The NCCR TransCure: An Incubator for Interdisciplinary Research

Valentina Rossetti; Hugues Abriel

doi:10.2533/chimia.2022.992

The NCCR TransCure: An Incubator for Interdisciplinary Research

Authors

Valentina Rossetti Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Hugues Abriel Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0465-5138

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2022.992

PMID:

38069793

Keywords:

Drug discovery, Education and training, Interdisciplinarity

Abstract

The National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) TransCure, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and the University of Bern, was active from 2010 to 2022. It provided unique research and educational framework in the membrane transporter and ion channel field. Thanks to an interdisciplinary approach comprising physiology, structural biology, and chemistry, in parallel to a rich offer in complementary areas such as education and technology transfer, the network achieved outstanding scientific results and contributed to the education of young scientists. In this review, we present the main features and milestones of the NCCR TransCure.