Summer School of the project PhytoAPP

From the 1st to the 3rd of July, the Summer School of the project PhytoAPP took place at Lusófona University, in Lisbon. PhytoAPP is a project funded by the European Executive Research Agency of the European Commission, and coordinated by Professor Sergiy Lyubchyk from Lusófona University.

Throughout the three days, the PhytoAPP Summer School featured a session of in-person and online lectures and practical sessions at Deep Tech Lab. Overall, the Summer School was a platform for participants to engage in the project, share ideas, and complement their theoretical and practical knowledge in the field.

There were a total of nine lectures given by experts in the field from different countries, such as Professor Azer Zadigov (National Nuclear Research Center CJSC, AZ), Professor Daniel Anthony (Oxford University, UK), Professor Ziraddin Zadigov (National Nuclear Research Center CJSC, AZ), Professor Nurbol Appazov (Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda State University, KZ), Professor Tatiana Strekalova (Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda State University, KZ), Professor Gabor Somlyai (HYD LLC for Cancer Research and Drug Development, HU), Professor Katarina Siposova (Institute of Experimental Physics, SK) and Dr. Anastasia Tmur (YANDEX, NL).

The lectures, which included Q&A and discussion sessions, covered a range of different and very interesting topics related to Medical Science:

1. Radiation benefits and risks for health;

2. Modern trends in Nuclear Medicine;

3. Navigating the Blood-Brain Barrier: Strategies and Challenges in Drug Delivery;

4. Prospects for avalanche electronics and its application in medical devices;

5. Potential Use of Camelthorn (Alhagi Pseudalhagi) Medicinal Plant Extracts in the Prevention and Treatment of Early-Stage Atherosclerosis;

6. New treatments with phytochemicals in mouse models of Parkinson and Alzheimer’s diseases;

7. Role of naturally occurring deuterium in cancer growth and prevention;

8. Amyloid Paradigm: From Pathological Structures to Functional Bionanomaterials;

9. AI in Drug Discovery: Accelerating the Path to Cures.

Generally, as a project, the main purpose of the PhytoAPP is the design, development and delivery of innovative water-soluble Phytochemical Inhibitors for Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases prevention, by exploring the innovative nanotechnological solutions to overcome the challenge related to the phytochemical’s limitation on to their low water-solubility. Find more in the project's website!