CREATING CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE

1. CREATING CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE Prof. Vaiva Lesauskaite, Vice-rector for Research Lithuanian University of Health Sciences

2. The Aarhus Declaration 2012: Towards European Research Area of Excellence • It is essential that Europe strengthens its science base, with excellence as the guiding principle. • EUROPE must build on and support national excellence initiatives to educate and nurture talent in order to produce and attract top researchers

3. Teaming for excellence and innovation Teaming of excellent research institutions and low perfoming RDI regions Objective: The creation of new centres of excellence in low performing RDI Member State and regions or significant upgrade of existing ones

4. Creation of Stairways to excellence It means: Investment must be targeted. Excellence tends to emerge particular areas or fields, involving highly-concentrated effort. There is a critical mass effect.

5. Ideas for Teaming Life Science and Engineering Center of Excellence Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas University of Technology

6. Ideas for Teaming Life Science and engineering center of excellence Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas University of Technology

7. Lithuanian University of Health SciencesUnity of studies, research, and healthcare The largest specializedhealth education institution in Lithuania: more than7.000 students (251 PhD students) The Hospital of LUHS is the largest multidisciplinary healthcare institution in Lithuania: number of beds 2415 5 Faculties 4 Research Institutes 2 Faculties Research Institute The Centre of new pharmaceutical and health technologies “SANTAKA” valley

8. LUHS research areas Cardiology Research of animal physiological physical properties Oncology Neuroscience Animal morphology Influence of lifestyle and environmental factors to health Endocrinology Animal immunology Gastroenterology Animal epidemiology Pulmonology and immunology Animal pharmacology Rehabilitation and nursing Livestock wellness and feedstock quality Health economics and health system research Functioning mechanisms of living tissues Emergency medicine Livestock reproduction, breeding and genetics Health of woman and child Zoohygiene and ecology Ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology Livestock health and wellness Oral and maxillofacial pathology Clinicalresearch Infectology Feedstuff quality and food safety Pathology of human movement system Development of functional product Behavioral Medicine Nephrology and Urology Livestock nutrition and effective use of feedstuff Dermatology Nutrition and biotechnology Elaboration of novel medications and search for their market

9. Publications and citations of ISI WOS papers in Biomedicine, LUHS Citations in Each Year Published Items in Each Year

10. LUHS international research projects and research projects supported by Research Council of Lithuania (RCL), in 2008 – 2011

11. Financing of research at LUHS, 2012 6.286 M Euros

12. Ideas for Teaming Life Science and engineering center of excellence Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas University of Technology

13. Kaunas University of Technology Internationalization, inter disciplinarity, cooperation with business • Leading University with knowledge and technology development and transfer based activities in the Baltic States: more than 10.000 students (352 PhD students) • 9 Faculties • 9 Research Institutes • Science, Studies and Business Centres – SANTAKA and NEMUNAS

14. KUT research areas New materials for high technologies Smart environments and information technologies Technologies for sustainable development and energetics Sustainable growth and cohesive social development Diagnostic and measuring technologies

15. Number of articles in FBT ISI WOS and changes of citation in 2009-2013 Changes of article numbers in ISI WOS database Citation rates of scientific publications

16. Participation in research, technological development and demonstration projects: Knowledge and Technology Transfer

17. In 2012 Kaunas University of Technology and European Commission have signed the subsidiary agreement in The Seventh Framework Programme for the project Centre of Excellence in Organic Semiconductor Research (CEOSeR). The subsidy granted for KTU is 2,8 Million EUR. In 2012 KUT Prof Kazimieras Baršauskas Untrasound Research Institute participated in 7 projects for development of small and medium enterprises in the 7FP. The project funding for the Institute reached 0,6 Million EUR. The partner enterprises of the Institute collaborating in 7FP projects: VERMON SA (France) I & T NARDONI INSTITUTE SRL (Italy) A K INDUSTRIES LTD (UK)  A.C.T. (TRANSNATIONAL) LIMITED (UK) DASEL SL (Spain) IBAÑEZ EXTRUSORAS S.L. (Spain) ISOTEST ENGINEERING SRL (Spain) M2M (France) OPTOMED OY (Finland) Plasflow Limited (UK); Smart Material GmbH (Germany) Participation in European Science Programmes

18. Creation of Stairways to excellence It must have a a regional/national rationale

19. LT Smart Specialization Health technologies and biotechnology Molecular technologies for medicine and biopharmacy Advanced engineering solutions for early diagnostics and treatment Advanced technologies for personal and public health • Partners: • Cambridge life science cluster, UK • Boston life science cluster, USA • Groningen University, NL • Yeshiva University Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA • University of Bonn, DE • University of Heidelberg, DE • National Center of Competence “Frontiers in Genetics”, Faculty of Science, University of Geneve,  CH • Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University, DE

20. Joint applied research projects with Kaunas University of Technology

21. Inventions and Engineering Solutions by KUT Researchers

22. Automatic detection of voice pathology Early diagnosis- succesful treatment

23. Creation of Stairways to excellence It must be sustained. Research is a long-term endeavour; research capacity and reputations may take many years to build

24. Develpoment in Science and Innovation Areas The Advanced Pharmaceutical and Health Technology Center

25. The Advanced Pharmaceutical and Health Technology Center Investigation of natural biologically active compounds and phytodrugs Tissue engineering – tissue engineering of heart valves and cartilage Preclinical study of drugs Investigation of pharmaceutical targets in tissues, personalized medicine Investigation of proteins and peptids: technologies for extraction, purification Pharmaceutical technologies: investigation of drug carriers Synthesis and analysis of biologically active compounds

26. Develpoment in Science and Innovation Areas • In 2010 KUT has begun implementing one its most significant projects - the integrated science, studies and business centre the Santaka and Nemunas Valley. • In 2010 the first state-of-the-art Lithuanian Food Science and Technology Competence Centre was established. • In cooperation with Aalto University (Finland), KUT has established Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, acting as an animator of the Valley R&D.

27. Start-up Space for Students Technology Based Business Ideas Development In 12 months established 22 companies & organized almost 100 events including: • StartupWeekend Lithuania • Silicon Valley Comes to the Baltics • BarCamp Lithuania • Insp1re Session • CodingSummit

28. The Start-up Business Established in 2012

29. Teaming is designed to support stairways to excellence Thank you