GROWTH Network
The GROWTH consortium, funded by the European Commission (2019-2023), is made up to train a new generation of researchers working on new pathological insights, biomarker diagnostics and personalized nutritional interventions for intestinal failure in neonates and preterm infants.
People
Academic and industry partners, covering various disciplines ranging from fundamental research to clinical paediatrics and analytical chemistry to organoid and gut-on-chip applications, have teamed up in the European Union.
Research Programme
GROWTH aims to set-up a new European platform that trains young scientists in the industry-led exploration of innovative routes to fully exploit the potential of early life nutrition to prevent inflammatory disease. GROWTH coordinates 8 individual research projects.
Contact
If you have any questions you can fill in the form or mail us directly: info@growth-horizon2020.eu.
NEWS & EVENTS
27 June is World MIicrobiome Day
Microbiomes have many essential functions in the environments they live in. Researchers are uncovering more and more about what they do, and why this is so important to maintain the balance and health of their environment. For example, trillions of microorganisms live in and on our body (skin, mouth, lungs, intestines,…) where they actively help protect us from infections by fighting off bad bacteria, among other things. They also help us digest food, and produce vitamins and hormones that are essential for our health. Microbiomes can also be found in the soil, where they help plants to grow. They do this by fixing nitrogen – a gas from the atmosphere – in the soil and converting it into a form that plants can use for growth. Microbiomes of the ocean produce most of the oxygen we breathe and can absorb as much carbon dioxide as plants on land.
Together microbiomes are actively contributing to clean environments, sustaining food systems, mitigating climate change and keeping people healthy. Therefore, we invite you to participate in World Microbiome Day and help us increase microbiome literacy in society.
Several GROWTH projects investigate the effect of the gut microbiome on health and diseaes in preterm and term infants at risk for sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis.
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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 814168.
CORDIS PROJECT ID 218110.
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