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Current
Principal Investigator European Research Council Consolidator Grant (ERC-CoG): Immuno-Predictor: Mechanical Biomarkers for Cancer Immunotherapy Prediction. April 2020 - March 2025 , €2,000,000
Horizon 2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship Global (MSCA-IF-GF-2020-101028945 CancerCOtreat): Optimizing treatment of cancer patients infected with COVID-19 and other preconditions using mathematical modelling. May 2021 – April 2024; €256,236.
Horizon Europe, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, (MSCA-2021-PF-101065325, DL- ElastoMark), "A deep learning-derived, shear wave elastography biomarker for cancer therapy prediction". September 2022 - August 2024. €148,488. European Research Council, Proof of Concept grant (ERC-2022-PoC1-101069207, DL-MechanoPredictor), “Deep learning derived mechanical biomarkers for cancer therapy prediction”, September 2022 - March 2024. €150,000. European Research Council, Proof of Concept grant (ERC-2022-PoC2), LiveBioThx), “Live biotherapeutics to potentiate cancer immunotherapy”, March 2023 – August 2024. €150,000.
Partner
National Institutes of Health (1 R01 EB032655-01A1): "A novel paradigm of sensitization of the tumor microenvironment with image-guided ultrasound cavitation and mechanotherapeutics for targeted HCC treatment", University of Cyprus budget: $121,000. PI: Professor Mike Averkiou, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington in Seattle. September 2022-August 2026. Horizon 2020, European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (H2020-JTI-EuroHPC-2019-1, No 956201), Title: “DComEX: Data Driven Computational Mechanics at EXascale”, UCY budget: April 2021-March 2024. €250,000. Cyprus Cancer Research Institute, “Enhancing adoptive T-cell therapy via T cell co-stimulation”, November 2021-October 2024. €200,000. Research and Innovation Foundation of Cyprus, “MechanoLung: Nanomechanical FingerPrints of Pulmonary Fibrosis”, May 2022-April 2024. €249,757.
Past
Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus, (POST-DOC/0718/0084): Optimizing immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer by normalizing the tumor microenvironment. (ImmunoTNBC-TME) December 2019 - November 2022 €159,924
Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus, New Strategic Infrastructure Units – Young Scientists, (CancerNanoMED): Center for Preclinical Evaluation and Optimization of Cancer Nanomedicines. December 2018 - November 2022 €995,812 Horizon 2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (WF-01-2018-867455 Widening Fellowships, ImmunoMECH): High-performance biomechanical model of combined immunotherapy and antiangiogenic cancer treatment. June 2019 - May 2021; €145,941. European Research Council Starting Grant (ERC-2013-StG-336839 ReEngineeringCancer): Re-engineering the tumor microenvironment to alleviate mechanical stresses and improve chemotherapy. January 2014 - December 2018; €1,440,360 European Research Council Proof of Concept (ERC-2018-PoC-838414 CancerFingerPrints): Identification of nano-mechanical fingerprints as a biomarker for cancer treatment prognosis. May 2019 - November 2020 €150 000 Marie-Curie International Reintegration Grant (PIRG08-GA-2010-276894 Cancer Nanomedicine): Optimizing the delivery of nanomedicine to solid tumors. August 2011- July 2015; €100,000. (www.eng.ucy.ac.cy/cancernano) Horizon 2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017-793569 NanoFEITH): Nanoparticles for Fluorescence-Enhanced Imaging and Therapy of Breast Cancer. June 2018 – May 2020; €151 649 Horizon 2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF-2014-657139 STROMAMECH): Targeting stromal cells to modify tumor mechanical microenvironment and optimize drug delivery. May 2015 - April 2017; €151,649. Horizon 2020 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF-2014-658769 MYO-DESMOPLASIA): Modulating the behaviour of cancer myofibroblasts to control tumour desmoplasia. June 2015 - May 2017; €163,649. University of Cyprus Advanced Post-doctoral Research Fellowship “NanoMechanical FingerPrints of Pancreatic Cancer” (PACA-FingerPrints), January 2019 – December 2020, Funding: €74 000 Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus "Young Investigator Award". June 2015 - May 2017; €35,000. University of Cyprus "Start-up Grant". 2011 - 2012; €85,000. University of Cyprus "New Researchers" Grant to support graduate studies of a PhD candidate. July 2013 - July 2014; €12,000. |
