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Regenerating Bone defects using New biomedical Engineering approaches (REBORNE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2015,

Bone is among the most frequently transplanted tissue with about 1 million procedures annually in Europe. The worldwide market of bone replacement materials is currently estimated at 5 billion € with a 10% annual growth. Despite their considerable disadvantages, including the risk of disease transfer and immunologic rejection, limited supply of bone, costs and complications, allografts and autogra ...
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Femto- and attosecond imaging of molecular multiple ionization: Time-resolved electron and nuclear dynamics using free electron lasers and ultra-short pulses (ATTOTREND)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Feb 22, 2015,

"The advent of ultrafast laser technology in the xuv and x-ray domains, by means of free-electron lasers and high harmonic generation, has opened the path to novel experiments at femto and attosecond time scales with direct applications on Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics. These advances allow one to track in real time ultrafast electronic and nuclear dynamics induced by electromagnetic ...
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Unfolding the Evolution of Planetary Systems (PLANES)

Start date: Sep 1, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2014,

"Most of the exoplanets discovered to date orbit solar mass main-sequence stars. Essential to the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets is the knowledge of planetary systems around as many diverse stars as possible. In this context, surveys are now targeting planets around stars that have evolved off the Main Sequence, because, so far, it is one of the few means we have of directly ...
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Integrated whole blood acoustophoresis and homogeneous nucleic acid detection cartridge for rapid sepsis diagnostics (ACUSEP)

Start date: Dec 1, 2010, End date: May 31, 2014,

The objective of the ACUSEP research project is to develop an integrated, dry-reagent based disposable ready-to-use cartridge enabling rapid analysis of sepsis-causing organisms and eventual identification of antibiotic resistance directly from suspected blood samples. Sepsis causes annually up to 135 000 deaths in Europe and the early diagnosis is the key to improved survival. Identification of t ...
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Trusted Biometrics under Spoofing Attacks (TABULA RASA)

Start date: Nov 1, 2010, End date: Apr 30, 2014,

The TABULA RASA project will address some of the issues of direct (spoofing) attacks to trusted biometric systems. This is an issue that needs to be addressed urgently because it has recently been shown that conventional biometric techniques, such as fingerprints and face, are vulnerable to direct (spoof) attacks.Direct attacks are performed by falsifying the biometric trait and then presenting th ...
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Long-term performance of Engineered Barrier Systems (EBS) (PEBS)

Start date: Mar 1, 2010, End date: Feb 28, 2014,

The main aim of the project PEBS (Long-term Performance of the Engineered Barrier System) is to evaluate the sealing and barrier performance of the EBS with time, through development of a comprehensive approach involving experiments, model development and consideration of the potential impacts on long-term safety functions. The experiments and models cover the full range of conditions from initial ...
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Palm harvest impacts in tropical forests (PALMS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"Tropical forests harbour thousands of useful plants which are harvested and used in subsistence economies or traded in local, regional or international markets. The effect on the ecosystem is little known, and the forests’ resilience is badly understod. Palms are the most useful group of plants in tropical American forests and we will study the effect of extraction and trade of palms on forest in ...
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Surfaces for molecular recognition at the atomic level (SMALL)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

"The overarching aim of the SMALL ITN project is to train Early Stage Researchers in the field of ‘molecular recognition at surfaces’ from fundamental science to novel applications. For this task, SMALL combines European experts from surface science, nanotechnology, theory, chemical synthesis, physics, biology and industry, and thus takes a highly integrated approach to the training. The researche ...
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Bayesian Biometrics For Forensics (BBfor2)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Dec 31, 2013,

With various forms of biometric technologies becoming available, there is a growing need for scientists who are able to assess the merits of these technologies when applied to forensics. The Marie Curie ITN `Bayesian Biometrics for Forensics,' or BBfor2, will provide a training infrastructure that will educate Early Stage Researchers in the core biometric technologies of speaker, face and fingerpr ...
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UNIFICATION IN THE LHC ERA (UNILHC)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"The main research theme of the proposed network is the theoretical interpretation of results coming from the LHC and other experimental and observational sources. The aim is to identify the physics Beyond the Standard Model of strong, weak and electromagnetic forces and ultimately to provide a fully unified description of the fundamental states of matter and their interactions. We will investigat ...
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Spin effects for quantum optoelectronics (SPIN-OPTRONICS)

Start date: Oct 1, 2009, End date: Sep 30, 2013,

"We propose to join the forces of ten leading European teams in order to achieve a critical mass in the new research field of Spin-Optronics, a vast novel research area at the crossroads of fundamental physics of quantum-mechanical spin, optoelectronics and nanotechnology, and establish the European leadership in this area on a world-wide scale. All three main directions of the Network research ac ...
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Exciton-polaritons in microcavities: physics and devices (CLERMONT4)

