INTRO: THE INSPIRE Platform – InfoBioNano4Health&Biomedical Imagining (https://inspire.research.ubbcluj.ro/) – is probably the most advanced one between Western Europe and China (e.., including the first in Romania: 7 Tesla MRI for clinical use and 11,7 Tesla MRI for preclinical use) and one of the world-class academic & research infrastructures worldwide. It hosts two flagships UBB institutes – International Institute for Mental Health and Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Bio-Nano-Sciences -, supporting the new UBB biomedical program – UBBMed in UBB School of Health (https://ubbmed.ubbcluj.ro/).
PROGRAM
- Coordinated by UBB Science Vice-rector, Dr. Adrian Petrușel (petrusel@ubbcluj.ro). Most of the meetings will take place at Nuferilor Str. NN (Arany Janos Street, no. 11), Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania.
Monday, May 20, 2024
10.00-10.05: Welcome – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.05-10.15: About the INSPIRE Project – Project Director, Dr. Simion Simon
10.15-10.20: From the INSPIRE project to the INSPIRE Platform: Institutional Developments – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.20-10.50: Guests speeches
- European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth (video message)
- Iliana Ivanova
- Ministry for Research, Innovation and Digitalization
- Bogdan Ivan, Ministry
- Romanian Academy – UBB Strategic Academic Partner
- Ioan-Aurel Pop, President
- Cluj-Napoca City Hall
o Emil Boc, Mayor of Cluj-Napoca
- Harvard University (Harvard Medical School – Martinos Center), USA– Strategic Academic Partner
- Ovidiu Andronesi, Associate Director
- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Germany – Key Academic Partner
- N. Jon Shah, Director
- Siemens Healthineers Romania – Strategic Industrial Partner
- Claudia Oanea, CEO
- Brucker – Strategic Industrial Partner
- Oezlen-Ferruh Yasar
- European Institute for Innovation and Technology by EIT Health Romania – Institutional Partner
- Key current collaborators (planned/ongoing collaborations/projects) (alphabetically):
- Wolfgang Bogner (online/video message on May 21, 2024) & Dr. Gilbert Hangel – Vienna Medical University
- Joana Braga Pereira and Dr. Kristoffer Månsson – Karolinska Institute
- Luisa Ciobanu – Neurospin CEA Saclay
- Irina Voiculescu – Oxford University
o Dr. Philipp Kanske – TU Dresden
- A special event for the involvement of science & medical schools of EUTOPIA (https://eutopia-university.eu/) will be organize in June 2024, when the representatives of all 10 EUTOPIA universities will be at UBB
10.50-11.05: Press Conference (Q&A)
11.05-11.25: Visits in the Labs.
11.25-12.00: Discussions (including all guests; moments of signing various new partnerships and interventions for other guests from abroad and from the country)
15.00-17.00: Speciality Discussions (Room CLUB, Em. de Martonne Street, no.1)
17.00-18.30: INSPIRE Platform Conferences: Dr. S. Simon, Dr. R. Fechete, Dr. A. Fărcășanu: Preclinical MRI results at Ultra High Magnetic Field (Room CLUB, Em. de Martonne Street, no.1)
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
9.00-9.45: Inspire Platform Conferences: Dr. N. Jon Shah: Layer-Specific Resting State fMRI at 7T and Oxygen Extraction Imaging and Dr. Ana-Maria Oros-Peusquens (Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Germany): TBA
10.00-10.05: Welcome – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.05-10.20: From the INSPIRE project to the INSPIRE Platform: Institutional Developments – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.20-10.30: Guest speech
- The Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
Dr. Adrian Curaj
- Wolfgang Bogner (online/video message)
10.30-11.00: Visits in the Labs
11.00-12.00: Discussions ((including other guests from abroad and from the country)
12.00-12.15: Press Conference
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
10.00-10.05: Welcome – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.05-10.20: From the INSPIRE project to the INSPIRE Platform: Institutional Developments – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.20-10.30: Guest speech
- Ministry of Research & Innovation – Andrei Alexandru, State Secretary
- Ministry of Investments and European Projects – Ovidiu Cȃmpean, State Secretary
10.30-11.00: Visits in the Labs
11.00-12.00: Discussions (including guests from abroad and from the country)
12.00-12.15: Press Conference
12.30: Lunch (UBB Pyramid – Academic House, Em. de Martonne Street, no.1)
15.00: BrainQ Events (Sindicatelor Street, no.7):
- Film projection: In Silico (Director Noah Hutton)
- UBB World-Class Psychology School: From experimental psychology by cognitive psychology to cognitive (neuro)sciences/No one is ahead of their time: How the (neuro)sciences failed to become a unitary science: Dr. Daniel David (UBB); Dr. Ovidiu Andronesi (Harvard University, USA); Dr. Andrei Dumbravă (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iași); Dr. Raul Mureșan (Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience/UBB); Dr. Lavinia Uscătescu (Virginia Tech., USA).
Thursday, May 23, 2024
10.00-10.05: Welcome – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.05-10.20: From the INSPIRE project to the INSPIRE Platform: Institutional Developments – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.20-10.40: Guest speeches
- Romanian Government – Mircea Abrudean, Secretary General
- Local authorities
10.40-11.00: Visits in the Labs
11.00-12.00: Discussions (including guests from abroad and from the country)
12.00-12.15: Press Conference
Friday, May 24, 2024
(“In-House” Event – UBB & collaborators)
10.00-10.05: Welcome – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.05-10.20: From the INSPIRE project to the INSPIRE Platform: Institutional Developments – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.20-10.40: Visits in the Labs
10.40-12.00: Discussions
16.00-19.00: Neuroscience in Transylvania (Sindicatelor Street, no. 7, Cluj-Napoca): Transylvania Institute of Neuroscience and Experimental Neuroscience Summer School. A partnership UBB – Transylvania Institute of Neuroscience
Saturday, May 25, 2024
10.00-10.05: Welcome – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.05-10.20: From the INSPIRE project to the INSPIRE Platform: Institutional Developments – UBB Rector, Dr. Daniel David
10.20-10.30: Guests speeches
- Ministry of Education
- Ligia Deca, Ministry
10.30-11.00: Visits in the Labs
11.00-12.00: Discussions
12.00-12.15: Press Conference
