Whilst the 54 month EU FET OPEN PRIME research period of the project may now be concluded, our PRIME researchers continue to highlight their great work in PRIME through dissemination activities.
This month, PIs representing Università degli Studi di Ferrara attended the 36th International Epilepsy Congress in Lisbon, where Marie Soukupova presented her poster “tRNA-derived RNA fragment changes in CSF and plasma in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy,” highlighting groundbreaking findings on two specific tRNA fragments, 5’GluCTC and 5’GlyGCC, which show great promise as potential biomarkers for forecasting seizures.
The UNiFE team also attended the National Congress of the Italian Society for Neuroscience (SINS) in Pisa, representing PRIME at a congress which covered a wide range of neuroscience topics, and was an excellent opportunity to share their epilepsy research in PRIME with fellow experts in the field.
Well done to the team at University of Ferrara (UNiFE) Italy, led by PI Professor Michele Simonato.


About PRIME:
EU FET OPEN PRIME project is funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme. The PRIME project aims to prevent epileptic seizures by developing autonomous implantable living cell systems for the brain.
Led by Walton Institute at South East Technological University PRIME project’s consortium of European partners is made up of Tampere University Finland, Università degli Studi di Ferrara Italy, EPOS-IASIS Cyprus, Aarhus University Denmark, omiics Denmark and Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).