The funding is part of the Open Technology Programme from the NWO Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences. In addition, the business community and other organisations are contributing another 720,000 euros.
GenomeDesigner: Plant breeding by design
Project lead: Charles Underwood, Radboud Institute for Biological and Environmental Sciences/Faculty of Science
Crop plants like tomato are constantly being improved by breeding to develop resistance to novel diseases and resilience to climate change. Crop wild relatives are a major source of novel genetic solutions to such problems however, their full exploitation is often hampered by the suppression of genetic material exchange between species during breeding. In this project, the researchers will develop an AI-based system that optimizes traditional breeding strategies to expedite the combination of multiple advantageous traits.
Wireless Robotic Clot Retrieval for Vascular Intervention
Project lead: University of Twente. Co-applicants: Michiel Warlé and Frank Nijsen, Radboudumc
The Wireless Robotic Clot Retrieval for Vascular Intervention (WCR) project aims to develop a first-of-its-kind, wireless robotic system to improve clot retrieval procedures. This technology offers a minimally invasive, highly manoeuvrable alternative to traditional catheter-based methods for treating vascular occlusions, with the untethered robot navigated using X-ray-guided magnetic fields to precisely target and remove clots responsible for strokes, heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms, and below-the-knee emboli. The project seeks to optimize and validate wireless robotics to advance patient outcomes and endovascular interventions.