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COVID-19 and mental health | Human Brain Project welcomes two new EU-funded research programmes

Published: Monday, October 4, 2021
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Struggling with long #COVID19 or know anyone who is? Worried about future #pandemics?

Two new #EU-funded projects selected by the HBP could help reverse persistent coronavirus symptoms & improve humanity’s health emergency readiness.

The proposal were chosen by answering the Human Brain Project’s (HBP) calls for expression of interest (CEol) on “COVID-19 and its impact on brain and mental health” and the European Commission (EC) is going to funding totaling nearly EUR 450 000 divided between the two projects.
One of the winning projects of the grant is BRAVE, born within the Drug Science and Technology department.

BRAVE Project: description

Is there a way out of the COVID-19-induced brain fog? The BRAVE project proposes tackling COVID-19 brain inflammation with computer-designed molecules.

The innovative molecular simulation - which uses the FENIX supercomputing facility of the Human Brain Project - can help. It will work to design molecules targeting brain proteins that govern inflammation processes. These chemicals could act as potent anti-inflammatories. Once developed, such usable tools could enhance humanity’s readiness to face novel pandemics.

Principal investigator is Francesca Spyrakis of Drug Science and Technology Department with the support of  Massimo Bertinaria, Elisabetta Marini and Valentina Boscaro.

Its partners: 

  • University of Pavia, Department of Chemistry (UNIPV), Italy
  • Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, INM-9 (JUELICH), Germany
  • Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS), Germany

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