Preannouncement: Call for research projects on Charcot disease/ALS
Ends on 30 September 2025
The aim of the call for research projects is to bring together scientists to establish a collaboration on a common interdisciplinary patient-centered research project. Projects should be based on complementary expertise. To improve therapeutic approaches, the research project may focus on one of the following fields of research:
- Identification of any visible precursor signs before the onset of motor symptoms and/or environmental, social and behavioural factors that contribute to the disease’s development;
- Investigation of the causes of the disease and understanding of its pathophysiological mechanisms. Identification of the molecular and cellular determinants involved as well as new genes and their mutations;
- Identification and characterisation of biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis, enabling earlier disease detection and the discovery of ways to slow its progression;
- Stratification of patients through the implementation of measures and technologies to characterise the different clinical subgroups;
- Development of new therapeutic strategies.