Medical Applications of High-Power Lasers – Dr. LASER

Health Programme
Priority: P5. Innovative approaches in medical research
Fund: European Regional Development Fund
Policy objective: A more competitive and smarter Europe by promoting innovative and smart economic transformation and regional ICT connectivity
Specific objective: RSO1.1_Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies
Operation: PS_P5_RSO1.1_A9_Developing and enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies

Non-competitive call
Call title: Support for the implementation of research solutions of strategic importance in the medical field: genomics; non-communicable diseases (e.g., development of research solutions for cancer treatment); vaccines, sera, and other biological medicines
Call code: PS/272/PS_P5/OP1/RSO1.1/PS_P5_RSO1.1_A9
Total eligible project value: 173,890,495.13 RON
of which: 87,981,819.80 RON non-reimbursable European Union contribution
85,306,717.58 RON non-reimbursable contribution from the state budget
601,957.75 RON beneficiary co-financing
Implementation period: 58 months in accordance with Financing Contract no. 18989/20 February 2025

Partners
Lead Partner – "Horia Hulubei" National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering, ELI-RO Unit Institutul National de Cercetare-Dezvoltare pentru Fizica si Inginerie Nucleara "Horia Hulubei", Subunitate ELI RO
Partner 1 – "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Carol Davila” din București
Partner 2 – Regional Institute of Oncology, Iași Institutul Regional de Oncologie Iași
Partner 3 – "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuță" Institute of Oncology, Cluj-Napoca Institutul Oncologic „Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuță” Cluj-Napoca
Partner 4 – National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București
Partner 5 – ACCENT PRO 2000 ACCENT PRO 2000
Partner 6 – IP Automatic Design (IPAD) IP Automatic Design (IPAD)

Project Manager: Călin Alexandru UR (ELI-NP/IFIN-HH)
AP2K Project Lead: Mihai IOVEA

Project Description
The project's overall objective encompasses the research, innovation, development, and pilot testing required to create new treatment and diagnostic methods based on high-power lasers, as well as their dissemination to the medical community and the medical equipment industry for large-scale implementation (knowledge and technology transfer).
The primary aim of the proposed project is to improve cancer treatment and diagnostic methods. The main activities of the Dr. LASER project focus on the construction and research-oriented operation of three experimental demonstration setups; these are designed for the study, validation (proof-of-concept), development, and preclinical testing—using phantoms and simple biomedical models—of high-power laser applications with significant social impact.