Acronym
RNA-MAGIC
Code
01G00819
Duration
01 January 2019 → 31 December 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor-spokesperson
Research disciplines
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Medical and health sciences
- Respiratory medicine
Keywords
Asthma
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
RNA-biomarkers
RNA-therapeutics
airway epithelial cells
Project description
Through multidisciplinary collaboration within this interfaculty RNA-MAGIC consortium, we will discover novel prognostic and theragnostic RNA-based biomarkers in asthma and COPD. By combining transcriptional profiling of airway epithelial cells with CRISPR-interference and drug repurposing investigations, the consortium will identify novel therapeutic targets in asthma and COPD, validate these in vivo using translational approaches, and optimize RNA-based drug delivery via inhalation.