“Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy

How infrastructure investment and upgrading to on-demand research domains contribute to and represent a catalyst in creating a top

research institute(2007-2019)

founded in 1949 as an institute of the Romanian Academy

Institute of Excellence of the Romanian Academy

ranked in the first/second position among the 71 institutes/centres of the Romanian Academy

Among the top ten players of the Romanian research area (according to the contribution to the total

number of publications between 2005 – 2018)

Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Philadelphia, USA, lists the Institute among the “main Romanian actors on the international scientific scene”

• scientific competence in macromolecular and organic chemistry, biochemistry, physical chemistry, biology, physics and materials science

• technology transfer and industrial implementation of the original research

• education – 14 PhD theses promoters

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INTELCENTRE - Centre of advanced research in bionanoconjugates and biopolymers

SF POSCCE ~ 4 M€

RAINS - Romanian action for integrating, networking and strengthening the ERA

INCO-CT-2005-017142 ~0.8 M€

2008

Chemical Synthesis and Bio-synthesis

Tissue Engineering and Non-viral Gene Vectors

„in silico” Molecular Modeling

Instrumental Analysis and Scientific Imaging

Knowledge-based multifunctional materials: nanosized materials, multicomponent systems, multiresponsive polymeric materials, computational chemistry, a.s.o.

• new training curricula for PhD students

• training of young scientists and PhD students

• 400 NMR Spectrometer• Scanning Probe Microscope• Dynamic Mechanical Analyser• X-Rays Diffractometer

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Cristofor I. Simionescu Postdoctoral Scholarship Programme

SF POSDRU ~4.5 M€

POLISILMET – Synthesis and study of the polymeric metallosiloxanes - new materials for catalysis and nanosciences

SF POSCCE ~1.5 M€

STREAM - Strengthening the Romanian research capacity in Multifunctional Polymeric Materials

FP7-REGPOT-2010-1 ~2.8 M€

- 40 postdoc researchers

- 20 researchers trained- 9 researchers recruited

- Multidetection Size Exclusion Chromatograph- Small angle X-ray scattering- Transmission Electron Microscope

- multifunctional polymeric materials

- 72 publications

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- 8 patent applications- 240 published papers

- 6 new PhD

- 61 new compounds registered in databases- 59 published papers

- Single crystal X-ray diffractometer- X-ray fluorescence spectrometer- FTIR spectrometer- Multireactor system

INTELCENTRE

SF POSCCE

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SF POSDRU

FP7-REGPOT-2010-1

H2020-WIDESPREAD-2014-2 ~2,5 M€

SUPRACHEM LAB - Laboratory of Supramolecular Chemistry for Adaptive Delivery Systems – ERA Chair initiative

• biologically inspired systems for engineered structural and functional entities

• applied life sciences and biotechnology, biomimetics

• 52 published papers

National RDI Plan PCCE-2011 ~1,9 M€

Advanced research project on biomimetic structural and functional entities

setting up a competitive research group in the field of hybrid materials for adaptive self-organized supramolecular structures under theleadership of a world-class research leader:Marc J.M. Abadie – Emeritus Professor

• Dynamic systems for constitutional water and ion channels • Constitutional systems for DNA transfection and drug delivery • Dynameric networks and gels for delivery, cell recognition and growing • Modelling and theoretical chemistry of constitutional systems

• 22 participations at Courses/Trainings/Workshop

- up-grading of laboratories and equipment

- 50 published papers

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National RDI Plan PCCF-2016

Mimicking living matter mechanisms by five-

dimensional chemistry approaches – 0.5 M€

Knowledge Transfer Partnerships - Partnerships for knowledge transfer in the field of polymer materials

used in biomedical engineering – POINGBIO ~3.5 M€

SF POCG

Investment projects for public institutions / universities - "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry - Interdisciplinary pole for intelligent specialization through research, innovation and

technological transfer in polymeric (bio / nano) materials and (eco) technologies – INOMATPOL ~15 M€

SF POCF

Attracting competent staff from abroad for advanced R & D capacity building - Porous coordination polymers as new organic ligands of

varying sizes for gas storage – POCPOLIG ~3.5 M€

SF POCE

Applications for patents 2 4

Scientific publications 12 40

Co-publications public-private 3 70

Horizon 2020 submitted proposals 2 35

New R&D jobs 5 25 3

New jobs, other than R&D 5

Upgraded R&D Laboratories 15 3

Newly created R&D Laboratories 21

R&D equipment over 100,000 euro 1 19

Total purchased R&D equipment 12 63 10

Project Coordinator: Prof. Aatto LAAKSONEN

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Improve the quality and diversify the RDI services offer

Increase the competitiveness, ensuring the transfer of knowledge and innovative services

Reorganization and upgrading of the Institute RDI areas, in order to increase the capacity for innovative research services

Increase the international visibility and PPIMC involvement in the European projects

Development and upgrading the PPIMC infrastructure to the EU advanced standards

Increase the human resources quality by creating optimum work conditions