Driving next-generation autophagy researchers towards translation (DRIVE), an international PhD training program on autophagy.
Claudine Kraft, Patricia Boya, Patrice Codogno, Zvulun Elazar, Eeva-Liisa Eskelinen, Judith Farrés, Vladimir Kirkin, Heinz Jungbluth, Ana Martinez, Ole Pless, Charlotte Primard, Tassula Proikas-Cezanne, Anne Simonsen, Fulvio Reggiori
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Claudine Kraft: a Max F. Perutz Laboratories , Vienna Biocenter, University of Vienna , Vienna , Austria.
Patricia Boya: c Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas (CSIC) , Madrid , Spain. ORCID
Patrice Codogno: d Institut Necker Enfants-Malades (INEM) , INSERM U1151-CNRS UMR 8253, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité , Paris , France. ORCID
Zvulun Elazar: e Department of Bimolecular Sciences , The Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot , Israel.
Eeva-Liisa Eskelinen: f Institute of Biomedicine , University of Turku , Turku , Finland.
Judith Farrés: h Anaxomics Biotech S.L ., Barcelona , Spain.
Vladimir Kirkin: i Cancer Research UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit , The Institute of Cancer Research , London , UK.
Heinz Jungbluth: j Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience , Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London , London , UK.
Ana Martinez: c Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas (CSIC) , Madrid , Spain. ORCID
Ole Pless: m Fraunhofer IME ScreeningPort , Hamburg , Germany. ORCID
Charlotte Primard: n Adjuvatis , Lyon , France.
Tassula Proikas-Cezanne: o Interfaculty Institute of Cell Biology , Eberhard Karls University Tübingen , Tübingen , Germany. ORCID
Anne Simonsen: p Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences and Centre for Cancer Cell Reprogramming, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Oslo , Oslo , Norway. ORCID
Fulvio Reggiori: q Department of Cell Biology , University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands.
The European autophagy consortium (DRIVE) held its kick-off meeting in Groningen on the 14 and 15 of June 2018. This Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early Training Network was approved under the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program and is funded for 4 years. Within DRIVE, 14 European research teams from academia and industry will train 15 PhD students through applied, cross-disciplinary and collaborative macroautophagy/autophagy research. The goal of DRIVE is to stimulate applied approaches in autophagy research and provide training towards translation, while advancing our knowledge on autophagy in specific physiological and pathological states. The strong focus on translation will prepare the PhD students to be at the forefront to exploit autophagy for the development of therapies directly benefitting patients. Thereby, DRIVE will contribute to filling the educational gap that currently exists between academia and industry, and will prepare its PhD students for alternative and highly flexible professional paths.
