Representing the GOT-IT Team, Christoph Emmerich presented the GOT-IT Guidelines at the “BMBF Vernetzungstreffen zur Nationalen Wirkstoffinitiative” on the 8^th of October 2019, which was attended by academic PIs, industry representatives, officials from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and members of the German Parliament.
Furthermore, PAASP co-organized and led a workshop on target validation for academic PIs and scientists based on the GOT-IT Guidelines on October 22^nd.
The main objective of the GOT-IT project is to support advancement of academic discoveries towards a collaboration with industry and to: a) help scientists focus and prioritize activities, b) increase the confidence in the right target by conducting relevant ‘Killer Experiments’ and to c) facilitate decision-making based on robust and high-quality data sets.
The guidelines will be available and published in an open-access journal in the next few weeks.