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The project aims to discover ideal drug formulations with unique machine learning algorithms, so that the drugs are both stable and therapeutically effective. The project could accelerate the process of drug formulation by 100 times, making it safer, cheaper and faster to bring novel drugs to the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The innovative techniques that will be developed in the \u201cMACHINE-DRUG\u201d project in the domains of machine learning, complex materials for pharmaceutical applications (molecular crystals), quantum mechanics and high-performance-computing (HPC), could also be applied in different fields such as food industry, agrochemicals, organic energy materials, showing that the potential applications of the outcomes of this project are limitless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past decade, Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/recherche\/fstm\/dphyms\/people\/alexandre_tkatchenko\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Alexandre Tkatchenko\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandre Tkatchenko<\/a> and his research team have developed machine learning methods and novel conceptual tools based on quantum and statistical mechanics for studying systems with thousands of atoms. \u201c<i>We have achieved this by developing advanced quantum-mechanical methods and novel machine learning approaches used by thousands of researchers worldwide<\/i>\u201d explains Prof. Tkatchenko. His group has already demonstrated a novel computational method to predict the crystal structures of rotigotine \u2013 FDA-approved drug for Parkinson\u2019s and restless-leg diseases&nbsp;\u2013 without any data from experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Prof. Tkatchenko\u2019s arrival in Luxembourg in 2015, his team has attracted more than 10 million euros in competitive funding from the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), the ERC, and the University of Luxembourg\u2019s Institute for Advanced Studies, as well as collaborative projects with industrial partners, such as Google, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca and Boehringer Ingelheim.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image  object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/07\/prof_alexandre_tkatchenko.png\"\n                srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/07\/prof_alexandre_tkatchenko-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/07\/prof_alexandre_tkatchenko.png 510w\"\n                style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>    <\/figure>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ERC Grants are designed to support excellent scientists and scholars in any field at the career stage when they are already established research leaders, with a recognised track record of research achievements. This is the second <a href=\"https:\/\/erc.europa.eu\/apply-grant\/proof-concept\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"ERC Proof of Concept Grant\" rel=\"noopener\">Proof of Concept Grant<\/a> to be awarded to Prof. Tkatchenko and the University of Luxembourg and represents the fifth Flagship Grant awarded to Prof. Tkatchenko by the ERC. As head of the Department of Physics and Materials Science and professor of theoretical chemical physics at the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/fstm\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine\" rel=\"noopener\">Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine<\/a>, his outstanding contributions to pushing the state of the art in molecular modelling were previously recognised by a Starting Grant in 2011, a <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/recherche\/highlights\/alexandre_tkatchenko_wins_prestigious_erc_grant\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Alexandre Tkatchenko wins prestigious ERC Grant\" rel=\"noopener\">Consolidator Grant<\/a> in 2017, a <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/universite\/actualites\/diaporama\/utilisation_de_l_apprentissage_automatique_pour_la_decouverte_chimique\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Innovative use of machine learning for discoveries in chemistry\" rel=\"noopener\">Proof of Concept Grant<\/a> in 2020 and an <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/universite\/actualites\/diaporama\/erc_advanced_grant_on_quantum_materials_for_prof_alexandre_tkatchenko\" target=\"_self\" title=\"ERC Advanced Grant on Quantum Materials for Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko\" rel=\"noopener\">Advanced Grant<\/a> in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<i>Receiving an ERC Proof-of-Concept grant is a highly competitive and prestigious achievement that recognises both the excellence and the impact of Prof. Tkatchenko\u2019s research<\/i>\u201d, stated Rector <i>We are proud to have such accomplished scientists in our University, and we look forward to seeing the results.<\/i>. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwen.uni.lu\/universite\/presentation\/organigrammes\/organigramme_rectorat_administration_centrale\/le_recteur\/jens_kreisel\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Jens Kreisel\" rel=\"noopener\">Jens Kreisel<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"photo-igoriss-istock\"\n    >\n\u00a9 Photo: igoriss, iStock<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"photo-of-prof-alexandre-tkatchenko-university-of-luxembourg\"\n    >\n\u00a9 Photo of Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko: University of Luxembourg<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The physicist Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko of the University of Luxembourg, has received a \u201cProof of Concept\u201d Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project \u201cMACHINE-DRUG&#8221;. The project aims to discover ideal drug formulations with unique machine learning algorithms, so that the drugs are both stable and therapeutically effective. The project could accelerate the process of drug formulation by 100 times, making it safer, cheaper and faster to bring novel drugs to the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":8601,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"news-category":[11,10],"news-topic":[],"organisation":[32,233],"authorship":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ERC Grant for Prof. Tkatchenko to speed up drug development with AI - University of Luxembourg<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The physicist Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko of the University of Luxembourg, has received a \u201cProof of Concept\u201d Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project \u201cMACHINE-DRUG&quot;. 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