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Synthesis of mono-dithiolene molybdenum complexes and their evaluation as potential drugs for the treatment of human isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency (MOCOMODELS)

Start date: Feb 1, 2012, End date: Jan 31, 2018,

Two rare but usually fatal diseases are caused by a failure at different levels of the multistep biosynthetic generation of the three human molybdenum dependent enzymes involved in metabolic processes. In contrast to the more general Moco deficiency (MocoD) affecting all three enzymes, isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency (iSOD) cannot be treated yet. The proposed project is primarily aimed at synt ...
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Effects of global change on hydro-geomorphological hazards in Mediterranean rivers (FLOODHAZARDS)

Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Dec 1, 2017,

Mediterranean river basins are characterized by high (often extreme) temporal variability in precipitation, and hence discharge. Mediterranean countries are considered sensitive to so-called global change, considered as the combination of climate and land use changes. All panels on climate evolution predict future scenarios of increasing frequency and magnitude of floods and extended droughts in t ...
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The role of nuclear gene flow in the evolutionary history of Pleistocene mammals (GeneFlow)

Start date: Dec 1, 2012, End date: Nov 30, 2017,

How important are environmental barriers between species and populations now and in the future? Currently, environmental barriers to movement across habitats that have persisted since the last ice age are breaking down, resulting in gene flow among previously isolated populations and even hybridization between species. What are the consequences of this gene flow? Local genetic adaptations to the s ...
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Anatolian pLateau climatE and Tectonic hazards (ALErT)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2017,

ALErT: Anatolian pLateau climatE and Tectonic hazards, is a virtual campus of 10 European academic and 5 industry partners in the fields of applied Earth sciences, natural hazard monitoring, and knowledge transfer. Our research focus is on the tectonic and climatic boundary conditions along the densely populated margins of the Central Anatolian Plateau, Turkey and associated natural hazards. Due t ...
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Investigating Tectonism-Erosion-Climate-Couplings (ITECC)

Start date: Jan 1, 2013, End date: Jun 30, 2017,

Tectonics and climate are interdependent. The tectonics of orogens are moderated by climate through erosion. Exposure of rock by tectonics or erosion is critical to the feedback which governs changes in global climate, whilst topography influences rainfall. The principle objective of iTECC is to use the Himalaya as a natural laboratory to train young scientists in understanding such coupled proces ...
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Probing DNA Radiation Damage by DNA Nanotechnology (NANORADAM)

Start date: Apr 1, 2013, End date: Mar 31, 2017,

In cancer radiation therapy predetermined doses of high-energy radiation are administered to reduce tumours. More than 60 % of the patients diagnosed with cancer are treated with radiation therapy. A detailed understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of DNA radiation damage is of utmost importance with respect to the question of how the damage can be increased by therapeutics used in radiation t ...
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Mechanisms underlying lateral polarity establishment in plant cells (GreenLatPol)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

Higher plants and animals establish elaborate body plans with one end of the organism being different from another. Polar organisation is also of fundamental importance at the single-cell level, because mutations affecting cell polarity may cause severe body deformations. Hence, cell polarity is a central theme of biological research and much progress has been made towards our understanding of cel ...
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Syllables and the Timing of Speech (STIMOS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

"Project summary: The project develops an integrative symbolic-dynamical framework for gaining a fundamental understanding of the relation between qualitative spoken language form, also known as phonological form, and the continuous speech movements and acoustics in which this form is realized. The empirical domain is syllables. The syllable is a central unit of spoken language, mediating between ...
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Evolution of flower morphology: the selfing syndrome in Capsella (CAPSEVO)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2016,

"The change from reproduction by outbreeding to selfing is one of the most frequent evolutionary transitions in plants. This transition is generally accompanied by changes in flower morphology and function, termed the selfing syndrome, including a reduction in flower size and a more closed flower structure. While the loss of self-incompatibility is relatively well understood, little is known about ...
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A Computational Environment to Stimulate and Enhance Creative Designs for Mathematical Creativity (M C Squared)

Start date: Oct 1, 2013, End date: Sep 30, 2016,

The M C Squared project will design and develop an intelligent digital environment to support stakeholders from creative industries involved in the production of media content for educational purposes to engage in collective forms of creative thinking and working to co-design appropriate digital media. The focus will be on social creativity in the design of digital media intended to enhance creati ...
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The Plant Cell Wall Training Consortium (WallTraC)

Start date: Jun 1, 2011, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

"Plant cell walls constitute a highly complex and dynamic entity of extreme importance in plant growth and development. Growing cell walls can be considered as ""fibre composites"", where cellulose microfibrils are embedded in a matrix of complex glycans. It is becoming increasingly apparent (i) that cell wall glycans are diverse in structural terms, (ii) that these structures are developmentally ...
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