HyFiDress

HyFiDress (Excellence in the Research Area of Multifunctional Hybrid Hydrogel-Fibrous Constructs for Wound Dressings) is an EU twinning project coordinated by CEZAMAT /WUT (Poland) that is aimed to improve R&I capacities in the field of novel antimicrobial strategies and electrospinning by partnering with three world-leading research and technological development performers: the University Hospital Regensburg (Germany), JUNIA (France), and biotechnology company Bioprex Medical B.V. (Netherlands). HyFiDress fulfils local needs in the excellence development required for a consolidated strategic research approach and designing a set of guidelines for the exploitation and commercialization of the results that will have a strong regional, national and European impact. The project integrates synergies in complementary fields of research that include (large-scale) electrospinning technology, dual-function peptide development and microbiology, aiming to obtain scientific breakthroughs to improve global health and economy. The partnership and network will significantly reinforce the R&I capabilities of the widening institution and impact innovation performance. HyFiDress comprises several activities: staff exchanges, expert visits, meetings, training schools and a joint exploratory project that will translate into biomedical and biotechnological outcomes. Coordinator: Ewa Kijeńska-Gawrońska (CEZAMAT/WUT). Funded by the European Union (HyFiDress, GA 101159615). Views and opinions expressed are, however, those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.