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Axxam is the proud recipient of numerous grants and awards from government agencies that recognize our contribution to technological innovation. These grants and awards contribute to our continuing investment in new technologies and research and development.

The majority of grants have been received from the European Commisson, the Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR), the Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MAP), the Italian Ministry of the Economy, the Lombardy Region of Italy and the Sardinia Region
of Italy.

Active projects

European Commission
Seventh Framework Programme
Title: Neuron - glia interactions in health and disease (NGIDD)
Start: April 2008

European Commission
Sixth Framework Programme
Title: Production of innovative biomedical drugs (CONCO)
Start: February 2007

European Commission
Sixth Framework Programme
Title: Development of clinical diagnostic tools in atherosclerosis (SOUTH)
Start: October 2006

Lombardy Region - Metadistretti 2008
Title: NaVs for Pain - From the molecular target to therapy:
a drug discovery integrated process for innovative pain treatments
Start: November 2008

Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR) and Lombardy Region
Law 593/2000 art.12
Title: Identification and characterization of GPCRs
(G protein - coupled receptors) inhibitors
Start: March 2006

Completed projects

European Commission
Sixth Framework Programme
Title: Targeting Cell Migration In Chronic Inflammation (MAIN)
Term: July 2006 - December 2008

Lombardy Region - Metadistretti 2005
Title: Identification and characterization of chemokine receptors
Term: July 2006 - December 2008

Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR) and Sardinia Region
Law 593/2000 art.5
Title: Development of methodologies for the modelling and the study of biodrugs
Term: January 2006 - October 2008

Lombardy Region-Metadistretti 2003
Title: Application of mouse embryonic stem cells in HTS
Term: January 2005 - June 2007

Italian Ministry of Productive Activities (MAP)
Law 1982/46 - Lombardy FIT
Title: Novel targets identification
Term: September 2004 - August 2008

Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR)
Law 593/2000 art.10
Title: Drug discovery technologies
Term: September 2003 - August 2007

Research Collaborations

Axxam recognizes the contribution of scientific collaborations
in extending our ability to develop innovative tools and technologies to improve screening technologies and to identify novel and druggable targets in selected therapeutic areas.

This growing network of scientific and clinical partners forms an essential component of our discovery research process.

San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
  • Dr. Lawrence Wrabetz: Development of mouse embryonic stem cells for high-throughput screening (HTS)
  • Dr. Alessandro Rubinacci and Prof. Gianfranco Fraschini: Identification of novel targets in osteoporosis
San Raffaele University of Health Sciences, Milan, Italy
  • Prof. Ruggero Pardi: Development of mouse embryonic stem cells for high-throughput screening (HTS)
Dept. of Biotechnology and Bioscience, University of Milan Bicocca, Italy
  • Prof. Enzo Wanke: Study of the function of membrane proteins
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
  • Dr. Marc Spehr: Ca2+ imaging in mouse cells and tissue sections derived from the PhotoTopo™

In addition, we have several ongoing scientific collaborations with the participants of grant programs.