Projects

Cost Action

CA21164 – Towards an improvement in diagnostics and treatment strategies for TB control (ADVANCE-TB)

Funded by European Cooperation in Science and Technology

https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21164/

Start date: 29 September 2022
End date: 28 September 2026

The ADVANCE-TB is a research network that offers opportunities for collaboration between clinicians, academic researchers from interdisciplinary backgrounds, industry and non-governmental organizations to achieve breakthroughs difficult to obtain by individual partners, allowing a better understanding of the underlying host-pathogen mechanisms, enabling the transfer of basic science into innovative applications and allowing product development and clinical validation. The Action focuses on 1) Developing best clinical practices and experimental standardization protocols, including harmonized biobanking procedures; 2) Stimulating the development and optimization of products for diagnostic and therapy/monitoring; 3) Disseminate knowledge and allow capacity-building through different types of workshops, training schools and short-term scientific missions, prioritizing early career investigators.