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International Clinical Research Centre (ICRC)

The BEATsep coordinator — is a unique research infrastructure within St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno (FNUSA). It has established experience of translation of research findings into clinical practice. Thanks to a valuable network of collaborations with academia and industry, ICRC has become a centre of excellence in clinical, translational, and pre-clinical research. The ICRC research team comprises the Cellular and Molecular Immunoregulation (CMI) group (Fric Lab), the Biostatistics group, and the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care. CMI has excellent experience in the biology of myeloid cells, with research focused on the cellular and molecular regulation of various immune processes in diverse conditions, including infection and sepsis. Members of the experienced Biostatistics team (an ICRC core facility) have a crucial role within the BEATsep project, where their expertise and experience in clinical data, statistics, and data management will be essential for the project. The Biostatistics team has experience with data management of international projects in REDCap, via project FLAMI (For Life After Myocardial Infarction), with 12 months results of nurse secondary prevention intervention on STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) patients’ clinical outcomes.

National University of Ireland (NUI)

National University of Ireland (NUI) and the Lung Biology Cluster who will be conducting this research have interests in sepsis, lung injury, cell and gene therapies. NUI has received funding from the ERC, Health Research Board, Science Foundation Ireland and Irish Research Council as well as co-funded projects with industry partners in nebulisation, stem cell therapy and sepsis topics. NUI have an interest in development and application of novel technologies for organ support and therapeutic drug delivery in the critically ill and in the application of data analytic approaches to this population, with experience in ICU patient sample biobanking and flow cytometry and serum soluble factor quantification. NUI have initiated and become affiliated sites in a number of clinical trials for acute respiratory distress syndrome,sepsis and COVID-19. NUI have developed drugs from cell culture testing, to preclinical models for first in man trials.

National Institute of Health (SZU, “Státní zdravotní ústav”)

SZU, the National Health Institute of Czechia, works on the establishment of health care measures in various fields such as vaccinology, nutrition, environmental sciences and other topics of public health, with disease prevention and health promotion among the major tasks of institute. Hereby, SZU concentrates on the most relevant health problems within the national context, including an epidemiological surveillance of severe infections in Czechia. The institute promotes a healthy lifestyle and nutrition to aid in prevention of cardiovascular diseases, addictions and cancer. Moreover, SZU has experience in participating in international projects, especially EU funded projects such as European Joint Actions (JAHEE, JAMRAI, JATC2 and others).

Centre d'Immuologie Marseille-Lumily (CIML)

Centre d'Immuologie Marseille-Lumily (CIML) situated within Aix Marseille University's multidisciplinary campus, is a premier immunology research institute, comprising 17 research teams, seven cutting-edge technology platforms, and 17 prestigious ERC grants. Its strong track record in high-quality research, 50 patented inventions, and numerous collaborations with esteemed institutions and private foundations underscore its dynamism and global impact. Emphasizing both scientific and medical vocations, the CIML expedites diagnostic and therapeutic advancements for patients, and has launched successful biotech companies such as Innate Pharma and Ipsogen. Collaborations with renowned institutions like Harvard Medical School, EMBL, and UCSF, as well as engagement in projects like PIA, EUROBIOMED, and the Marseille-Immunopole federation, further illustrate the institute's unwavering dedication to excellence. The CIML's state-of-the-art technology platforms, encompassing cytometry (featuring three 5-laser spectral flow cytometers, including Europe's first spectral sorter), bioinformatics, functional genomics, and imaging, firmly establish its status as a leading research institution in immunology and related disciplines.

Masaryk University Brno (MUNI)

Masaryk University Brno (MUNI) consists of several departments, three of which are included in BEATsep: the Department of Paediatric Infection Diseases, the Department of Paediatric Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and the CEITEC Multimodal and Functional Imaging Laboratory (MAFIL), one of the core facilities at the Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC). MAFIL is part of the national research infrastructure Czech-BioImaging as well as the European infrastructure Euro-BioImaging and provides access for a wide research community in the field of neuroimaging, brain mapping, and other magnetic resonance imaging applications. MAFIL has been involved in various international projects and consortia (including JPND projects, COST projects, Czech-Austrian bilateral projects, and H2020 RISE) and has provided services for more than 100 research projects with several thousands of MRI or EEG measurements since 2015. Both clinical teams are associated with Faculty Hospital Brno (FNB) which is a collaborating organisation of the project and an important patient sample provider.

Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Marseille (APHM)

Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Marseille (APHM) represents a top-tier French hospital with four emergency departments featuring around 109 intensive care unit (ICU) beds fit for admitting around 5000 patients/year. For BEATsep, two adult ICUs (25 beds) and one paediatric ICU (15 beds) will be involved, representing around 1800 adult patients and 100 adult patients with septic shock per year. The APHM team is focused on the biology of sepsis and septic shock, as documented by many high-impact factor publications.

BIOVARIANCE

BIOVARIANCE comprises pharma-experienced, professional management and a multidisciplinary team of specialists, which combines experience and expertise across technology, innovation, and the life science industry. BEATsep benefits from the expertise of BioVariance’s great experience in the development of comprehensive predictive models for the diagnosis of various diseases (e.g., colorectal cancer) or psychological consequences. BioVariance will prepare a simplified predictive tool to stratify patients based on their risk of developing PICS. This model could take the form of a risk score assigned to patients based on their immune-related marker profile and other relevant clinical factors.

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute für Traumatologie (LBI Trauma)

The mission of LBI Trauma is to develop and advance diagnostic, therapeutic and regenerative research strategies to rescue and stabilize patients after injury, develop and optimize surgery techniques and enable the full and sustained recovery of trauma patients. LBI Trauma acts as the central research center in cooperation with AUVA (Allgemeine Unfallversicherungsanstalt), the organization running all Austrian trauma hospitals. Its interdisciplinary scientific strategy merges basic biomedical, translational and clinical research and has brought forth several spin-off companies. The institute is at the forefront of bench-to-bedside research and has experimentally developed several diagnostic and treatment approaches now routinely employed in clinics. LBI Trauma experts regularly coordinate and participate in various intensive care medicine task forces and create guidelines in the area of pre- and clinical intensive care research (such as for the Management of Perioperative Bleeding in 2023, MQTiPSS in 2018 and Goal-directed Coagulation Management in 2017). The institute features a robust multidisciplinary environment composed of different research groups working in the fields of sepsis, shock, trauma, tissue regeneration, molecular biology and imaging.

Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB) and Institute of Innate Immunity (III)

Universitätsklinikum Bonn (UKB) and its Institute of Innate Immunity (III) are among the best-evaluated medical centers in Europe. The UKB offers a diverse and rich research environment for immunology and has attracted numerous talented researchers from all over the world. This effort is reflected by the University’s status as an Excellence University in Germany and by the generous and continuous funding it receives from the Excellence Cluster ImmunoSensation. The Institute of Innate Immunity, which has renowned expertise in the field of innate immunity and inflammation, is equipped with cutting-edge instrumentation and facilities. Moreover, it is a hot spot for immunology in Europe, hosting groups working in areas such as structural biology and cellular immunology. The Institute of Innate Immunity is funded by grants from the European Research Council (ERC), and Germany’s Excellence Strategy (EXC 2151 – 390873048) from the DFG.

Commenius University Bratislava (CU)

Commenius University Bratislava (CU), with its Institute of Molecular Biomedicine , is a research institute of the Faculty of Medicine at the Comenius University in Slovakia. Its staff comprises a vast range of educational background – from molecular biology, biophysics, biotechnology or physiology, up to various disciplines of medicine. The institute is focused on the role of extracellular DNA (NETs) in a variety of pathologies including sepsis and has established several preclinical models that can be utilized in the research of systemic inflammation and its consequences. CU believes that interdisciplinarity is a key scientific value and its partnerships extend to collaborating with clinicians in Slovakia and complementary research institutes all around the globe. IMBM will together with University Hospitals in Bratislava provide patient samples as well as the analysis of NETs.