The Consortium

The consortium groups four University Hospital partners with strong background in inner ear biology and experience with clinical cochlear implantation (UNIBE, UT, UU, UTA), two University partners with strong background in nanotechnology (HES-SO and BIU), two industrial partners (MED-EL and EMC) , and a service company (SCIPROM). The SME EMC is a biotech company specialiseds in combinatorial organic chemistry, peptide and protein chemistry. The multinational, large enterprise partner MED-EL is the leading European Cochlear Implant company.


The two industrial partners are the main drivers for the translation of foreground of the project into practical applications, intellectual property and real products that may eventually improve existing therapies for hearing impaired individuals in the EU. SCIPROM, a dedicated management SME, which was selected to professionalise the management and free partners to a large extent from related workload, completes the consortium. The partner organisations are located over a wide geo- graphic area of Europe from a total of six different countries.

Partners

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Partner 1 - UNIBE (Coordinator)
University of Bern

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Prof. Hans Rudolf Widmer
Prof. Jürg Streit
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Partner 2 - UT
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Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

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Prof. Dr. med. Hubert Löwenheim
Priv. Doz. Dr. Marcus Müller
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Partner 3 - UU
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Uppsala University

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Prof. Helge Rask-Andersen
Wei Liu MD, Ph D.
Fredrik Edin M.Sc.
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Partner 4 - UTA
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Tampereen Yliopisto

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Prof. Ilmari Pyykkö (team leader)
Prof. Jing Zou (PI)
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Partner 5 - HES-SO
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Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale

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Prof. Dr. Herbert Keppner
Prof. Dr. Harry Whitlow
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Partner 6 - BIU
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Bar-Ilan University

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Prof. Aharon Gedanken,
Prof. Jean-Paul Lellouche
Dr. Ehud Banin
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Partner 7 - EMC
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EMC microcollections GmbH

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Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Wiesmüller
Dr. Ute Wank
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Partner 8 - MED-EL
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MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte GmbH

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Dr. Claude Jolly
Dr. Carolyn Garnham
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Partner 9 - SCIPROM
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SCIPROM Sàrl

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Dr. Peter Ulrich
Dr. Kirsten Leufgen
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