Start date: Sep 1, 2009, End date: Aug 31, 2013,

The discovery of Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) of exciton-polaritons in 2006 and the demonstration of room-temperature polariton lasing in 2007 have opened the way to realisation of a new generation of optoelectronic devices referred to as polariton devices. The research on exciton-polaritons and polaritonics allows the quantum effects of superfluidity, entanglement, squeezing of light to be br ...
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Psychosocial fActors Relevant to BrAin DISorders in Europe (PARADISE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Jun 30, 2013,

The overall prevalence of brain disorders – both neurological and psychiatric – is very high in Europe. Although it is well known that the burden and costs of these disorders are high, there is evidence that the overall, personal, social and economic costs of brain disorders have been underestimated because of the lack of valid and reliable information regarding the full range of psychosocial diff ...
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COURAGE in Europe - COllaborative Research on AGEing in Europe (COURAGE IN EUROPE)

Start date: May 1, 2009, End date: Dec 31, 2012,

The European Commission has identified the challenge of population ageing as the most pressing policy issue in the 21st century. As Europeans live longer and disabilities in this population increase, valid and comparable longitudinal data on their health is essential for evidence based policy making. Valid data requires better measurement instruments and methodologies for longitudinal and cross-po ...
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Investigation of the electronic properties of nanostructures at the atomic scale by means of low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy in ultrahigh vacuum conditions (STSon NANOstructures)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Oct 31, 2012,

The main goal of the research project that I propose for the next three years is the study of the electronic properties of nanostructures at the atomic scale. The investigation will be performed by means of low temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy/spectroscopy in ultrahigh-vacuum environments (UHV-LTSTM), a unique technique which allows the study of these electronic properties in a local way ...
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Metro Architectures enablINg Sub-wavelengths (MAINS)

Start date: Jan 1, 2010, End date: Sep 30, 2012,

Metro Architectures Enabling Sub-Wavelengths is a project that directly addresses the central theme of the 4th Call for Pervasive & Trustworthy Network & Service Infrastructure. This central theme is the recognition worldwide that the network architectures of the last 20 years were never designed to cope with the new types of demands driven by phenomenon like the Internet, Video, Search, Social Ne ...
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Study of the molecular events induced by specific functional foods with a double targeting to effectively reduce cholesterol levels (CHOLESTENOT)

Start date: Sep 15, 2010, End date: Sep 14, 2012,

"This proposal is focused on the development of a meat-based functional food (pâté, sausage, snacks etc.) able to effectively reduce cholesterol levels in serum by acting simultaneously at two different levels: (I) reducing endogenous cholesterol synthesis by inhibiting the hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase (the key enzyme in the cholesterol metabolism) and (II) impairing exogenous cholesterol a ...
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Advanced Search Services and Enhanced Technological Solutions for the European Digital Library (ASSETS)

Start date: Apr 1, 2010, End date: Mar 31, 2012,

ASSETS aims to improve the usability of Europeana by developing, implementing and deploying large-scale services focusing on search, browsing and interfaces. These services are applicable to all digital libraries and include: Searching multimedia objects based on metadata and on content similarity; executable Ranking algorithm for improve results display; Browsing multimedia objects for rapid navi ...
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The Role of Secular Physical Processes in the Formation and Evolution of Disk Galaxies (GalDisk)

Start date: Mar 16, 2009, End date: Mar 15, 2012,

lthough strongly interacting and merging galaxies appear to produce the most spectacularand powerful events, they only represent a few percent of all galaxies that we see today. Consequently, a detailed understanding of the internal evolutionary processes (or secular processes) occurring in isolated or weakly interacting galaxies remains essential to account for most of observations, including the ...
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LATENT TUBERCULOSIS: New tools for the detection and clearance of dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (STOPLATENT-TB)

Start date: Feb 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2011,

Although the definition of latency under a clinical point of view seems clear, the bacterial biology behind that clinical situation remains poorly understood. While dormant, the tubercle bacilli are considered to be under non-replicating (NR) stage. In such a condition, bacilli are not only difficult to be detected but also refractory to the standard treatments avoiding their clearance from the in ...
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Researchers´ Night in Madrid 2010 (MADRIDRN)

Start date: May 1, 2010, End date: Nov 30, 2010,

The Researchers´ Night in Madrid 2010 is a project to be held in different locations in the Region of Madrid in the framework of the European Researchers´ Night, which involves the main Universities and Research Centres in the Region. It aims at bringing researchers closer to the public and at enhancing the public recognition of scientists, by presenting to the public relevant aspects of their wor ...
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