@ucmail.uc.edu) for UC
- UNICAM Academic Coordinator:
Prof. Emanuele Tondi - Rector's Delegate for Internationalization (email: emanuele.tondi@unicam.it)
Prof. Luciano Barboni - Rector's Delegate for Extra-EU Countries Programs (email: luciano.barboni@unicam.it)
- UNICAM Administrative Coordinator:
Dr. Sara Rossini - IRO (email: sara.rossini@unicam.it)
Totale Grant Awarded: € 47.580,00
Introduction
The Montana Technological University (MTU) specializes in science, technology, engineering, math, and healthcare disciplines and has been repeatedly recognized among the top universities in America. MTU offers certificate programs, associate, bachelor, master and PhD degrees (in Materials and Earth Science). All degree offerings derive a particular emphasis from the unique setting and continued tradition of high quality that has characterized the university since its founding. The proposed project provides an excellent opportunity for both the UNICAM and MTU to place their scientific excellence into a broader context through a transcontinental collaboration in conservation and ecological restoration.
The University of Cincinnati (UC) is dedicated to undergraduate, graduate, and professional education, experience-based learning, and research. Teaching and research activities encompass science, medicine, business, education, engineering, technology, the humanities, and the arts. Specific and cross-disciplinary areas of focus include analytics, digital media, precision cancer medicine, water, and urban futures. The National Science Foundation places UC in the top 40 among America's public research universities. UC serves a diverse community of 46,710 students inside and outside the US, hosting 7.8% of international students.UC endorses Ohio Centers of Excellence dedicated to advanced energy and sustaining the urban environment; transforming healthcare in the 21st century; intelligent air and space vehicle energy systems; nanoscale sensor technology; design and innovation; and music and theater arts. The project involves: the School of Bioscience and Veterinary Medicine of UNICAM, the Biological Sciences Department of MTU, and the College of Medicine in UC.
Reports and Pictures
- Outgoing staff mobility for Training, prof. Stefania Pucciarelli, from UNICAM to UC
During the second semester of the a.y. 2022/23, Prof. Stefania Pucciarelli went to the University of Cincinnaty for about 2 months. The mobility was under the Erasmus+ programme and a period of time was "zero-grant". Prof. Pucciarelli aimed at building an international team engaged in the global challenge of One Health, particularly devoted to designing novel patient-centric, multi-targeted anticancer therapies. The major field of intervention of the partnership stands on exploring innovative molecular pathways to identify new targets of anti-tumor therapies. This experience strongly impacts the quality and on innovation drift of the research groups involved, which benefits from the international framework in which everybody has the opportunity to give their contribution.
Have a look to the report and the PowerPoint files!
- Incoming staff mobility for Teaching, prof. Robert Pal, from MTECH to UNICAM
During the first semester of the a.y. 2023/24, Prof. Robert Pal came to the University of Camerino for one month. The mobility was under the Erasmus+ programme and a period of time was "zero-grant". The main subject field of his lessons and seminars were: ecological restoration and global perspectives on plant invasion. During the mobility there was the possibility to develop a new research proposal. This experience showed that the fusion between UNICAM's long history in forest management and MTU's strong background in restoration ecology provides all participants with the opportunity to develop a more comprehensive scientific knowledge than would be possible to achieve at any single university.
Have a look to the report and seminars' Powerpoint!
Have a look to what MTECH writes about it!
- Incoming staff mobility for Teaching and Training, Dr. Caterina Bartolacci, from UC to UNICAM
During the first semester of the a.y. 2023/24, Dr Caterina Bartolacci went to UNICAM to carry out a mobility for both Teaching and Training. She was involved in teaching activities and one seminar was organized and held by her, named "Cancer as a matter of FAT: emerging roles of lipids in Ferroptosis and cancer cell death". The mobility was also aimed at continuing the already well-established collaboration between the group of studies of both Institutions. Finally, meetings with PIs at UNICAM, especially from the chemistry department, were arranged to start new potential collaborations, to develop new methods, to exchange best practices and to complement each other resources for the achieving of results that the Institutions wouldn't be able to get alone.
- Outgoing student mobility for study, from UNICAM to UC
The PhD student, Nicola Sargentoni, successfully partecipated in a short-term doctoral mobility in September 2024. The mobility allowed him to work on a highly specialized project involving lung cancer research and see for himself how the gold compunds, synthesized at UNICAM, are then applied as anti-cancer drugs. It was an unforgettable and formative experience for many reasons.
Have a look to his report and get to know about his experience!
- Outgoing student mobility for study, from UNICAM to MTECH
The PhD student, Zhu Zhengxue, went to the Montana Technlogical University for a 3-months student mobility for study from July 2024 till September 2024. During the exchange program, he primarily conducted research on understory plant diversity along the post-fire succession gradient at the Yellowstone National Park. Under the guidance of Professor Robert Pal, he also had the possibility to participate in field visits to several local ecological restoation sites and he delivered two seminars.
Have a look to his report and some pictures!