The Vice-President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Corr. Memb. Evdokiya Pasheva, and the Scientific Secretary of the “Biomedicine and Quality of Life” division, Corr. Memb. Nina Atanasova, met with Dorthe Nickel, member of the management of Institut Curie, Paris, an International Relations Officer.

The meeting was held at BAS in connection with the establishment of BioMedRTC – Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Research and Technology.

The Institut Curie is a world-renowned research institute founded in 1909 by Marie and Pierre Curie. The Institute is a leader in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine. The Curie Institute is a leading European centre for breast cancer treatment and one of the most prestigious in France devoted to research on the cellular mechanisms of malignant diseases.

BioMedRTC is a joint project of the “Roumen Tsanev” Institute of Molecular Biology of BAS, the Curie Institute and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG) in Dresden. The project has been approved in the first stage by the European Commission under the “Teaming for Excellence” programme.

The aim of the BioMedRTC project is to establish a Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Research and Technology to contribute to improving health and quality of life in Bulgaria and Europe. BioMedRTC will use state-of-the-art approaches from molecular and cell biology as well as approaches from mathematical and physical sciences to conduct research that should improve the ways of diagnosing and treating rare diseases and cancer. The centre will be located in Sofia and will include laboratories, research and training infrastructure, and a technology centre.

During the meeting, Ms. Nickel expressed the support of the Curie Institute for the construction of BioMedRTC. She pointed out that the Curie Institute is ready to share its experience and expertise with the Bulgarian scientists.

Corr.-Memb. Pasheva and Corr. Memb. Atanasova thanked Dr. Nikel for the support and expressed their confidence that the joint efforts of the three institutes will lead to the winning of the project and the establishment of a successful biomedical research and technology center.

More information about the Biomedical Research and Technology Centre can be found HERE