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03 August 2015 [21:48] - Today.Az
The pilot project ”The first steps in
cancer studies” is a start-up company support for young doctors of Azerbaijan
who work in the field of cancer studies. The project is a product of the
cooperation of „Vereinigung Aserbaidschanischer Mediziner in Deutschland e.V.“
and “ASN - Azerbaijan Student Network”. Furthermore, within the program, various
academic cooperation projects have been established with research centers both
in Azerbaijan and in Germany.
Participants of this program have the
opportunity to acquire within six months practical knowledge about the desired
research topic and to run the appropriate academic tests as well as to prepare
their research plan with the help of experienced professionals. All required
conditions for the implementation of the laboratory research will be delivered.
This program focuses especially on doctors who work in Azerbaijan and have no access
to state of the art research. Furthermore, this program will also support
doctors from Azerbaijan who have been working in Germany, when they involve
other colleagues from Azerbaijan into their research or establish a cooperation
project with Azerbaijan research centers.
Currently, research concentrates on
the role of cancer stem cells in chemoresistance. Moreover, one of the project goals
is to examine the therapeutic effectivity of the gemcitabine charged nanoparticle
on the experimental model of pancreas cancer.
In the context of this project, two
agreements with the University Medical Centre of Mannheim and Mannheim University
of Applied Sciences have been concluded.
Therefore, we have created an
opportunity for four young doctoral candidates from Azerbaijan (Mr. Valeh
Rustamov, Mr. Hikmat Habibov, Mrs. Yegana Hajiyeva and Mr. Ughur Aghamaliyev),
who currently conduct a research work. In April, 2015 we met 3 new young
Azerbaijani doctors in Mannheim, Germany. They also will be supported by our
organization to carry out their researches in Germany. One of them, Emilya
Baxshiyeva already embarked on her academic project in Germany, in June. July
2015 also marked a remarkable success for our team. Ughur Aghamaliyev, a PhD
Candidate published an academic article titled “Pancreatic Ductal
Adenocarcinoma Stem Cells” in “Pancreatic Disorder and Therapy” journal.
The organizers have made the following video about the students who have
been already acting within the framework of this program in order to attract
more young people to scientific career and to stir up interest amongst the
young doctors in this project: https://youtu.be/ibzMjT_TCmY
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