Funded by the European Commission (Grant nr. 101159175)

Principal coordinator: Erida Gjini, CEMAT, IST-ID, Lisbon

Summary: The Hop-On NOSEVAC modeling activity (proposed as Work-Package 8) aims at developing mathematical and quantitative modeling platforms for nasal vaccines research, to help in the deep understanding, prevention and reduction of nasal colonization and infection by respiratory pathogens. The Hop-On modeling activity brings added value to the NOSEVAC project by combining biological data and theoretical modeling frameworks to deliver a stronger and more robust quantitative analysis of the processes involved both in the mode of action and efficacy of bivalent RNA- and protein-based nasal vaccines against bacterial and viral infection, respectively. By expanding the toolbox of methods, descriptive and predictive models, we will contribute to the global effort in vaccine development and pandemic preparedness.

Duration: 01/04/2024-01/05/2028

News

• Joining the NOSEVAC Consortium
• First recruitment call opening (November 2024)
• Second recruitment call opening (April 2025)

upcoming (April 29-30, 2025): NOSEVAC Annual Meeting 2025 in Lisbon !

Current team:

Erida Gjini – principal investigator (IST-ID), Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases

Susana Vinga – member of the team (IST), associate professor, Computer science and Engineering

Nicola Cinardi – postdoctoral fellow, Modeling and Biophysics

Thi Minh Thao Le – postodoctoral fellow, Applied Mathematics

Tiago Rodrigues – master student, Applied Mathematics

Arinze Luke Ozioko – PhD student, Mathematical Modeling