iDAIpps: Indwelling device associated infections: pathology and preventive solutions.

The general aim of  iDAIpps is to setup a multi-disciplinary training programme for early-stage researchers dedicated to (i) increase the knowledge on infections associated with indwelling medical devices, such as catheters and artificial heart drivelines that share similar routes of infection and material characteristics, and (ii) develop new preventive material strategies to reduce their incidence. The proposed multidisciplinary consortium consists of 6-7 academic research centres and 1-2 companies, and unites experts in clinical, engineering, polymer-chemistry, microbiology, and immunology domains as well as imaging and diagnostic expertise. The students will have the opportunity to work both in the collaborating companies and in academia,