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We are proud to announce that our partner University of Patras is one of the 3 Finalist of the Innovation Radar Prize 2019 in the category “Tech for society” with their work whithin the frames of OActive Project. This prize category aims to recognise new technologies impacting society and citizens, developed in EU-funded research and innovation projects.
The Innovation Radar (IR) is a European Commission initiative to identify high potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and innovation projects. The best EU-funded innovators have been identified to compete with their EU-funded innovation for the Innovation Radar Prize 2019.
AXIA and the OActive project were at the EuroNanoForum 2019, during 12-14 June 2019, ENF19 is Europe’s largest networking conference focusing on nanotechnologies and advanced materials science, innovation and business. It is an event open to the scientific community, as well as to representatives from industry, research and innovation, and policy maker, which offers excellent opportunities to debate on cutting edge research and successful industrial implementations in the field.
OActive project was present at the 12th Panhellenic Scientific Conference in Chemical Engineering (12 PESCHM), that took place on 29-30 May 2019, in Athens, Greece. A poster presentation from AXIA Innovation was given regarding Data Management Plan, while also flyers were distributed during the poster sessions and the sessions regarding “Biochemical Engineering – Biotechnology – Biomedical Engineering”.
On 15 May 2019, OActive partners participated in the review meeting of the project that took place in Luxembourg. The meeting was held in order to assess the first 18 months of the project and discuss feedback on the activities carried out during this period. During the meeting, the project WP leaders presented their achievements to the Project officer and the reviewers, who provided useful comments on the progress of the project. For more information check our press release: https://www.oactive.eu/downloads/public-deliverables/
University of Nicosia, the coordinator of OActive project is organising a one day Workshop on Osteoarthritis dedicated to the description of the European Research Program OActive and will serve as a recruitment day for early stage patients and persons with high risk to present OA. The workshop will be hosted by Apollonion Private Hospital of Nicosia, on Saturday 16th of March. Future treatments and methods of diagnosis will be analysed, while the workshop agenda includes topics related to: 1. “Osteoarthritis: What is it and how it is treated?”, 2. “OActive Research Program: Benefits of Program Participation” and 3.”Walking Analysis – How it Can Help You”.
HULAFE, one of the partners of the OActive consortium will participate at the XXVIII congress of SVMEFR, which will take place on 1-2 March 2019, in Benidorm, Spain. SVMEFR is the annual Congress of Physicians Specialists in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of the Valencian Community. It is a national conference organised by the Rehabilitation Services of the Department of Health of Marina Baixa and the Valencian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. The event attracts high level scientists and the focus will be given to the topics of “Nervous Therapeutic Blocks” and “Brain damage”.
For more info visit: http://congresosvmefr.es/
Two open access publications deriving from the results of the OActive EU projects are now available (January 2019). In particular, University of Patras has published the work “Stiffness Modulation of Redundant Musculoskeletal Systems ” at the Journal of Biomechanics and “Modeling musculoskeletal kinematic and dynamic redundancy using null space projection” at PLoS ONE. (see also our website’s publications section for the full articles: visit link)
OActive is looking for volunteers in the following groups: 1. Healthy individuals in high risk of developing OA (HULAFE, Spain), 2. Post-traumatic evaluation of athletes (ANIMUS, Greece), and 3. Elderly people (UNIC, Cyprus) to participate in the research activities of the project. The relevant invitations for participation are included in the download tab under the dissemination material category: https://www.oactive.eu/downloads/dissemination-material/
AXIA has attended the 26th Panhellenic Congress of Rheumatology that took place on 6-9 December 2018, in Athens, Greece. The Congress’s agenda covers the whole range of Rheumatic Diseases, including problems in daily practice of Rheumatology.
